my chances at Med School?

Pre-Med & Medical School Pre-Med Topics
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<p>I was a near college drop out, i was able to achieve 3 F's in the same basic math class at one point in time. Due to my lack of interest in college back then, the school kicked me out. Fustrated, and not wanting to work at some retail store for the rest of life, i went back to school. The only school that accepted me was my local Community College in NYC. Now after finishing my first semester, i was able to obtain a 3.30 GPA. with my education getting back on track, i have several questions.
1. Should i take my pre med requirements at my CC now or wait until i transfer to a more prestigious school? in able to take BIO, CALC, and CHEM
2. im 22 now, would i be too old for med. school after im done with my undergrad, i might be @25 when im done with all 4yrs.
3. i havent done any volunteer or research that shows that i want to help people, would med. school simply glance my files and reject me because of this? would it be to late to start doing research/volunteer now?
4. i do not want to major in Bio or chem, in fact i want to major in Anthopology at NYU, Columbia or other prestigious schools, after i transfer of course. Would med. school see this as an acomplishment? i went from a college drop out, to a CC school, and was accepted to a University, would they see this as a good thing?
5. im also a URM, would that make a difference?
6. would taking an EMT certification make a difference?( i would like information about where to obtain an EMT certification in NYC, if anyone knows.)</p>

<p>If anyone can answer any of these questions, thanks in advance.</p>

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<p>1.) May as well start taking them now, as it will slow you down otherwise.</p>

<p>2.) 25 is pretty much the average age for entry, so I don't see this as a problem for anybody else if it's not a problem for you.</p>

<p>3.) Yes, you do need some activities, and no, it's not even close to too late. Feel free to get started sooner rather than later, but no, it's by no means too late.</p>

<p>4.) a.) Anthropology is fine - your major doesn't matter.</p>

<p>4.) b.) Yes, certainly this upward track would be good news, if you could pull it off.</p>

<p>5.) A huge difference. Race is by far the most important factor in this process. You can gain more specific information from <a href="http://www.aamc.org/data/facts/2005/mcatgparaceeth.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.aamc.org/data/facts/2005/mcatgparaceeth.htm&lt;/a>. Notice that the average gap between your average black and Asian matriculant is 9 index points, a gap that all other factors combined (i.e. EC's, research, etc.) would not come close to closing.</p>

<p>6.) Yes, this would be one of several EC's that would help a great deal. I'll let Shraf and others answer this for you.</p>

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<p>thanks bluedevil</p>

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<p>forum. studentdoctor .net</p>

<p>thas the site u need homie</p>

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<p>anyone know where to get certification for EMT-B?</p>

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<p>1) Take EMT-B at CC.
2) Take EMT-B test to be certified.</p>

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<p>im a NYS EMT. There are a number of places you can take it...i know for sure most community colleges offer the course (i took it at La Guardia CC). A very good class though is the EMT-B class offered by Our Lady of Mercy in the Bronx. It is still the same certification but you are gonna learn MUCH more then you will in a CC.</p>

<p>Its gonna be a committment, my course ran Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays 7pm-11pm (sundays was 9-5) from mid January until June 15. You are required by the state to do i believe 16 hours of clinical rotations (8 in hospitals and 4 on an ambulance) but i suggest you exceed that. So yea if you have any further questions lemme know.</p>

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<p>Do you really need to have 16 H of clinical rotations to be "EMT Basic" certified?!? Now are these rotations co-requisites to the basic course? If not, can you do these rotations while you're taking the course?</p>

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<p>I know nothing about being an EMT, but 16 hours isn't really that much time, dude.</p>

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<p>its just 16 hours of field time...you have hundreds of hours of lab time, im not sure specifically.</p>

<p>Its 16 hours that are done with the course</p>

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<p>I only had to do the 8 hr hospital rotation....</p>

<p>John Jay college also offers it as does Columbia....</p>

<p>They are both run by a private company though called Emergency Care that is located in Brooklyn.</p>

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<p>QUESTION!</p>

<p>is the undergrad GPA and science GPA calculated for ALL schools the you attended?</p>

<p>I have a lot of F's in architecture classes and several F's in a basic math course that i took at keep failing in my old school. would that bring down my GPA in the end? or do they only care about your currrent school grades?</p>

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<p>Your GPA includes everything. This will very seriously bring down your GPA.</p>

<p>With that said, people in your position - not quite your position, but at least qualitatively in your position - seem to indicate (mdapplicants.com) that there is some element of forgiveness available, that a very strong track record at your current school may implicitly be more heavily weighted than your track record at previous schools.</p>

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<p>I dont want to make another thread so im going to ask all my questions here.</p>

<p>just to get these classes out the way, im taking English101 and English201 this summer at my community college. Is this such a good idea? i know you require one year of english for med school, would they see this as a bad thing? also. im not sure if my chosen school that i would like to transfer to(NYU) are going to accept my CC english classes.</p>

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<p>Remember that whether your school accepts your classes or not has no bearing on med school. Of course you do need to graduate from NYU (hypothetically), so that may matter there.</p>

<p>Again, if you wait until you get to NYU to take all of your classes, I just don't see any way for you to fit them in. So this is a judgment call on your part.</p>