Non-traditional story here, but is hoping for some light!

Pre-Med & Medical School Pre-Med Topics
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<p>I hate to start another "chances" thread, but each time I read some responses on pre-med stories, it is very inspiring and I would like to throw my hat in ring if you don't mind.</p>

<p>When I am done with my bachelors, I should have about a 3.4 or so, with at least a 3.5 in science classes. It has taken me almost 8 years to complete my undergrad because I got married at 21, paid for all of my school and have been working in healthcare administration for 5 years now (sometimes only being able to take 1 class at a time), while putting my wife through physician assistant school. Also it should be known that I had 1 D and 1 F when I was 18 and didn't care about grades (which can and will be explained, neither of which were in science). My transcripts will show that I have retaken those classes and made A's, but they will still be accounted for in my GPA.</p>

<p>I have not taken my MCAT yet, but when I do, I hope to make at least a 29 (as that is what my friend made to get into LSU medical school), but hopefully much better.</p>

<p>If that was the case, how do my chances look from a group of people who see this stuff everyday? I am absolutely enthusiastic about becoming a doctor and as long as I get an interview, it will be shown. I will have thousands of hours of clinic work, and another thousands of hours in healthcare administration (I have worked my way up considerably high) and several hundred hours of volunteer work around the country. I will be able to get recommendation letters from the president of the hospital I work for, along with some physicians from LSU medical school that I have worked with.</p>

<p>What are my best moves to make? I would love to stay here and go to LSU medical school (family, step son, etc...) I will be 28 when I apply for medical school. BTW, I will also be able to pull the "I'm Puerto Rican card". But I have lived here my whole life and do not know spanish, so a school in Puerto Rico is not an option for me! </p>

<p>I also was looking at the possibility of military medical school, if the requirements (GPA, MCAT, etc...) were more laxed than regular US state schools, but I have yet to find anything that gives me any information. Does anyone knowabout those requirements compared to state universities?</p>

<p>Thanks guys and I can't wait to get some feedback as I have seen and received much motivation from some of your posts to other inspired pre-medical students.</p>

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<p>nix–</p>

<p>My D1 is a non-trad (age 25) and is applying this cycle to medical school. She took 5 years to finish her undergrad because she: 1) transfered from a quarter system Uni to a semester system Uni and lost credits; and 2) changed majors a couple of times (physics–>civil engineering–>econ–>physics).</p>

<p>Her transcript is not unblemished. (A C in gen chem as freshman and a F in ecology because she accidently missed the final. Yeah, I <em>still</em> have trouble figuring that one out…).</p>

<p>She didn’t decide she wanted a medical career until after she graduated with her physics degree and so did another 2 years of undergrad part time making up her missing bio and chem courses (plus anatomy, biochem, genetics, p-chem and graduate quantum mechanics). Her GPA is around 3.44 with her sGPA about the same. </p>

<p>She’s worked a tutor and a lab tech in high energy lab. Got her EMT-Int. Spent 2 months doing volunteer medical service in Capetown’s only public hospital to get hands-on experience and also volunteered with Mountain Search & Rescue in her home state.</p>

<p>Her letters are from a high energy research physicist, her orgo prof, the p-chem prof she TAed for, and her clinical supervisor from her EMT-I training. </p>

<p>She studied intensely for her MCAT and did well (36Q). </p>

<p>So we’ll see. She has a list of 11 medical school that rank between 10 and 99 (our in-state school) she’s applying to this cycle. If she has a chance–then so do you.</p>

<p>She has also considered the Armed Forces School ([Uniformed</a> Services University of the Health Sciences](<a href=“http://www.usuhs.mil/]Uniformed”>http://www.usuhs.mil/)), but the entrance requirements really aren’t any lower than many state medical schools. </p>

<p>And take heart, one D1’s fellow students in her orgo and p-chem classes was a 42 year old man who was changing careers—and he was accepted into medical school for this fall.</p>