DrDave wrote:pv1010,
If the 3.24 overall includes the 2.89 from the previous school then it seems your grades were pretty good following the transfer. A 3.24 overall (if it doesn't include the previous school's grades) is definitely low compared to the vast majority of people who go to medical school. It isn't clear to me from your post at what point you transferred - was it after your first or second year? Were you at the new school while your father was still ill?
If your father's illness coincides with the time of your poor grades and your grades improved dramatically once you had some closure on his illness and death, then I think it is essential that you point out the the hardship you were having. Your family story does give you a unique background that may be of interest to some medical schools.
The bottom line is that you would need a good explanation for why you failed your pre-med courses the first time, but it is great that you were able to get A's the second try. The question an admission's committee is likely to wonder is whether the second school was much easier, or if you were able to be appropriately focused the second time around.
A great MCAT school obviously would work to your advantage, but a low score may make getting accepting into medical school impossible.
These are just my opinions and speaking to a pre-med advisor at your school may provide additional insight into your chances. Best of luck, and I'm sorry to hear about your father. I can't imagine trying to focus on school work while dealing with those types of issues and I think most admission's committees would agree.
tab wrote:thanks for giving my answer, but i want to ask you one more question and my question is this, that these all classes are required for medical school i can take in medical school or some kind of another school because i took bio,physics and english in my high school and i have already those credits. so do i have to take it again in medical school.besides chemistry however that the only subject i need to take for medical school ?
guest wrote:hi,
i'm a student going to university this year and recently having problems on selecting courses. i was searching about the med. school requirements for U.S. universities and most of them require 1 year of physics. so my question is does it matter which level the course is ? or just as long as i have two semesters of physics would be fine? thanks
Sgt. Sepulveda wrote:I have a quick question, i am currently in the military and going to school, I have been in the military for 8 years and planning on staying in for the next 12. does it matter if I recieve several ba.'s and close to my forties when i apply to medical school. would it also be looked differenly if my ba. took me more than 4 years to complete, compared to the normal 4 to 5 years, due to my military duties?
jirachi wrote:I've heard that most medical schools accept the top 50 students of each colleges. Does this mean that going to a less populated college is more of an advantage than going to a bigger college like the University of Washington - Seattle?
adecesare1 wrote:For the 1 year pre-reqs to get into medical school, What exactly does it mean by 1 year of those classes?
Does it mean 2 terms, say chem 1 and 2 or phys 1 and 2 ? or is there such thing as 1 course that lasts for those 2 terms ?
Please clear this up for me, Thank you.
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