DO Am I Out...For Good?
I'm at a loss. My ultimate dream is to be a physician. I'm looking at DO schools. I really messed up this cycle on my MCAT, first being 23 (9bio, 4ver, 10phys) and retake being 18 (don't even remember...
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I am 28 years old. I graduated with a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering in 6 years. It took me longer for a variety of reasons. Anyway, my final GPA was a 3.3. I took the MCAT in 2006 and got a 28 without...
View ArticleMD Chances for MD school in Texas
I will be applying this May to all the Texas M.D. schools. g.p.a.- 3.80, science g.p.a.- 3.32 my mcat score should be in the range of 27-30 based on practice tests. E.C.- volunteering in E.R.- 50 hours...
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Well, I'll be graduating in a year in a half or so. At the rate I'm going ill be graduating summa cum laude (3.7 GPA) majoring in Chemistry. This however will only bring my cGPA to 3.1..... The 3.7 is...
View ArticleMD Low GPA, High MCAT, Help
Okay guys, here it is, another opinion thread. So my freshman year I did pretty good. I took what most college freshman take class wise, comp 1, psychology, sociology, calc III and IV and so on. I did...
View ArticleMD & DO Low GPA, High MCAT, URM
Hey guys, I will graduating with a M.Eng in BME from a top-5 school in may. My undergraduate degree is a double in Bioengineering and Biology (emphasis neuroscience) from a mediocre school. My AAMCAS...
View ArticleMD Gap year to boost ECs?
Hi everyone, I'm having a mini freak-out session at midnight, so I'm hoping for some advice! I'm a second-semester junior from CA; my cGPA = sGPA = 4.00, and I'm planning on taking the MCAT this year....
View ArticleMD & DO Should I Give Up?
Here's the situation... Below is a list of the coursework I have taken at my university, I am a transfer student so I have calculated my overall cGPA. I did poorly at a school (2.0 GPA), transferred...
View ArticleMD & DO Non-traditional Pre-Med Student (DO) What are my chances?
I'm looking to go back into school and start a pre-med track. It has always been my goal to be a doctor, I just repressed this drive for a long time due to family issues and personal problems. I...
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Right now I have a horrible GPA of 2.6. I am a second year at UT majoring in Human Biology and pre-med. I'm currently retaking chem 2 (because somehow I ended up with a D+) and biology 2 because I got...
View ArticleMD Canadian - totally lost
Hey guys, I am a Canadian who is thinking of taking my Medical school quest international. Unfortunately, because of where I live I have the poorest chances in Canada to get into a Canadian medical...
View ArticleMD Chances of Allopathic..Upward trend/URM
Hey everyone, my cGPA is 3.45 and sGPA is 3.47. Had a bad sophmore year but since then my gpa has been 3.45, 3.56, 3.91 and hopefully around a 3.8/9 this semester. I am taking a kaplan class am...
View ArticleMD MD chances? 3.2 Undergrad GPA, 3.0-3.1 Science GPA, 3.7 Grad GPA
My undergrad GPA (degrees in chem and bio) is between a 3.2-3.3 with a total upward trend and my last 2 semesters of a 3.6+ (my first two years were really bad because I was dealing with family...
View ArticleMD Suggestions/chance for top schools?
Hello my friends. Let's see how I hold up. cGPA 3.85 sGPA 3.89 3 awards for "Outstanding Achievement in Chemistry" MCAT: 37 (ps14 bs13 v10) Research 600 Hours Chemistry Research presented poster at...
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Background: -35Q and 3.65 -didn't apply last cycle because didn't get my score back until mid-september I've talked to a couple Doctors/advisors and I've been told that I should obtain some certificate...
View ArticleMD What do you think about this essay idea?
I'm a pre-med student at the moment and I'm really passionate about helping patients in the future. I'm thinking about going into the Air force after medical school and become an ER physician or...
View ArticleMD great trend bad first semester
So... how do these stats look? 35 MCAT 3.5 sGPA 3.75 All Other GPA 3.62 cumulative GPA Was a Senator of our school's Student Senate for 3 semesters Part of Pre Professional Medical Society, GlobeMed,...
View ArticleMD 3.7 sGPA, 3.7 cGPA, 35Q - Chances for top 20?
Math/chemistry intensive major Math minor 3.73 cGPA, 3.7 sGPA (only 2 non science classes taken thus far) 35Q MCAT ORM ECs: Research: 10 semesters (2 pubs (not first author) 1 poster) Tutoring: 2 years...
View ArticleDO Chances of top-tier DO schools
Hey guys, First, my academic history: My freshmen year I went to PSU and failed almost every class I took (I didn't even want to go to college, let alone know what I was going to do once I got there,...
View ArticleMD & DO Is MD out of the question
Hello fellow SDNers, I need your advice. I just caculated my gpa using the amcas weighted excel sheet. I am frightened by it because it is much lower than expected. Is it worth my money to apply to MD...
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