What to do..

[osujic1]

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I need advice, and a place to rant, but first the advice. I graduated from college with a really low gpa (3.2s 3.0c) in January and with a terrible mcat score (~490 which I believe is about a 20 on the old scale) I wont waste your time with how I wasn't ready to take the exam but how took it anyway. Rutgers GSBS let me in as a non-matriculated student and I will be granted full admittance in the fall if I do well with the courses I'm taking right now. I applied to a few other schools and am still waiting to hear back.
I took my first exams in two of my classes a few weeks ago and bombed.. the highest I can get in both classes is a B which I need or I wont be admitted for the fall. I spent so much money on being here and now Im even asking if its worth it. Retaking the MCAT is still a dark cloud hanging over my head. Ive recently been thinking about stopping this program and going back to undergrad and just retaking the courses I did poorly in, studying super hard for the MCAT (6months -1 year) and then applying straight to med school. I feel like that would be a good idea but I also feel like Im running away from this program because Im not doing well and cant really judge if my idea is good or not. Ar the moment Im sticking it out but cant help feeling like I dont really know what Im doing. Advice please, anyone.

 

[moisne]

really low gpa (3.2s 3.0c)

- well if your current program isn't going to help you with your grades... I suggest you drop it.

terrible mcat score (~490 which I believe is about a 20 on the old scale)

Hmnm...

full admittance in the fall if I do well with the courses

Even if you get in... if you can only muster a 3.0 GPA, you should switch

I applied to a few other schools and am still waiting to hear back.

Don't bother. Even with DO you are at an disadvantage. You won't hear back - esp if you haven't gotten an II by March..

bombed

... you probably should figure out why you keep bombing exams..

stopping this program and going back to undergrad and just retaking the courses I did poorly in, studying super hard for the MCAT (6months -1 year) and then applying straight to med school

I recommend this. Drop out (it is quitting - however, it's also knowing when to cut your losses), go back to undergrad, retake your pre-reqs, get your MCAT above a 26 (preferrably a closer to 30) and apply DO with grade substitution.

 

[P0ke]

I need advice, and a place to rant, but first the advice. I graduated from college with a really low gpa (3.2s 3.0c) in January and with a terrible mcat score (~490 which I believe is about a 20 on the old scale) I wont waste your time with how I wasn't ready to take the exam but how took it anyway. Rutgers GSBS let me in as a non-matriculated student and I will be granted full admittance in the fall if I do well with the courses I'm taking right now. I applied to a few other schools and am still waiting to hear back.
I took my first exams in two of my classes a few weeks ago and bombed.. the highest I can get in both classes is a B which I need or I wont be admitted for the fall. I spent so much money on being here and now Im even asking if its worth it. Retaking the MCAT is still a dark cloud hanging over my head. Ive recently been thinking about stopping this program and going back to undergrad and just retaking the courses I did poorly in, studying super hard for the MCAT (6months -1 year) and then applying straight to med school. I feel like that would be a good idea but I also feel like Im running away from this program because Im not doing well and cant really judge if my idea is good or not. Ar the moment Im sticking it out but cant help feeling like I dont really know what Im doing. Advice please, anyone.

I see no evidence of being able to handle medical school curriculum. You need to figure out why you can't do well on tests, and fix it, or you need to consider another career.

 

[osujic1]

- well if your current program isn't going to help you with your grades... I suggest you drop it.

Don't bother. Even with DO you are at an disadvantage. You won't hear back - esp if you haven't gotten an II by March..

I meant to other graduate schools, I contacted two schools and they said they were still reviewing applications the other schools have deadline within the next few months and so Im assuming their the same but it doesn't really matter, I get your point. It worries me dropping out of the program but I don't see myself getting the high marks I had hoped for, at least not this semester.

 

[osujic1]

I see no evidence of being able to handle medical school curriculum. You need to figure out why you can't do well on tests, and fix it, or you need to consider another career.

The classes I am in right now is the medical school curriculum. Graduate students take classes with the medical students. I have no idea why I'm not doing well, I feel like I study twice as hard as everyone else. Some guy told me he barely studied for the test and aced it meanwhile I busted my ass for long nights and long hours and just barely broke a 70.. So I don't know what I can change, and I still don't really know what I'm going to do. Failure tastes like dog ****..

 

[P0ke]

The classes I am in right now is the medical school curriculum. Graduate students take classes with the medical students. I have no idea why I'm not doing well, I feel like I study twice as hard as everyone else. Some guy told me he barely studied for the test and aced it meanwhile I busted my ass for long nights and long hours and just barely broke a 70.. So I don't know what I can change, and I still don't really know what I'm going to do. Failure tastes like dog ****..

You need to study more effectively. How do you do study right now?

 

[moisne]

You need to study more effectively.

^ agreed

1. evaluate your methods of studying
2. Well.. let's just say not everyone is born with an IQ of 110+ or whatever the average medical student's IQ is.