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Hey everyone,
I wanted to get some advice if I even have a chance to get into DO school. My grades are not the best with a graduating GPA of 2.96 and a 3.06 sGPA (terrible I know) a biology degree. I have not taken the MCAT yet but I have done some practice tests scoring in three tests (510, 513 and 510 respectfully). I am a first generation Mexican American graduating from college. Overall, I want to become a family medicine doctor but I starting to have my doubts if I should instead become a nurse practitioner. Although, I will not give up on my dream to become a doctor! I want to own my own practice in the future so that I can help low income people families by using my bilingual skills. Not in for the money but for the vast amount of knowledge medical doctors achieve during their medical school career (not the reason why I want to be a doctor that's a different tragic story but happy ending).
My extracurricular activities as follows volunteered over 500 hours at a clinic as a medical interpreter, (Spanish), over 300 hours translating medical terminology from English to Spanish, 70 hours in clerical support for a clinic, shadowed 1 M.D. and 1 D.O. approx 25 hours each, employment weekly 30-40 hours (taking majority of my time) for the past 5 years. Approx 500 hours in a medical internship in Mexico I did in the summer (learned how to do vital signs, chief complaint analysis, basic weight/ height measurement, etc). I have pretty good recommendation letters from my professors, doctors, and other professionals. Any help is appreciated! Just an ambiguous individual trying to survive life 🙂
Also, I wanted to add will an SMP be a beneficial option for me? I am also thinking if I should go to medical school in Mexico at UAG medical school of Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara (I have family living there so housing is paid for).
I wanted to get some advice if I even have a chance to get into DO school. My grades are not the best with a graduating GPA of 2.96 and a 3.06 sGPA (terrible I know) a biology degree. I have not taken the MCAT yet but I have done some practice tests scoring in three tests (510, 513 and 510 respectfully). I am a first generation Mexican American graduating from college. Overall, I want to become a family medicine doctor but I starting to have my doubts if I should instead become a nurse practitioner. Although, I will not give up on my dream to become a doctor! I want to own my own practice in the future so that I can help low income people families by using my bilingual skills. Not in for the money but for the vast amount of knowledge medical doctors achieve during their medical school career (not the reason why I want to be a doctor that's a different tragic story but happy ending).
My extracurricular activities as follows volunteered over 500 hours at a clinic as a medical interpreter, (Spanish), over 300 hours translating medical terminology from English to Spanish, 70 hours in clerical support for a clinic, shadowed 1 M.D. and 1 D.O. approx 25 hours each, employment weekly 30-40 hours (taking majority of my time) for the past 5 years. Approx 500 hours in a medical internship in Mexico I did in the summer (learned how to do vital signs, chief complaint analysis, basic weight/ height measurement, etc). I have pretty good recommendation letters from my professors, doctors, and other professionals. Any help is appreciated! Just an ambiguous individual trying to survive life 🙂
Also, I wanted to add will an SMP be a beneficial option for me? I am also thinking if I should go to medical school in Mexico at UAG medical school of Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara (I have family living there so housing is paid for).