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Hey guys,
So I am in the process of reapplying just like every one else. I am debating whether over this next application cycle to go into a post-bacc program or to seek out employment. Because most likely the post-bacc will be intense and the work would be full time, it would be difficult to do both at the same time.
My stats:
Junior transfer to UC Berkeley
BCPM: 3.35
AO: 3.68
MCAT: 14 PS, 13 BS, 10VR, Q WS
I was stupid enough to try and take gen chem freshman year in CC, competing with foreign students and others who have already taken the class before. I ended up getting C's in both semesters. I was able to pick myself up and transfer to UCB.
I volunteered at an ER for a while, shadowed, and tutored. I have done art for a while, and had been working on the side as a graphic illustrator and artist. I have worked in a rental housing company owned by my family, advertising and doing odd jobs incl. maintenance, showing apartments, and dealing with tenant needs. Problem is, one, I don't know if the ADCOMS will see this as real employment, as it is a family business, and two, its not really related to health care.
I never did research in school because i was never really interested in wet lab work. I am sincerely regretting this error now, however.
Right now, i am tutoring professionally, though not through a service, and seeking out additional volunteering/shadowing/public service opportunities. I am also enrolled in a Medical Microbiology course through UC Extension.
So, should I go for post-bacc, though I've shown i've got a grasp on the subject through my MCAT, or go find a job, even though I've had a few, not related directly to healthcare? Or, should i try to find a clinical research job, even though I'll probably need to get certification somehow?
I need to figure it out, because i need to put it in this cycles app. I am lost. Please help.
thank you!
So I am in the process of reapplying just like every one else. I am debating whether over this next application cycle to go into a post-bacc program or to seek out employment. Because most likely the post-bacc will be intense and the work would be full time, it would be difficult to do both at the same time.
My stats:
Junior transfer to UC Berkeley
BCPM: 3.35
AO: 3.68
MCAT: 14 PS, 13 BS, 10VR, Q WS
I was stupid enough to try and take gen chem freshman year in CC, competing with foreign students and others who have already taken the class before. I ended up getting C's in both semesters. I was able to pick myself up and transfer to UCB.
I volunteered at an ER for a while, shadowed, and tutored. I have done art for a while, and had been working on the side as a graphic illustrator and artist. I have worked in a rental housing company owned by my family, advertising and doing odd jobs incl. maintenance, showing apartments, and dealing with tenant needs. Problem is, one, I don't know if the ADCOMS will see this as real employment, as it is a family business, and two, its not really related to health care.
I never did research in school because i was never really interested in wet lab work. I am sincerely regretting this error now, however.
Right now, i am tutoring professionally, though not through a service, and seeking out additional volunteering/shadowing/public service opportunities. I am also enrolled in a Medical Microbiology course through UC Extension.
So, should I go for post-bacc, though I've shown i've got a grasp on the subject through my MCAT, or go find a job, even though I've had a few, not related directly to healthcare? Or, should i try to find a clinical research job, even though I'll probably need to get certification somehow?
I need to figure it out, because i need to put it in this cycles app. I am lost. Please help.
thank you!
