Ok so I need a little help here, the story goes like this, graduated high school went to community college for a year and a semester earning 30 credits with a cGPA of 2.9. Still not knowing what I wanted to do transferred to a state school where I took a year of electives before settling on a Bio major with a biochem minor eventually.
first year 3.8gpa
second year 2.45gpa
third year 2.65gpa
(Did an internship in a physician's office this summer and had my mind opened and decided I wanted to be a physician, some very moving experiences.)
Fourth year 4.0
Fifth year 4.0
So, after 197 credits I look like this 3.34c, 3.20s my science gpa is low because I did very poorly in organic and gen chem 1 and 2 the first time which I retook and got As in each section, I also took biochemistry 1 and 2 (got A's with no retakes) to show I could handle difficult sciences, the last two years of my undergrad are all upper level bio and science courses with only a few electives.
I have 2 years of research ranging from auto-immune diseases and microbiology to chemistry and biochemistry (biodiesel and examining apoptosis research respectively)
I have been an EMT-B for over a year now with over 600 clinical hours there with another 200 of hands on volunteering at local hospitals.
Other non-hands-on volunteering and shadowing are about 500 hours ranging from family practice to surgery, to the ER.
I tutored Organic chemistry for a year, (after doing poorly in it the first time and getting A's the second time I wanted to show I could even explain it).
I spent the last two years of undergrad as the president of the Pre-med club with which I have many more volunteer hours
I've done habitats for humanity ~60 hours and have volunteered with local charities throughout the year ~40 hours
I also have an interesting work history 6 summers construction experience (hence habitats for humanity) eventually supervised my own crew.
Worked two summers on drilling rig (84 hours a week all summer!)
Also played a little college rugby
Lastly I studied my a** off for the MCAT for 8 months and managed a 39R 13p 13v 13b of which I was very happy about. I hope that this helps balance my low GPA a bit.
My DO gpa is actually 3.58c 3.63s (because of my retakes) and while I'm not opposed to going to a DO school I would really like to go to an MD school if possible, but I know the 3.34c 3.20s is hurting me bad. I have really good LOR's from MD's and DO's alike.
I used an AMCAS gpa calculator and estimated that 2 more years of undergraduate classes could give me a cGPA and sGPA of 3.5+ (MD)
Is MD a possibility?
Should I post-bacc or SMP?
Are my EC's ok?
Like I said I would be more than happy with a DO acceptance but I like to know what my options are? I'm in PA, would Temple or Drexel be out of reach?
Help me out SDN!
first year 3.8gpa
second year 2.45gpa
third year 2.65gpa
(Did an internship in a physician's office this summer and had my mind opened and decided I wanted to be a physician, some very moving experiences.)
Fourth year 4.0
Fifth year 4.0
So, after 197 credits I look like this 3.34c, 3.20s my science gpa is low because I did very poorly in organic and gen chem 1 and 2 the first time which I retook and got As in each section, I also took biochemistry 1 and 2 (got A's with no retakes) to show I could handle difficult sciences, the last two years of my undergrad are all upper level bio and science courses with only a few electives.
I have 2 years of research ranging from auto-immune diseases and microbiology to chemistry and biochemistry (biodiesel and examining apoptosis research respectively)
I have been an EMT-B for over a year now with over 600 clinical hours there with another 200 of hands on volunteering at local hospitals.
Other non-hands-on volunteering and shadowing are about 500 hours ranging from family practice to surgery, to the ER.
I tutored Organic chemistry for a year, (after doing poorly in it the first time and getting A's the second time I wanted to show I could even explain it).
I spent the last two years of undergrad as the president of the Pre-med club with which I have many more volunteer hours
I've done habitats for humanity ~60 hours and have volunteered with local charities throughout the year ~40 hours
I also have an interesting work history 6 summers construction experience (hence habitats for humanity) eventually supervised my own crew.
Worked two summers on drilling rig (84 hours a week all summer!)
Also played a little college rugby
Lastly I studied my a** off for the MCAT for 8 months and managed a 39R 13p 13v 13b of which I was very happy about. I hope that this helps balance my low GPA a bit.
My DO gpa is actually 3.58c 3.63s (because of my retakes) and while I'm not opposed to going to a DO school I would really like to go to an MD school if possible, but I know the 3.34c 3.20s is hurting me bad. I have really good LOR's from MD's and DO's alike.
I used an AMCAS gpa calculator and estimated that 2 more years of undergraduate classes could give me a cGPA and sGPA of 3.5+ (MD)
Is MD a possibility?
Should I post-bacc or SMP?
Are my EC's ok?
Like I said I would be more than happy with a DO acceptance but I like to know what my options are? I'm in PA, would Temple or Drexel be out of reach?
Help me out SDN!
