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Hey guys! Been following the podiatry forums for quite some time now, and I was hesitant on this field because you are looking at feet all day and I figured how satisfying can that be?
Then recently I broke my ankle, and had to undergo surgery, this woke me up HUGE! I realized what a big role our feet do for us in our everyday lives, and how important they are.
I hated my orthopedic surgeon (he made a lot of mistakes), then I met this podiatrist and this guy was awesome! He said he loves his career, and it looks like an awesome work and life balance. This kind of made me think and feel like this was a wake up call for me. Then I went ahead and started looking at the job market, and I have been seeing openings in a desired city I want to move too once I am done with school, so I am thinking this is a sign for me to go down this route.
Even though theres a lot of negativity surrounded this profession on this forum, I went ahead and looked for other opinions. I looked on reddit, and those guys seem to love their profession, and I spoke to 2 podiatrist in person, and they seem to love it too. I mean I guess like any other job you will have the ones that love it and the ones that hate it, you have your ups and downs in every career.
However I feel that my grades are not agreeing with me..
GPA slightly shy of a 3.0 and sGPA about a 2.5-2.55, I made dumb mistakes and got two Fs which resulted in my GPA tanking.
No MCAT yet
Currently a senior in college just finished my first semester back after a leave of absence from my injury and I was able to pull these grades; ORGO A- after getting an F the semester before, Immunology B, Advance Molecular B+, and waiting on genetics. Was able to pull around a 3.3 GPA this semester, have another 15 credits left for next semester including Orgo 2, Evolution, Ecology, and Scientific writing, I might take one more science class as I need 1 more credit to fulfill my graduation requirements.
What do you guys think? If I can do well on this last semester with the last year showing a strong upward trend do I have a chance if I do good on the MCAT?
I spoke to a podiatry school (prefer to leave the name out), and was told that a 2.8 sGPA, and 495 MCAT score is enough to suffice an admission, however the F's kinda set me back. And I was looking into AACPM college look books, and I have seen some schools go as low as 2.3/2.4 sGPA.. So thats why I have some hope that I can get it. Have the passion for it, can start shadowing a doctor almost immediately.
Any input would be great! Thanks guys. My dream school would probably be NYCPM, since I am a New York native and would love the opportunity of cutting out the housing part of tuition so the loans will be somewhat less of a burden.
And any one who is currently a student or is a practicing DPM, can you elaborate on the career? Any input would be great!
Thanks guys, happy holidays, and most importantly stay safe!!
Then recently I broke my ankle, and had to undergo surgery, this woke me up HUGE! I realized what a big role our feet do for us in our everyday lives, and how important they are.
I hated my orthopedic surgeon (he made a lot of mistakes), then I met this podiatrist and this guy was awesome! He said he loves his career, and it looks like an awesome work and life balance. This kind of made me think and feel like this was a wake up call for me. Then I went ahead and started looking at the job market, and I have been seeing openings in a desired city I want to move too once I am done with school, so I am thinking this is a sign for me to go down this route.
Even though theres a lot of negativity surrounded this profession on this forum, I went ahead and looked for other opinions. I looked on reddit, and those guys seem to love their profession, and I spoke to 2 podiatrist in person, and they seem to love it too. I mean I guess like any other job you will have the ones that love it and the ones that hate it, you have your ups and downs in every career.
However I feel that my grades are not agreeing with me..
GPA slightly shy of a 3.0 and sGPA about a 2.5-2.55, I made dumb mistakes and got two Fs which resulted in my GPA tanking.
No MCAT yet
Currently a senior in college just finished my first semester back after a leave of absence from my injury and I was able to pull these grades; ORGO A- after getting an F the semester before, Immunology B, Advance Molecular B+, and waiting on genetics. Was able to pull around a 3.3 GPA this semester, have another 15 credits left for next semester including Orgo 2, Evolution, Ecology, and Scientific writing, I might take one more science class as I need 1 more credit to fulfill my graduation requirements.
What do you guys think? If I can do well on this last semester with the last year showing a strong upward trend do I have a chance if I do good on the MCAT?
I spoke to a podiatry school (prefer to leave the name out), and was told that a 2.8 sGPA, and 495 MCAT score is enough to suffice an admission, however the F's kinda set me back. And I was looking into AACPM college look books, and I have seen some schools go as low as 2.3/2.4 sGPA.. So thats why I have some hope that I can get it. Have the passion for it, can start shadowing a doctor almost immediately.
Any input would be great! Thanks guys. My dream school would probably be NYCPM, since I am a New York native and would love the opportunity of cutting out the housing part of tuition so the loans will be somewhat less of a burden.
And any one who is currently a student or is a practicing DPM, can you elaborate on the career? Any input would be great!
Thanks guys, happy holidays, and most importantly stay safe!!