bluemushroom03
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Hi! I just need some advice if it is recommended or necessary to do either a post bacc or SMP given my stats.
sGPA and cGPA = 3.5/4.0
My GPA was rough freshman year (3.4), good (3.7) sophomore year, had 1 bad semester in junior year (3.2) but probably going to have a great senior year (3.95). I got 2 C+ (Calc 2 and Physics 2) but most of my other grades are relatively decent (A/B). I feel like my senior year will show that I have what it takes but I am nervous that it isn’t enough, especially since my MCAT is a 508. I don't have any good reasons other than slow adjustment to college for my early pitfalls in GPA and the 1 bad semester junior was from a study abroad exchange where the classes were deflated and had a completely separate grading scale that translated to a poor GPA.
You can look at my profile on a previous post and with my ECs (which I think are ok) but I was wondering whether it would be worth it to take a year to do a post bacc/SMP/Masters to increase my odds of getting in to an MD or should I just try to improve my experiences. One of the main drawbacks of doing more classes for me is the cost, unless I can take some of these classes at a local community college instead of my undergrad institution.
I would appreciate any advice in how to approach this and what would be the best method going forward.
sGPA and cGPA = 3.5/4.0
My GPA was rough freshman year (3.4), good (3.7) sophomore year, had 1 bad semester in junior year (3.2) but probably going to have a great senior year (3.95). I got 2 C+ (Calc 2 and Physics 2) but most of my other grades are relatively decent (A/B). I feel like my senior year will show that I have what it takes but I am nervous that it isn’t enough, especially since my MCAT is a 508. I don't have any good reasons other than slow adjustment to college for my early pitfalls in GPA and the 1 bad semester junior was from a study abroad exchange where the classes were deflated and had a completely separate grading scale that translated to a poor GPA.
You can look at my profile on a previous post and with my ECs (which I think are ok) but I was wondering whether it would be worth it to take a year to do a post bacc/SMP/Masters to increase my odds of getting in to an MD or should I just try to improve my experiences. One of the main drawbacks of doing more classes for me is the cost, unless I can take some of these classes at a local community college instead of my undergrad institution.
I would appreciate any advice in how to approach this and what would be the best method going forward.
