I was academically dismissed from my undergraduate college and got back in after a year. What would my chances of getting into medica school be now? Have I ruined my chances? I changed my major several times but finally stuck with one now. I still haven’t taken any sciences course as I wanted to take courses in my major of Psych first and save the science courses for later on. Would a post-bacc help?( Even though I will take the science courses at my college) Masters?
I haven’t done any extracurricular activities yet and I technically entering my junior year but will start working as a phlebotomist soon and have sent in applications for volunteer work.
What is your current GPA and sGPA (bio, chem, physics, math only)?
A master’s won’t help you because med school primarily look at your undergrad GPA when considering applicants for admission.
A academic dismissal is a huge red flag and it will take a lot of grade repair (and lots of time–probably 3-5 years) with consistent excellent grades in high level science classes to get your GPA into a range where it will even get considered.
Probably your best chance for medical school is if you’re willing to consider osteopathic medicine. DO programs allow grade replacement. You should retake every F/D/C grade you’ve earned until your GPA/sGPA is in the 3.5+ range.
Before I get to the dismissal:
That alone is going to mean you won’t be going straight to medical school after graduating, even if you had a great GPA and MCAT.
Does academic dismissal automatically mean it’s dismissal for poor grades or is there a chance OP means he/she was caught cheating? For example cheating is an Academic Code violation at Brown, not a Conduct Code violation and thus I could see being dismissed for an Academic Code violation being called an Academic Dismissal, but I don’t know what language Brown (or Brown students) uses in these scenarios.
Based on the OP’s other threads, dismissal was for too many failed courses and a low GPA.
P.S. OP, in another of your threads, you said you took "a Chem where I got the F "–so you have already taken science courses. This puts you in an even deeper hole.
Ok…this is what I’ve seen (and I’m no expert on the subject)…
When people put time distance between bad grades and good grades, some med schools will give them a chance. Often the people have worked in the medical field (maybe military medic or hospital work), get their acts together, go back to school, ace their grades, ace the MCAT, and then med schools can be forgiving.
What is your plan?