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[jae7cho]

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tys

 

[ZedsDed]

An SMP will crush you. You need to learn how to get straight A's first.

 

[jae7cho]

So just stay in undergrad for another year? for total of 2 years starting from after this semester

 

[Blunt Dissection]

What Zed is true - don't even consider doing graduate level work until you've been able to pull above a 3.5 taking a normal class load. Your classes do not get any easier and if you're barely staying afloat now, you'll be drowning with graduate level course work.

If I were you, I'd stop all your extracurriculars and dedicate yourself entirely to the remainder of your classes if you're at all interested in going for medical school. Extracurriculars/research will not save you from a poor GPA. Reorient your day so that you can do well in your classes. Your schedule should look something like 8-3 class, 4-11 study, sleep from this point on if you want to go to medical school.

 

[ZedsDed]

So just stay in undergrad for another year? for total of 2 years starting from after this semester

Do whatever you need to do to get over a 3.0. Whether or not you need to do an SMP after that depends on:

1.) Your GPA post-redemption
2.) Your MCAT
3.) Your openness to DO (don't even think about saying you're too good for this)

 

[deleted480308]

You aren't showing MD as your future, DO grade replacement is your plan

 

[ZedsDed]

I have one more year left of college as neuro major, I have the most abysmal amcas GPAs( sgpa: 2.01, othergpa: 3.01, cgpa: 2.39). I am taking the mcat in ~2 weeks not sure how I will do. I will most likely not have good LOR from professors, but my research letters will definitely be very good (probably the only thing in my application that is somewhat okay). My EC's consist of work, research, and nursing home volunteer (in that order of time/importance). Am I out of my mind for even thinking of applying to SMPs or masters programs? Do people ever have a change of interests and apply to PhD programs after SMPs?

Thank you for reading.

What does that mean? If you are even slightly interested in another field you should go do that. You are facing a mountain to climb, with no guarantees that it will work out.

Cheers

 

[jae7cho]

Do whatever you need to do to get over a 3.0. Whether or not you need to do an SMP after that depends on:

1.) Your GPA post-redemption
2.) Your MCAT
3.) Your openness to DO (don't even think about saying you're too good for this)

What does that mean? If you are even slightly interested in another field you should go do that. You are facing a mountain to climb, with no guarantees that it will work out.

Cheers

I am definitely open to DO, I just used a DO gpa excel sheet and got sGPA: 2.599 and cGPA: 2.854. Options there any better? I am interested in neuroscience research would you recommend masters programs and drop md/do?

 

[ZedsDed]

I am definitely open to DO, I just used a DO gpa excel sheet and got sGPA: 2.599 and cGPA: 2.854. Options there any better? I am interested in neuroscience research would you recommend masters programs and drop md/do?

Yes, I recommend you pursue your interests. You will still have to repair your GPA. I have no idea what that kind of graduate level work entails. Best of luck

 

[benjaminl1nus]

I am taking the mcat in ~2 weeks not sure how I will do.

please do not do this.

 

[heybubbaa]

So just stay in undergrad for another year? for total of 2 years starting from after this semester

It sounds like you are 2 years of solid coursework away from an SMP, which you may or may not need, depending on the route you choose.

 

[heybubbaa]

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