I have 2-2.5 years left to complete my Civil Engineering degree, but I hate it and find it passionless. I also do not like the type of work now that I've seen the industry and I realized I am less of a physics/calculations guy anyways. I am at a state university and have a 2.86 GPA at the...
Hey guys!
I'm just starting out in my quest to pursue medical school and I'm looking for advice/WAMC, hoping you all might be able to point out some things I'm overlooking or not aware that I need. Encouragement is also welcome!
Let it be known that I've thought/prayed/labored/sweated long...
Hi everyone! I'm new here to SDN so I'm not sure if this is the right thread. Anyways I am a nontraditional student who finished a BA in Psychology with 3.5 GPA graduated Cum Laude, but as of now I calculated my cGPA and sGPA to be both 3.4. After that I decided that I wanted to do Medical...
Hi everyone,
I am a 29-year old lawyer who has not completed any med school prerequisites and is looking for advice from people on this forum regarding whether my particular plan for transitioning from law to medicine is realistic and feasible. My community is one of the ones impacted by the...
I am a 25 year old senior in college graduating with a BA in liberal arts from a reputable state school.
I struggled finding a career path to dedicate myself to but decided now that I want to be in health care.
But I'm going to need a job with a living wage and benefits and I really don't have...
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Hi all! This is my first post on this forum. I'm just looking for a little insight on the best route to take as a non-traditional pre-med student. Here's a little background:
I graduated in December 2016 with my BSN (I'm 23 years old, currently working as an RN). I've decided to pursue my dream...
Submitting in the next few days (~9/14). Still waiting on transcripts/LOR (the science professors aren't responding and I don't blame them >4 years out of undergrad...).
As soon as I submit, I plan on pre-writing my secondaries.
Stats:
3.42 Undergrad GPA
506 MCAT
Graduated 2013 (nontrad)...
I'm a nontraditional student. When I first enrolled at my current school, I didn't know it, but I was about to go into one of the worst years of my life.
Brace yourselves; it's going to get pretty personal and a little bit whiny here, but during that first semester:
I was active duty military...
I graduated with a BS in Biology in 2016 and started working on the MPH right away not knowing that the MPH will not help my science GPA. Now that I know, I am planning to hold on taking MPH classes until I fix my science GPA. By which I mean taking upper level science courses, at least 20...
Hello all!
Would it be possible for anyone to weigh in on my timeline for application? I am working with my pre-health adviser, and with his guidance I have formulated this plan. Any and all advice is hugely appreciated!
I am a non-traditional student planning on applying to SMP's this...
Hello there! My undergrad career has been a journey of discovery. All throughout high school, I aspired to one day become a doctor (sounds a bit peculiar, but as my father is an MD, it's not so out of the ballpark). However, once I got into college, I started exploring other science careers and...
Hi all,
You may have seen me poking around for a while. I'm a 26-year-old nontrad in the military and have three years left on my service commitment, and also work shifts so my ability to take in-person prereqs is limited/slowed. I'm looking at an application year of 2021-2022 if all works out...
Hey y'all, for starters I wanted to be a cop before I even thought about medical school. I ended up going the medicine route (EMT, pre-med) after a life event that made me love medicine.
I'm posting this in the non-trad side so older people can give their POV or if they have gone this route. I...
Hey Guys! I'm an MD applicant who is planning on applying to MD PhD programs at schools with strong neuro programs. I just want to know how realistic my school choices are based on my stats.
Academic Record: Second Year Master's Student with a BS in Neuroscience from a state university...
Hi, I'm in Canada applying to med schools both in canada and in the US.
I've got a 3.85 gpa and a 512 mcat.
The issue is I have a six year gap in the middle of my studies. After second year my mom got sick and due to financial reasons I left school to start making money as a real estate agent...
Hi all. I am narrowing down my school list and I am pretty nervous because of my GPA.
I am:
Nontrad (29), married
Non-URM
Did 6 years in the Navy (desk job)
Did very badly in school ages 20-22 on and off (<1.5 GPA)
Bachelors of Science in Biological and Natural Sciences from state school...
Hey everyone,
Trying out SDN since I have no one else to really talk to about this stuff...
I graduated college 5 years ago, was premed and somehow got through with mediocre science grades, but now I really don't remember a lot of it. Recently applied to a few post-bacs that didn't require...
Does anybody else ever get a little freaked out about how much easier this would seem were you not married/engaged/didn't have kids/a spouse with a career/dogs/a mortgage?
Don't get me wrong, I'm dedicated to this route. But sometimes I think about my SO's career options, my dogs (I'm very...
Nontrad here.
My projected graduation date is 2020, and with all my courses plotted out, thanks to horrific grades from 2009-2012, I've calculated that my GPA will be about a 3.2c/3.5s with a massive upward trend. (DO sGPA would be higher, about 3.8.)
