Post-Undergraduate Student Help

Applying to College
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<p>Hi.</p>

<p>I am a student that graduated in May with a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Michigan. I did wonderful in high school and planned to attend the university before going on to medical school. A lot of hardships during my undergraduate experience led to me graduating with a poor GPA: a little over a 2.5. I know that medical school is not a possibility at this point, and now I am very confused as to what my next step should be. I want to continue with my education, and hopefully work towards being competitive enough to get into a program. However, it seems that my entire educational career is now completely roadblocked by my GPA, and I do not know how to continue. Many master's programs require at least a 3.0 GPA just to apply, and I feel that I can now go nowhere.</p>

<p>Can anyone give me any advice on the sequence of events I should now pursue? Thank you.</p>

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<p>What do you truly want to do? If it is to be come a doctor, did you know that for D.O. (Doctor of Osteopathy) schools they will do grade replacement? That is, if you took Bio and got a C, and then took it again and got an A, they would count the A and not the C. That would take time and money but is a possibility.</p>

<p>I would talk to your advisor/favorite professor/medical advisor in your major and talk to them about the future. Could you take some post-bacc courses and do well in them to show you can perform at a high level?</p>

<p>If you are interested in a health profession, are there others that you could pursue?</p>

<p>Also, have you dealt with your hardships? If they are not resolved then you are not going to do well in future classes.</p>