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Hello. I need advice on my next steps to matriculation into medical school. I am a first generation URM (black male). Father finished high school only, mother did not finish high school due to teenage pregnancy. Grew up in poverty. I don’t need anyone to sugarcoat anything, just give me the hard facts.
I will be a non traditional applicant in the sense that it took me 6 years to graduate with a biology degree and a double minor in psychology and sociology. My first 3 and a half years in school were horrible. The following are my bad grades in my first 3 1/2 yrs.
D in biology 101. I retook it and had a C. F in genetics. Retook for a B. F in gen Chem 2 and gen Chem Lab. Retook for Bs in them. F in organic chemistry 1 and a withdrawal in orgo Lab. F in physics 1 retook for a B and F in physics 1 Lab. C in intro to Bio lab. C in cellular biology. This was all within my 3 1/2 years.
In the following semester marking the start of my 4th year, drastic things happened in my life I feel like would make for a compelling personal statement. I had an A in organic chemistry, A in orgo 1 lab, A in biochemistry, A in orgo 2, in orgo 2 lab, A in human physiology, A in phys Lab, A in physics 2, A in physics 2 lab, A in calculus, A in Statistics A. in cellular biology. Since my 4th year, I was always on the deans list minimum (3.75 gpa) and my last 3 semesters I had 4.0s. Extremely high upper trend. I became a TA for organic chemistry for 5 semesters and for Cellular biology albeit just for 1 semester ( I didn’t really feel like I was making an impact) . I also became a tutor for organic chem. I did research for 1 and a half years, presented a poster at a well known annual convention hosted By my school. I also tutored inner city black kids for a year and helped with college applications. And I amassed an absurd amount of shadowing hours (600+), have good volunteer hours at a dialysis center (200+), and good clinical hours. I do believe my recommendations will be top notch but who knows.
I graduated with a 3.65 but my school does grade replacement. In the AMCAS gpa calculator, I have a 3.16 cumulative with a 2.6 science gpa. I took over 60 credits and over 35 science credits my last 3 1/2 years and even with grade replacement I good barely get over the 3.0 cum mark and I guess my Fs made it hard to move my science gpa.
My MCAT is a 518. I really want to apply for 2022 matriculation because a masters is soooooo expensive. I need some advice. And maybe some schools. I know there is nothing wrong about DO but I haven’t shadowed a DO nor do I want to do DO. I want MD. Pls help.
I will be a non traditional applicant in the sense that it took me 6 years to graduate with a biology degree and a double minor in psychology and sociology. My first 3 and a half years in school were horrible. The following are my bad grades in my first 3 1/2 yrs.
D in biology 101. I retook it and had a C. F in genetics. Retook for a B. F in gen Chem 2 and gen Chem Lab. Retook for Bs in them. F in organic chemistry 1 and a withdrawal in orgo Lab. F in physics 1 retook for a B and F in physics 1 Lab. C in intro to Bio lab. C in cellular biology. This was all within my 3 1/2 years.
In the following semester marking the start of my 4th year, drastic things happened in my life I feel like would make for a compelling personal statement. I had an A in organic chemistry, A in orgo 1 lab, A in biochemistry, A in orgo 2, in orgo 2 lab, A in human physiology, A in phys Lab, A in physics 2, A in physics 2 lab, A in calculus, A in Statistics A. in cellular biology. Since my 4th year, I was always on the deans list minimum (3.75 gpa) and my last 3 semesters I had 4.0s. Extremely high upper trend. I became a TA for organic chemistry for 5 semesters and for Cellular biology albeit just for 1 semester ( I didn’t really feel like I was making an impact) . I also became a tutor for organic chem. I did research for 1 and a half years, presented a poster at a well known annual convention hosted By my school. I also tutored inner city black kids for a year and helped with college applications. And I amassed an absurd amount of shadowing hours (600+), have good volunteer hours at a dialysis center (200+), and good clinical hours. I do believe my recommendations will be top notch but who knows.
I graduated with a 3.65 but my school does grade replacement. In the AMCAS gpa calculator, I have a 3.16 cumulative with a 2.6 science gpa. I took over 60 credits and over 35 science credits my last 3 1/2 years and even with grade replacement I good barely get over the 3.0 cum mark and I guess my Fs made it hard to move my science gpa.
My MCAT is a 518. I really want to apply for 2022 matriculation because a masters is soooooo expensive. I need some advice. And maybe some schools. I know there is nothing wrong about DO but I haven’t shadowed a DO nor do I want to do DO. I want MD. Pls help.
