Hello everyone,
I really need some serious advice. I am 26 yrs old and I gave up my dream to go to medical school a while ago. I did decide to enroll in a master program (more like a Post-bachelor) at Boston University but I never had a chance to finish it. My mother was laid off from work 2 yrs ago and my father is still back in Asia. Basically, I am the only one that support both of them. I am currently working as a full-time lab technician (I have so several jobs before that: bank teller, medical interpreter, pharmacy technician, even power Ebay seller :) ). And my father was recently diagnosed with lung cancer stage IV, and his dream is to see me become successful (he always wanted me to become a doctor). I know it's SUPER DUPER late to apply to medical school, but I really wanted my father to be proud of me for once before it's too late. I signed up to take the last MCAT (Sept 12). But since it's my first time applying, I am really confused with everything. Here are some of the questions that I have, and hopefully I can get some answers from you guys:
a) How do I ask professors for letters of recommendation? I am very timid and I don't know my professors very well.
b) Do you think my graduate school (BU) committee would write a composite letter in such a short notice?
c) The school that I want to apply is November 1 - Deadline for applications to be received by AMCAS. What is the timeline that I need to put my application together? Any advice?
d) My undergrad ac GPA = 3.7 (science GPA = 3.8-3.9 not sure because I haven't calculate yet, but I got 3.7 because I have a C and B in writing :(), my graduate GPA right now is 3.6
- ECs: several hours volunteering when I was an undergrad, no shadowing experience
have a lot of exposure to medical setting (medical interpreter), working on a publish paper as first author in my lab right now, volunteering on another meta-analysis paper for another doctor right now. Currently holding 3 jobs (1 full-time job at the lab, 1 part-time weekend job at CVS, morning job at an internship at a biotech company)
e) I only need to complete my thesis to get my master degree at Boston University, but will the medical school accept me even though I didn't graduate yet? If I do get in, I can comfortable write up a quick thesis to graduate in a couple of months
Please do give me any feedback, any advice, what I should do to complete my application for medical school? I just want to have a chance to make my father proud (I have been feeling like a failure for the past 3-4 years). Thank you and I am looking forward to any responds.
One more thing, I have to stay in-state to take care of my mother (she is 63 yrs) and we don't have DO schools here. The only schools that I can have a shot is: Tufts, Umass medical school, or maybe Harvard (just kidding :laugh:). Any other schools that are closer to MA is fine. BU is out of the questions because my advisor told me it's too late for BU now.
I really need some serious advice. I am 26 yrs old and I gave up my dream to go to medical school a while ago. I did decide to enroll in a master program (more like a Post-bachelor) at Boston University but I never had a chance to finish it. My mother was laid off from work 2 yrs ago and my father is still back in Asia. Basically, I am the only one that support both of them. I am currently working as a full-time lab technician (I have so several jobs before that: bank teller, medical interpreter, pharmacy technician, even power Ebay seller :) ). And my father was recently diagnosed with lung cancer stage IV, and his dream is to see me become successful (he always wanted me to become a doctor). I know it's SUPER DUPER late to apply to medical school, but I really wanted my father to be proud of me for once before it's too late. I signed up to take the last MCAT (Sept 12). But since it's my first time applying, I am really confused with everything. Here are some of the questions that I have, and hopefully I can get some answers from you guys:
a) How do I ask professors for letters of recommendation? I am very timid and I don't know my professors very well.
b) Do you think my graduate school (BU) committee would write a composite letter in such a short notice?
c) The school that I want to apply is November 1 - Deadline for applications to be received by AMCAS. What is the timeline that I need to put my application together? Any advice?
d) My undergrad ac GPA = 3.7 (science GPA = 3.8-3.9 not sure because I haven't calculate yet, but I got 3.7 because I have a C and B in writing :(), my graduate GPA right now is 3.6
- ECs: several hours volunteering when I was an undergrad, no shadowing experience
have a lot of exposure to medical setting (medical interpreter), working on a publish paper as first author in my lab right now, volunteering on another meta-analysis paper for another doctor right now. Currently holding 3 jobs (1 full-time job at the lab, 1 part-time weekend job at CVS, morning job at an internship at a biotech company)
e) I only need to complete my thesis to get my master degree at Boston University, but will the medical school accept me even though I didn't graduate yet? If I do get in, I can comfortable write up a quick thesis to graduate in a couple of months
Please do give me any feedback, any advice, what I should do to complete my application for medical school? I just want to have a chance to make my father proud (I have been feeling like a failure for the past 3-4 years). Thank you and I am looking forward to any responds.
One more thing, I have to stay in-state to take care of my mother (she is 63 yrs) and we don't have DO schools here. The only schools that I can have a shot is: Tufts, Umass medical school, or maybe Harvard (just kidding :laugh:). Any other schools that are closer to MA is fine. BU is out of the questions because my advisor told me it's too late for BU now.