Hey there, I'll be making another thread for my wife, but this one's for me.
I completed my undergrad over six years ago with a 3.35 GPA, but AMCAS calculates it as 3.24 undergrad GPA, which means schools see a 3.24. While not the same, I did a graduate program immediately after, but that was a mistake because family matters suddenly appeared, which netted me a 3.04 GPA. I took another masters program after a one year break to attend to those issues, and netted a 3.5. For whatever reason, that calculates to a 3.16 graduate GPA on my AMCAS, so my improvement doesn't show. I know 4.0 or nothing, but I was quite proud of my 3.5.
I married soon after completing my second Master's. It really changed me and energized me, and I owe my wife my improvement from 29 to 34 MCAT (I had to retake because, like me, my score was super old).
I applied late this cycle, despite SDN's sound advice to wait another year (which I didn't want to do). I made a variant of the LizzyM score, then focusing on interviews, and compared the data with the MSAR. I applied to 21 schools this cycle, but I had at least 7 other schools that I appeared RELATIVELY competitive at. LizzyM and my score doesn't reflect that GPA contribution is more valuable than MCAT, so that's another mark against me.
Finally, I'm currently pursuing an MBA in Health Care Management. I'm genuinely interested in the state of medicine, how it got here, and what is really going on. While yes, part of its function is to bolster my graduate GPA, I am primarily pursuing it to learn (gasp!), which I cannot say for my Master's in Science. Does it help at all, or not even a little bit? I saw little value in doing yet another Master's in Science - or rather, educational value. Still, I must ask, will the MBA have any help in admissions whatsoever, or will it do nothing for admissions beyond making me more knowledgeable about healthcare? I figured an MBA in HCM will cover the same material as MPH and more.
I prefer brutal honesty over polite niceties, so please be blunt and honest with advice, feedback, chances, etc. Thanks! :)
I completed my undergrad over six years ago with a 3.35 GPA, but AMCAS calculates it as 3.24 undergrad GPA, which means schools see a 3.24. While not the same, I did a graduate program immediately after, but that was a mistake because family matters suddenly appeared, which netted me a 3.04 GPA. I took another masters program after a one year break to attend to those issues, and netted a 3.5. For whatever reason, that calculates to a 3.16 graduate GPA on my AMCAS, so my improvement doesn't show. I know 4.0 or nothing, but I was quite proud of my 3.5.
I married soon after completing my second Master's. It really changed me and energized me, and I owe my wife my improvement from 29 to 34 MCAT (I had to retake because, like me, my score was super old).
I applied late this cycle, despite SDN's sound advice to wait another year (which I didn't want to do). I made a variant of the LizzyM score, then focusing on interviews, and compared the data with the MSAR. I applied to 21 schools this cycle, but I had at least 7 other schools that I appeared RELATIVELY competitive at. LizzyM and my score doesn't reflect that GPA contribution is more valuable than MCAT, so that's another mark against me.
Finally, I'm currently pursuing an MBA in Health Care Management. I'm genuinely interested in the state of medicine, how it got here, and what is really going on. While yes, part of its function is to bolster my graduate GPA, I am primarily pursuing it to learn (gasp!), which I cannot say for my Master's in Science. Does it help at all, or not even a little bit? I saw little value in doing yet another Master's in Science - or rather, educational value. Still, I must ask, will the MBA have any help in admissions whatsoever, or will it do nothing for admissions beyond making me more knowledgeable about healthcare? I figured an MBA in HCM will cover the same material as MPH and more.
I prefer brutal honesty over polite niceties, so please be blunt and honest with advice, feedback, chances, etc. Thanks! :)