<p>Hi everybody thanks for taking the time to read this if you do.</p>
<p>I go to school at a very prestigious engineering school. However I was suspended non academically for a fake ID, a toy air-soft gun, and some drugs that were found in my room that did not belong to me. The whole incident was a nightmare as if the right people had come forward and admitted the truth I would be stressing out about finals instead of this. </p>
<p>Basically do I have any chances of getting into a graduate school that is masters of biological health/ science, something along the lines that would help with admission to medical school? </p>
<p>I know my chances of medical school are not good being suspended. That is why I am trying to apply to foreign medical schools in europe/australia and hopefully with a high MCAT score things would pan out. </p>
<p>The reason I am trying to get into grad school is that it could potentially help my GPA in the end with medical school admissions. My GPA is around a 2.7. My school is known for shoving it up the rear to students especially Engineering. </p>
<p>So I am here asking for advice about the whole situation. My plan after college is to enroll and a local university, take the pre-requisite classes for this masters, and then take this masters to officially improve my engineering GPA. With an improved GPA and a high MCAT I am praying for at least a shot at medicine, somewhere, anywhere. </p>
<p>I do not think this masters of biological sciences is competitive. I am just trying to bump my gpa up.</p>
<p>Does any body have any tips/ stories that could help with the situation? I am in desperate need as there is many a night I cannot sleep with everything being so uncertain. </p>
<p>I had a lawyer throughout the whole process. He got me out of potential “criminal” or other charges that could accompany the BS that was found in my dorm. </p>
<p>He said basically that I am not in trouble with the law in any way, just everything was done through the school disciplinary procedures. </p>
<p>The whole situation sucked bad and I was constantly in contact with him. We both agreed that the conduct administrator was an idiot. She was dumb and couldn’t even comprehend the story I was telling her because her comprehension skills were nill.</p>
<p>I wrote a very long response, but I decided that it all boils down to this: Talk to a counselor. A lot of what you wrote doesn’t make a ton of sense (engineering>med school, intl schools, need pre-reqs for an MS, etc.) and it sounds like you need to compile all your information and talk to someone who can give you an admissions-type perspective and maybe help you think about some career paths you didn’t know about. It sounds like the suspension is just one of many things that may be obstacles for med school.</p>
<p>kneemoose- With a 2.7 GPA, you might even have serious difficulty getting into MS programs. I know that the cutoff in my program was a 3.0.</p>
<p>If I were you, I would try to find a spot in a research lab (in addition to applying to the MS program). This way, you’ll have something to fall back on.</p>
<p>While working, you can (apply to) take grad courses as a non-matriculated student and work to boost your GPA.</p>
<p>Finally- you shouldn’t refer to university officials as idiots. It makes you seem really immature. A violation like the one you describe above could have gotten you expelled from the school I attended…</p>
<p>A friend from JC who wasn’t much of a student, dropped out of Cal State as a Junior and went to Med School in the Dominican Republic. I was skeptical, but he returned and after some time, got his clinicals done, and is now a respected cardiologist in St. Louis.</p>
<p>His route wasn’t conventional, but he kept his eye on the prize.</p>
<p>Graduate admissions won’t necessarily have hard rules about your situation and may be willing to listen, especially if you display the right attitude (hint: “it wasn’t my fault and the lady was an idiot” isn’t the right attitude).</p>
<p>Graduate admissions usually do have hard rules about a 2.7 GPA and they aren’t in your favor. There’s no option to select “my school is known for shoving it up the rear,” and if there were, that, too, would only hurt you more.</p>