The thing is, I have so many credits that...
Hi all,
Any thoughts for how to approach activities and work experience from a long time ago? I graduated in 2005, and while a lot of my experiences (including all three of the ones I have as "most important") are current, I have stuff from my college days that I want to include, like working...
Hi!
I'm trying to decide between UCSF and Cornell, and would love to hear some informed opinions. I'm on the older end of things, and am looking for a program that doesn't feel too much like undergrad/academic summer camp.
Thanks so much for your thoughts!
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Hi all --
My question is -- with 1/2 prereqs missing, will this hurt my chances?
I'm 29, URM, 3.6 cGPA, 3.9 sGPA, 504 MCAT.
Some good volunteer hours showing commitment to service, etc.
Plan on targeting MD schools and many DO schools.
Thanks!!!
Its been a long time but I have finally finished up all of my classes and taken the MCAT. My stats are below, any suggestions on schools or things i can do to improve? Thanks in advance!
30 years old, Caucasian, Texas Resident
cGPA 3.33
sGPA 3.38
MCAT 506 (125/127/127/127)
Active Duty...
Hey all. Trying to get a grasp on SMP/master's ideas before I come close to graduation.
I know traditional SMPs are akin to the first year of M-1 curriculum, and other master's in medical science/biomed/physiology are also popular, but is there any truth to my thinking that it would be better...
I have been looking at statistics Goro linked about what application items are statistically shown to matter in how successful medical students end up being and thus are ranked in importance for adcoms. I noticed in there Paid Employment - Non Medical is ranked low, while Paid Employment -...
My plans have recently changed and I am looking for some insight or advice. My husband and I are now seriously considering having a baby during my 20 month gap between graduating undergrad and starting medical school. He is in a field unrelated to medicine and is an extraordinarily supportive...
(First off, apologies, because this could be relevant to about 4 different forums...)
I'm a 26-year-old nontrad in the military. I have rough grades dragging down my cGPA from 2009-2011 and one semester in 2014 (when I was getting divorced.) Right now, I've maintained a 4.0 going to school part...
I have a simple question for all you nontrads who have been through it - is it all worth it?
Medicine seems that it will be challenging, rewarding, and so, so interesting. However, I'm disheartened with some stats I've heard that only 1/2 of doctors today would 'do it all over' if they could...
Hi guys --
Some background:
I'm a URM hispanic woman non-trad (29) living in Illinois.
uGPA = 3.6
sGPA = 3.9, but closer to 3.7 for actual BCPM (the M part of this killed me haha).
504 MCAT.
Looking to target several DO schools and some lower tier MD schools.
I have 4 years of non-relavant...
Hi all,
I took the MCAT in the summer of 2014 with full intentions of applying in the 2015 application cycle, but life happened and here I am gearing up for the 2018 cycle. I have some general questions regarding retaking the MCAT and how it will look to medical schools considering that my old...
Some background -- I'm 28, female, and single. I'm very passionate about having a thriving career throughout my lifetime, and although I would like a child (probably just one), I have so many other passions (medicine being one of the biggest), traveling, etc. I'd like to 'have it all' so to...
Hello fellow non-trads!!
I've been working nonstop in order to be able to apply to medical school this next round, and have been working full time on top of 3 science classes each semester. I'm wondering if med school will be this time intensive, lighter, or about the same. I feel like either...
Hello Non-Trads,
Please help.
I have applied to med school twice to no avail. My grades are too low (3.0/ 27 MCAT) and although I have tons and tons of experience, nobody seems to care. I have accepted that is a numbers game and nothing else weighs as much (highly disappointed by this).
Let...
Hi there! I am a US citizen married to an NZ citizen who is currently doing his own PhD here in the US. I've been thinking about pursuing medicine for a while and have made some steps down that path: I finished my undergrad degree in philosophy in 2013, now work as a research assistant in a...
Background:
I screwed up pretty badly in my first few years of undergrad. I made a few less than stellar grades in Chemistry 1 (D+), Physics 1 (D+), and Calculus (D) at my first university. Lots of withdrawals in the first two years post-high school. I have retaken coursework in Chemistry (A)...
Thought I would share this here in case it's helpful to anyone:
https://www.reddit.com/r/premed/comments/5xcgmv/a_nonexhaustive_list_of_schools_that_will_accept/
I feel that there is an overwhelming consensus that the second semester of organic chemistry is required for admission to medical...
I'm a non-traditional application. 3.38 undergraduate, 3.1 science, 4.0 Masters (Health Care Administration), 501 MCAT, Teacher for 3 years, thousands of hours of health care experience as an student athletic trainer, hundreds of volunteer hours, etc. I have 3 Q drops on my transcript from...
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