<p>For some general info about me, I'm 20, homeschooled student with G.E.D., I have ~75 community college credits, my GPA is a mere 2.7 and I blame myself for starting college at the age of 16 with no direction, I have never taken the SAT, and my career interests have always revolved around technology and health.</p>
<p>It has been challenging to find info on what course in studies to take to be a radiologist. It would be terrific if any of you could clarify what the general way is to do it. From what I understand, a student would finish pre-med, then get into a radiology.</p>
<p>With the SAT/ACT thing, I took the official practice test on collegeboard.org and only scored 1570 total. I haven't gone to college for a good year to year and a half now so maybe that's why. Should I study hard, take, and possibly retake the real SAT to achieve the highest score or does it not matter as much as I think to get into a pre-med school?</p>
<p>I know it is way too early to think about this but the most appealing pre-med school to me is Washington University in St. Louis.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>to attend med school, you need to earn an undergraduate degree. And your juco gpa will preclude transferring to any top school, such as WashU. My suggestion would be consider going back to a community college for a year and earning all A’s (to demonstrate that you are capable of high level work). Ask your juco advisor for transfer suggestions.</p>
<p>No need to take the SAT. Your college gpa is all that matters for a transfer.</p>
<p>All grades will count for applications to allopathic med schools, but DO schools do allow grade replacement. Thus, you could repeat any course that you pulled a C.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>Thanks for the response. I’ll definitely look into finishing my 2 yr degree with straight A’s!</p>
<p>Ok, a few things…</p>
<p>1) A radiologist is medical specialty. You’re a long way from worrying about what classes a radiologist needs. You must first earn a BA/BS degree, take the MCAT and get into med school, then upon completing med school and passing the USMLE exams (3 of them), you’ll apply for a 5+ year specialty training program (called a residency) in radiology. </p>
<p>2) You may or may not need to take the SAT/ACT. That will depend upon the transfer policies at the universities you’re applying to. With 75 college credits, you will likely be able to enter with junior standing. Some schools will want a standardized score for a junior transfer; most won’t. </p>
<p>Now for some bad news—with your 2.7 GPA and 75 credits, even with an exceptional SAT/ACT score, you’re unlikely to get admitted to WashU.</p>
<p>3) Any 4 year college/university will offer the courses you’ll need for medical school admission. The prestige factor of your undergrad school may have some influence on where/whether you get admitted to med school, but not much. It’s all up to you and how well you do in college.</p>
<p>And now more bad news: med school admission is largely GPA/MCAT score driven. Your CC credits will count in the GPA calculations for med school application. It doesn’t matter how young you were when you took the courses or that you essentially were still high school. The credits will always be included in your GPA calculations. There is no grade forgiveness or grade expiration for allopathic medical schools.</p>
<p>A data point: the average GPA for accepted med school applicants is 3.6 and rising every year. </p>
<p>It’s not impossible for you get accepted into med school, but you’re starting out at a significant disadvantage.</p>