I decided to shoot for med school(MD) quite late in my academic career, and I am wondering if I even stand a chance. I am currently 3 semesters away, counting the current semester, from finishing college as a biology undergraduate. There is not much out of the ordinary about my degree study, except I took a calculus based physics(2 semesters) along with calculus 2(I know its not much).
GPA: c3.86
MCAT: have not taken yet(plan on studying for 3 months, then taking)
Extracurricular: I have about 20 hours of volunteer time at a donation center, which helped me get a small($1500) science and art scholarship my junior year. I hope to spend this next summer doing some shadowing and volunteer work at a local hospital. I have talked with a professor to get involved with biomedical research(sleep patterns and aging) for the last two semesters at college. I also plan on spending the last 3 semesters of college involved with the pre-health club.
I started out working as a welder after high school, and I worked that job for years before I felt I would like to study science. I am not sure if that is relevant, but I thought it might help my admission letter; they may not see a premed/welder applicant very often.
GPA: c3.86
MCAT: have not taken yet(plan on studying for 3 months, then taking)
Extracurricular: I have about 20 hours of volunteer time at a donation center, which helped me get a small($1500) science and art scholarship my junior year. I hope to spend this next summer doing some shadowing and volunteer work at a local hospital. I have talked with a professor to get involved with biomedical research(sleep patterns and aging) for the last two semesters at college. I also plan on spending the last 3 semesters of college involved with the pre-health club.
I started out working as a welder after high school, and I worked that job for years before I felt I would like to study science. I am not sure if that is relevant, but I thought it might help my admission letter; they may not see a premed/welder applicant very often.
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