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Will admissions even bother looking past my GPA?
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What do your postbac program faculty think?
In general, the answer is a resounding yes, but not all schools reward invention in the same way. Talk with your postbac faculty to get a sense of their history with similar students like you, and maybe they can connect you with students who got admitted.
Nail the MCAT. Shore up the weaknesses you know you present in your profile.
In general, the answer is a resounding yes, but not all schools reward invention in the same way. Talk with your postbac faculty to get a sense of their history with similar students like you, and maybe they can connect you with students who got admitted.
Nail the MCAT. Shore up the weaknesses you know you present in your profile.
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A resounding yes that they will look at my whole application, or a resounding yes that they will throw it away as soon as they see my GPA?
I took the first portion of my postbac at the community college when I was living out of state for my spouse's military commitment. I found the pre-health advisor was unfortunately not very helpful with my specific situation. I am back in Texas and now at a university for this semester. I will make an appointment with their pre-health advisor here, as I'm sure they are far more familiar with TMDSAS/local schools.
As far as my professors go, I have been met with excellent support and a resounding yes from their perspective. Several have offered to write an LOR when the time comes.
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I'd put it as a likely 'yes' that most programs will look at your whole application. There are some programs that may auto-reject by stats but it seems most don't. I'm saying this as a non-trad with GPA not too far off from yours (maybe higher sGPA but slightly lower cGPA). Important thing is to do well on MCAT and apply very broadly, including high, mid, and low tier MD and DO schools. It's great that you're in Texas as you have a lot of in-state opportunities. I had a good MCAT with interesting background (prior military) and on my second cycle got 10 interview invites with 9 acceptances (didn't apply broadly enough 1st cycle). Went to a top 20 med school.
I'd also look in to the Pat Tillman Foundation for scholarship as you are a military spouse. They give scholarships to veterans, active duty, and military spouses looking at further education. Great organization (though I'm biased).
Good luck and thank you for you and your spouse's service (often tougher for the spouse than the service member).
I'd also look in to the Pat Tillman Foundation for scholarship as you are a military spouse. They give scholarships to veterans, active duty, and military spouses looking at further education. Great organization (though I'm biased).
Good luck and thank you for you and your spouse's service (often tougher for the spouse than the service member).
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Thank you for your input! One of my biggest concerns is getting auto-rejected. I feel that my background and life experience has provided me with a lot to offer, but that schools won't see past my GPA.
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Did you take your nursing courses in the US or in Texas? Do you know if you are eligible for retroactive withdrawal of coursework from over 10 years ago?
Your application is a huge spreadsheet when admissions screeners look at them. We don't just look at your overall GPA and don't/shouldn't make decisions without looking at other GPA calculations (such as your postbac GPA and courses taken). It's like making a diagnosis on heart rate alone... it doesn't tell you much without more important information.
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Your application is a huge spreadsheet when admissions screeners look at them. We don't just look at your overall GPA and don't/shouldn't make decisions without looking at other GPA calculations (such as your postbac GPA and courses taken). It's like making a diagnosis on heart rate alone... it doesn't tell you much without more important information.
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All of my nursing courses were done in Texas, the majority of my overall coursework has also been done in Texas. Everything in my postbac science GPA is less than ten years old.Did you take your nursing courses in the US or in Texas? Do you know if you are eligible for retroactive withdrawal of coursework from over 10 years ago?
Your application is a huge spreadsheet when admissions screeners look at them. We don't just look at your overall GPA and don't/shouldn't make decisions without looking at other GPA calculations (such as your postbac GPA and courses taken). It's like making a diagnosis on heart rate alone... it doesn't tell you much without more important information.
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I got a BS first, and then my BSN. Everything has been done in the US. I looked into the fresh start program a couple of years ago when I started to redo my science courses. I spoke to someone in admissions where I got my initial BS and was running into two problems. 1) He said that if I did AFS, I would have to get a bachelors degree again to be eligible to apply for medical school because AFS "gets rid of" my bachelors for admission purposes. And 2) that because I was living out of state and taking classes out of state at the time of our conversation, that I wasn't eligible for it anyways.
I just stumbled across the AFS mega thread on here. I'll have to comb through it and see if this is something that might be applicable for me now that I'm back in Texas and currently at a University.
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