My GPA is 2.86

Pre-Med & Medical School Pre-Med Topics
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<p>Figgy:
Yes, his GPA most certainly combines.</p>

<p>SBU:
I don't wish to be rude, but I cannot in good conscience advise you to apply to medical school. Of course nothing in this world is quite certain, but I believe firmly that your application at this point simply has too many holes without enough room to compensate. There are a great many worthy fields out there, and there is no good reason to restrict yourself to this particular one.</p>

<p>Best of luck in whatever you should choose to do - and certainly, should you choose to apply to medical schools anyway, best of luck with that process as well.</p>

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<p>"8.) Why do you want to be a doctor?
b/c i just can't imagine myself doing anything else in life. i think its my ego. i feel that if i'm anything but a doctor than it would be embarrassing.
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<p>No offence.
That is not a very convincing reason of why you would want to be a Doctor. My advice: reevaluate your life goals. You shouldn't want to go through an already difficult path for the wrong reasons. Do some soul searching and try to identify the real reasons for you wanting to be a Doctor; make sure they are positive, and use the 'positive energy' to help you work harder towards your goal(s). And NO--You will not/should not feel embarrassed if you are anything but a doctor. If a career in health care is what you really want consider becoming a PA, EMT, RN, Surgical Tech. etc. etc. All are well respected professions and WILL allow you to live a decent and comfortable life....</p>

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<p>I should clarify that it is the downward trend, the EC's, race, the reason for your low grades, and your reasoning for being a doctor that makes me pessimistic - your MCAT score is not necessary for me to make such a judgment. That is to say, my pessimism will stand regardless of your MCAT score.</p>

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<p>What about a biomedical engineering student with a 3.1 who is female is there hope?</p>

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<p>Details would be nice...Your school? Year? Grade trends? Ethnicity?</p>

<p>and yea...There is always hope!</p>

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<p>Yeah, again, you're going to need to answer the questions as listed above. Your chances may vary anywhere from basically 0 to 100%, depending on your answers.</p>

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<p>Wow, I didn't know medical school admission is subjective. I thought they just look at GPA and MCAT.</p>

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<p>I'm going to give u the benefit of the doubt and guess that you are being sarcastic. Med school admissions is VERY subjective. GPA/MCAT gets u in the door. Personal statement, EC's, essays, and interviews get u the rest of the way.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I wish.</p>

<p>Actually I don't. Because I'd have done better, but the doctors we'd get would be... well, raw academics. But I do wish they'd remove some elements from the process.</p>

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<p>Sorry I wasn't clear that I was being sarcastic. If medical schools evaluate only GPA and MCAT, then why do they ask for the personal statement, clinical experiences, etc.? Although GPA and MCAT are huge factors, of course, the admission is subjective.</p>

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<p>Well, but law schools ask for all those things too, and they just ignore them.</p>

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<p>That's crazy! The applicants are then wasting their times doing those things law schools don't pay attention to.</p>

<p>I also read somewhere in this thread that URM female receives more advantage than URM. Why? There are a lot of female doctors in modern society, so I don't see why females should get a boost to their chances of getting in medical schools.</p>

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<p>Data on this claim is hard to come by. It seems obviously true at UConn and UCLA's Drew program, but other schools nationally seem not to show a preference.</p>

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<p>Just home much of an edge do URM students receive?</p>

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<p>AAMC data indicates the average index for Matriculants:</p>

<p>Asian: 67.7
Black: 58.8
Hispanic: 62.0
White: 67.5</p>

<p>Source: My own calculations based on <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&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Hispanic averages were weighted and combined. "Index" = 10*GPA + MCAT</p>

<p>The gap widens slightly (.5 index points) when BCPM GPA is used instead of total GPA.</p>

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<p>to be a physicists assistant, don't still need to get into a Medical school?</p>

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<p>Nope, its a totally different process. You will need to go to a PA school in order to become a physician assistant. The difference between pa schol and med school, is that pa school is more pratical while med school is more theoretical in their material. Schooling is shorter in comparison to med school. I heard it takes 2-3 years of schooling depending on where you go. A pa basically does what a doctor does. If you're worried about being embarassed,this profession is highly respectful. From my own experience of shadowing pa's, many of the patients think they are the doctor, and are very grateful that the pa's treated them. If you enjoy what a doctor does, becoming a pa might be a better option for you. As other posters have said there are many options in the health care profession if that is what you want to do, such as pharmacy, optometry, dentistry, etc. Keep your options open. I wish you the best of luck and hope you find what you are looking for.</p>

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<p>Yeah. And physicists assistants definitely don't need to go to medical school... heh. (Don't mean to pick on you; was just amused. Could have happened to anyone.)</p>