I'm a junior, major in biology. I have 2.05 sGPA and 2.56cGPA right now i really want to to applying to medical school but my gpa isn't good enough for it? is there any suggestion how to make this dream comes true. I'm planing on taking the MCAT this summer. thank you so much for your help
what is post bac program? and how is it relate to applying process to medical school ?
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2.05 sGPA? Please do not take the MCAT this summer. You have no chance of getting in anywhere with your GPA, and a poor MCAT score is the last thing you need.
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Don't even bother with MCAT; you need some serious GPA repair. And do not even think about the MCAT until you are 100% ready.
Retake all F/D/C science coursework and ace them.
Then apply to DO schools.
You can retake coursework at any school, even CCs.
You also need to fix whatever it was that caused you to do so poorly in your schoolwork.
Retake all F/D/C science coursework and ace them.
Then apply to DO schools.
You can retake coursework at any school, even CCs.
You also need to fix whatever it was that caused you to do so poorly in your schoolwork.
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1) Figure out how to be a good student. Seriously. If you can't figure this then out you are wasting your time.
2) Retake all F/D/C course work and retake your prereqs. This will take you at least two years, maybe three.
3) Lastly, study for the MCAT and do well.
In case you haven't figured it out yet, you are years away from medical school. I think you will need to focus on DO schools. Right now, MD schools are a ghost of a whisper of a dream.
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You don't really have the grades to get into a formal postbacc. You will most likely need to do an informal postbacc at a community college. Either way, you are years away from applying.
DO schools allow you to replace grades, hence us suggesting you retake your classes; MD schools don't. Your GPA for MD schools won't be "fixed" because math.
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I think you should do the math to see how many postbac classes you would need to raise your GPA to above a 3.0 (assuming you get all As, which at this point doesn't look like a valid assumption).
I'm still really new to this stuffs. So i still have three more semesters to go but i don't know if my science gpa would be right at 3.0 or 2.9 but i think my cgpa would be above it. also i know that if i want to get into a post bacc program i have to take the mcat and score around 32q to get it. i heard a lot people were talking about doing post bacc to improve science gpa then apply to med school (but this process would take 1-2 addition years after undergrad ) so i don't know what to do. how is the DO different from MD school and when do you apply for it ?
thank you so much for taking your time out to reply
thank you so much for taking your time out to reply
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You need to google a lot of these things and then come back with more specific questions. A lot of these questions have been answered ad nauseum on SDN. Just google "[thing here] sdn" and click the first link (e.g. you should google "postbacc program medical school sdn"). Your post implies that you haven't done much research on this. Do your homework then come back so that we can have an informed conversation about it.
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Please my friend, Google. We literally have an entire forum dedicated to postbaccs.
But I'll answer this question... All undergraduate work is calculated together.
Please don't take this as an insult, but is English your second language? Your posts are riddled with errors.
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Are you a U.S. citizen or a permanent resident in the US?
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No excuses please.... it doesn't matter who or where you're from with respect to being a good student. To become an independent and efficient learner you have to know how to do some things on your own. When you have specific questions or need clarification then at least you tried to help yourself.
With that GPA and your relative cluelessness you have so many years left before you can even consider medical school, let alone try to get in one. You need to figure out first and foremost your reason for struggling academically.
im not a clueless person. im in process of getting my grade back up but it won't be like 3.3 or above in 3 semester (i didnt get good grade on my sciences classes --psychology(1D), chem basic (1D, 1B), molecular biology (C), and organic 1(D it was an 6 weeks summer so i didnt have time to study a lot for that class while working 7 days per week from 9:30am-8:00pm but it was my fault, can't blame that to someone else) and physics 1 (B+), I'm taking organic chemistry right now (maybe A but i think it would be an B) and organic chemistry lab, plus physics 2 . I just want to get an idea what will coming next after my junior year, so i can get ready for it. i did a little bit research about post bacc program and there is one closer to home http://msms.medicine.iu.edu).
but their requirements:
- A US citizen or permanent resident.
- Disadvantaged economically and/or educationally
- The term "educationally disadvantaged" refers to both educational and social disadvantage
(1) Such as coming from a low-income family
(2) Limited English proficiency families (English as a second language)
(3) The individual graduated from (or last attended) a high school that was on probation and/or received low per capita funding (Per student expenditure)
(4) The individual graduated from (or last attended) a high school/middle/elementary at which, he/she was eligible for free or reduced price lunches
(5) The individual comes from a family that received public assistance (e.g., Aid to families with dependent children, food stamps, Medicaid, public housing) - Applicants should also have:
- Completed a four-year bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in the United States or an equivalent international institution by date of matriculation
- Achieved a minimum cumulative and science GPA of 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale)
- Completed all premedical science requirements. One year of General Biology, Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, and Physics with minimum of 2 credit hours laboratory. One semester of Biochemistry. One course in Social Science AND one course in Behavioral Science.
- Taken the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) achieving a minimum total score of 490 with at least a sub score of 122.5 on the Chemical and Physical Sciences, Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills, Biological and Biochemical Sciences, and Psychological, Social and Biological sections of the test PRIOR to submitting a pre-application or application for the program
- The term "educationally disadvantaged" refers to both educational and social disadvantage
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You need to start getting good grades. That should be your only focus right now. Forget about what you are doing after graduation. You need to start getting As and lots of them now. All this post bacc what I need to get into med school type talk is useless; if you can't get As at the Undergrad level you simply will not be able to hack it in medical school period
