<p>I am a 22yr old BMCC student that just started attending school full time with a major in writing and literature. After i graduated High school with poor numbers and poor SAT's and no EC's the only school that accepted me was New York City College of NY (CUNY). Not interested in school and worried about my full time job at some supermarket led to my dismissal from City Tech due to poor grades. I was more worried about my first job and finally getting some sort of income instead of my education, it was the biggest mistake in my life. Then I attended Devry thinking that it would be an excellent school, but i found out it shared the same building with the local Junior High School and the teachers didnt know anything, i heard it was like Interboro school or some poor college that you see in the commercial. I wanted to leave Devry but i was not able to drop my classes(long story) and i failed several classes (the classes i tried to drop).
So now im in BMCC(CUNY) and achieving good grades planning to transfer to NYU, Columbia or City College of NY(CUNY). would i still have a shot at shot at attending Med. school or Law School? would i be to old? would Law or Med. school reject me right away due to several years of low or no performance. I want to volunteer at some local firm or clinic/hospital to get the feel at that sort of environment and to see if this is what i really want. would would i go about at asking firms and hospitals for volunteer opportunities, would they say no simply because i am 22yrs old and still at the local CC? finishing med. school at mid 30's seems far, at finishing law school at late 20's old also compared to younger competitors.
i just want to know if i simply have a chance.</p>
<p>I can tell you that medical schools and volunteer opportunities will not find your age to be a problem. You would finish medical school at age 30 and your residency sometime in your late thirties; similarly, you'd finish law school at 29 and make partner sometime in your thirties as well. If this is not a problem for you - and it shouldn't necessarily be - then this is not a problem for anybody else.</p>
<p>As far as your academic track record goes, I really have no idea. Here are my thoughts, as far as they go:</p>
<p>1.) Do be aware that AMCAS (the medical school application) asks for and uses all of your "college-level" grades in making its GPA calculation, and that this is something medical schools pay a good deal of attention to.</p>
<p>2.) Your upward trend will help, but I am not sure how much it will help. That is, an upward trend is a good way to explain a 3.3 GPA, but it can't help somebody with a 2.3. Depending on where you fall, it might not be enough.</p>
<p>3.) On a more optimistic note, my guess is that if you can get into Columbia, that will be a positive sign for your chances at getting into medical school, assuming you apply broadly enough.</p>
<p>4.) How many of your poorly-performed classes were in the sciences? Your BCPM GPA is also very important, and if none of the failed classes were in those subjects (Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Math), then that will help too. A solid MCAT score will go a long way, as well.</p>
<p>5.) As always, your race is the single most important component of your application. If you are a URM, then I think a strong four years will put you in decent shape.</p>
<p>6.) I tried to give you some optimistic notes, but the reality is that I simply don't know enough to promise that you aren't already sunk, no matter how well things go from here on out. Hopefully somebody else can help. Alternatively, perhaps you can search for people like yourself on <a href="http://www.mdapplicants.com%5B/url%5D">http://www.mdapplicants.com</a>, and see how things turned out for them.</p>
<p>Also, take heart from the fact that the average age for entering med students is 25, so starting at 26 or 27 won't be a big deal (should you choose that path).</p>
<p>I was shocked at that number, but the AAMC indicates that the answer is, in fact, 24, so ampersand is pretty much right on the money.</p>