I want to go back to medical school at 27?

Question

I graduate with a BA international Business and GPA of 3.06
It(GPA) has to be 3.50 at least?

I have taken some calculas and chemistry courses with many Cs and aB and that was a factors that lowered my GPA.
I take them again (try to ace all them) and my GPA might increase to 3.50, right?
Or.....my GPA is below 3.50, and they will accept me in with all As in prereq courses?

Prerequisites are 8 credits of organic chemistry with lab,
two semesters of general/inorganic chemistry, and two or more semesters of advanced biology.

Besides, do they include Physics, calculas? how many
semesters of them? what elses are they?

A lot of community and hospital volunteer work is required?

Maybe it is just too late to do this.....

Answer 1

The prereqs will vary from school to school but often include one year of chemistry, organic chemistry, physics, biology, calculus and english. If your "science" GPA is pretty low you may want to look into a "post-bac" premed program to brush up on some of the basic sciences - it would be a huge help with the MCAT and the first two years of medical school.
You can definitely get accepted to medical school without a 3.5!!! My GPA was below 3.5 and I am currently a medical student at a top 20 US medical school.
Volunteer work is not required, but encouraged. Just make sure you have some experience, even if not as volunteer work, that shows you know what it means to 'be a doctor'.
Your age is not an issue! Most medical school classes have someone in the class 35+. If you want to do it, talk to a premed advisor (your former undergraduate institution should still work with you!) and figure out if you need to take or retake and classes and what the best format for doing that would be.

Answer 2

it really depends on where you go to and what state you live in. A lot of the state schools like Minnesota, where I live, 80% of the people they accept are state residents. So your best chance is any med school in your state. i would look that school up and find out what they require for admission. ive researched this, and practically every med school website lists what classes have to be taken.

Generally its 2 semester inorganic chem, 2 semesters organic chem, 2 semesters biology, 1 semester physics. Various schools will also say 2-3 semesters of a humanities like english or foreign language. a lot of schools say a semester of psychology and biochemistry is strongly recommended. calculus is usually not required, but most students take it anyway.

a lot of community service and volunteer work is needed, i mean a lot. its the 3rd thing schools look at after GPA and the MCAT score.

GPA is kinda low.... average for acceptance into med school is a 3.7. med schools look at your overall GPA, as well as a science/math gpa. the science/math gpa is more important, but that is usually around your overall GPA to begin with. you could pull it off with a 3.5, but that would require an amazing MCAT score, like, truly ungodly. Given the fact that you didnt do that well in the calc and chemistry courses, it will be really hard to get that ungodly score.

Its definitely not to late though. You can do whatever you want to do.

Answer 3

It's not your age that's the problem. It's your preparation in basic science. There's a ton of science that you're expected to know in medical school, and they're not going to admit you if they don't think you know it. Hence the MCAT exam. If you can blaze that, then I don't see any cause for worry. On the other hand your grades aren't anything special either.

Answer 4

your age is not the problem , your grades are a major problem. med school is highly competitive with many many students who are near or at 4.0 in science majors and they do the volunteer/research work. 3.5 is a low gpa to get into a med school in the US unless you are highly exceptional in some way

Answer 5

Where you went to undergrad matters, too. A 3.5 from a top undergrad school will be at least as impressive as a 4.0 from an average school.

Answer 6

Do It!!!