<p>I am currently a junior biology major and am planning on taking a year off after I graduate in 2014 before (hopefully) going to med school. I know I can ask my advisor, etc. but I was just curious to see what other people thought of my chances of getting into med school are based on what I've done so far. I am a transfer student (2 years comm. college first) and my current gpa is a 3.79 for my university and I plan to bring it up to at least a 3.9. My Gpa for my community college was 3.65 but I don't know which med school cares about more? I am also a volunteer in the ER at a local hospital and have an internship working with genomics/bioinformatics at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia currently. I am starting Hospital of U-penn's Pre-med volunteer program in may and am going to be a clinical research associate at Thomas Jefferson Hospital in september. If I keep working for a higher gpa (or keep it at around 3.8), will my application look good for med school?
Thanks!</p>
<p>A good MCAT score (32+) would ease the concerns of medical schools (if any) regarding the quality of your CC pre-requisites, I would think.</p>
<p>GPA looks spot on and ECs also look pretty good. Be prepared to talk more about your ECs not just for the sake of your resume but what it meant to you personally and what you gained from it.
Not sure if taking off for a year will benefit, why not just go straight in if you’ve got all of these good things lined up?
Focus on MCAT. Like above poster >32 the better.
If you’re planning to take a year off anyways do something with that time. Med schools will probably ask why you took that year off. (A question of dedication perhaps?)</p>
<p>AMCAS will combine all of it into one GPA. If you pool all your classes ignoring the CC or 4 year designations, what are your cumulative and BCPM (science) GPAs? Due to the variability among undergrads, you won’t ever really get a good grasp on your chances until you have an MCAT score. Once you have a score, you can look at the stats on the AAMC website.</p>