Med School Acceptance?

Question

So i wanted to know if you all think i have a chance at medschool. My first 2 1/2 years of college i really didnt care and had a 2.0 GPA. Then my dad passed away and i had a real drive to go to Med School, My last 5 semesters i has a GPA of 3.75 putting me at a 3.1, Also my science gpa is 3.35, will med schools take into account how much higher my gpa was my last half of school if it is mentioned in a letter of recommondation or personal essay? And im studying my butt off for the mcats do some schools weigh the mcats more then gpa? Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

You should qualify. Typically, they require a minimum of 2.5 in both your overall GPA and your prereq classes. If you have that (sounds like you prolly do), they'll take a look at you.

You want to explain the situation in your personal essay, altho having it mentioned briefly in the letter of rec doesn't hurt.

Just kick butt on your MCAT and you've still got a shot at med school.

Answer 2

First, the med schools will mainly want to know what your grades were in the tough science courses like biochemistry, organic chemistry and physics with calculus. If you got A's there, they might overlook Cs in Freshmen comp or Art history. IF you didnt get A's in those tough science courses, then they definitely don't care that you got A in western Civ!

About 35,000 - 40,000 kids are going to apply to med school this year in the USA. About 17,000 are going to be accepted. So if you are in a very good college, you have to be in at least the top half of the pre-med kids. The top colleges send 80% of their premeds to med school, but that has to balance out, so that means that if you are in low level school you will need to be in the top 20% of your premed group to get into med school.

THis is a big challenge, so you really need to ace those MCATs.

Answer 3

My husband was in a similar situation as you. His parents were going through a divorce his freshman year, and he didn't get good grades. The next year though, he realized he really wanted to get into med school and he got a 4.0 GPA. After 4 years he raised his GPA to over a 3.0 overall, and like you his science GPA was also very good because he didn't take any science classes his first year. He also studied very hard and got an above average MCAT score. He also worked for a doctor for 2 years to get relavant work experience. One of the doctor's took him under his wing and really mentored him. He also wrote my husband an amazing letter of recommendation. My husband later went to the med school fair at our school (University of Wisconsin - Madison) and at every single booth he told them to give it to him straight his chances of getting in, and at every single booth, they basically told him to go ahead and apply, but his chances were slim to none of even getting an interview because of his low grades his first year. There is just too much demand and not enough spaces at U.S. med schools. Well he still had his heart set on becoming a doctor, so he looked into Caribbean medical schools. They have rolling admission so they accept new students three times a year, January, May, and August. They are all elligible for U.S. government financial aid, so we were able to take out loans. There are 3 good ones down here, that are almost on the same level as a U.S. med school, Ross, AUC, and St. George's. If you graduate from one of those three you can practice in all 50 states. You only do your basic sciences on the island, so you are there for less than two years. After that you do your clinicals and residency in the states. Since the students attend classes year round, you actually get your MD degree faster than you would in the states. And when you apply, after you take the MCATs, you will have a decision in less than a month. It is true, the schools are less prestigious than U.S. med schools, but if you study hard, get good grades and good Step 1 scores, than you will get just as good as residency as a U.S. med school graduate. Good luck!

Answer 4

specific, study have shown it is lots extra basic to get into med college while you're African American or Latino. yet that doesn't advise you're able to no longer purpose as extreme as all the different applicants, meaning a three.7 GPA or bigger.

Answer 5

No, you didn't ruin your chances. They'll look at your over all GPA, but they will take into consideration the courses you took. Besides, if it's just first year you messed up, then it doesn't matter because first year is just intro/survey courses and option credits anyways.

Answer 6

ace those mcats and apply to lots of med schools my cousin applied to 18 med schools and got into 4. i definelty think u have a shot! you defnetly work hard im pretty sure med schools will see that.