So I currently have taken the majority of me pre med courses. I am a statistics major, entering my junior year. Im in a top 50 private school.
These are those grades
C and A- (retaken from a D+) Bio 1 and 2
B+ and B- Chem 1 and 2
C organic 1
C+ physics one
Not very impressive.
My major courses however, are pretty decent.
All As in Calc 1, 2, Stat 1, 2, Linear Regression, Linear algebra.
My back up plan always has been to get my masters in statistics or business analytics if medical school didn't work out, however it really is my ambition. I'm worried that perhaps it's not where Im destined to end up, and my strengths lie elsewhere. It has been frustrating as my pre med grades has watered down my gpa to a 3.1. My track record to this point outside my major courses, has been poor, but I feel that these courses are no joke and show that I have the intelligence and problem solving ability that medical schools look for. I am taking phsyics 2 and organic 2 this coming year.
I want to be a medical doctor and Ive been doing things outside of the classroom ( research with the biology department this summer, 45 clinical hours, going to costa rica with doctors without borders spring 2017), and Im aiming to become a scribe my senior year of college. My grades are just not going to cut it and I am willing to do a post bacc so long as I can guarantee myself admission to the school at the end of that year, to avoid another "glide year". That being said, I also need to be competitive for such programs, and I really don't know if I would be. Im also certainly interested in doing DO, but I don't know if I have the time to retake all my poor pre med grades. I'd be willing to take those courses again at my community college in the summers if that would replace my grades. Im taking my MCAT my senior year fall. As of now, that is my lifeline.
Any advice would really be appreciated. My medical school advisor is useless, and I could use some solid direction.
These are those grades
C and A- (retaken from a D+) Bio 1 and 2
B+ and B- Chem 1 and 2
C organic 1
C+ physics one
Not very impressive.
My major courses however, are pretty decent.
All As in Calc 1, 2, Stat 1, 2, Linear Regression, Linear algebra.
My back up plan always has been to get my masters in statistics or business analytics if medical school didn't work out, however it really is my ambition. I'm worried that perhaps it's not where Im destined to end up, and my strengths lie elsewhere. It has been frustrating as my pre med grades has watered down my gpa to a 3.1. My track record to this point outside my major courses, has been poor, but I feel that these courses are no joke and show that I have the intelligence and problem solving ability that medical schools look for. I am taking phsyics 2 and organic 2 this coming year.
I want to be a medical doctor and Ive been doing things outside of the classroom ( research with the biology department this summer, 45 clinical hours, going to costa rica with doctors without borders spring 2017), and Im aiming to become a scribe my senior year of college. My grades are just not going to cut it and I am willing to do a post bacc so long as I can guarantee myself admission to the school at the end of that year, to avoid another "glide year". That being said, I also need to be competitive for such programs, and I really don't know if I would be. Im also certainly interested in doing DO, but I don't know if I have the time to retake all my poor pre med grades. I'd be willing to take those courses again at my community college in the summers if that would replace my grades. Im taking my MCAT my senior year fall. As of now, that is my lifeline.
Any advice would really be appreciated. My medical school advisor is useless, and I could use some solid direction.
