Interested in Medical School

Your insight and expectations are wildly unrealistic. You are not succeeding in your present
educational program. How you envision yourself going from 2 years of withdrawals to straight A's?

this is either a troll for sympathy or ridicule -- or else you are in serious need of academic
counselling (and not via the internet).

"LazyJ" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I entered college in '99 and I'm still here! 4 1/2 years have gone by and still no degree. The
past two years have been a failure for me - I have dropped out of every single class so
basically a bunch of W's on my transcript for 2 years straight. A big waste of time and money to
say the least.

I would like some advice on how I should go about pursuing my dreams of becoming a doctor. While
most students are able to take their science courses on the side along with another major; due to
time and money constraints I have not the choice. My only choice is to major in Biology and obtain
high grades showing that I am capable of doing well in the science courses and go about my
application process to Med School or I can stay with my current major in Computer Science;
graduate then possible work a year or two; and enroll myself into a post-bacc pre-med program. By
the way my current GPA is a 2.0! So if I were to major in Biology I would have to get straight A's
in all or most of my classes to raise my GPA to something more reasonable. If I were to get
straight A's for the next two years what would my GPA average out to?

Which is the best method of going about pursuing an education in medicine?

I talk about turning things around academically on my web site under the topic "Second Chance". My
guess is that you'll need the following.

1. Complete your BS in CS or Biology, getting a 4.0 (or very close to it) from this point on. This
will give you a cumulative GPA of 3.0, which by itself, it too low for medical school.

2. Take the MCAT. My guess is that you'll need an above-average score of at least 33 to overcome
the low GPA..

3. At this point, you can apply to medical school. This is a 15-month process (from June to the
following Sept).

4. While your application is being processed, I would start a 30-credit graduate program in
Biology or something related (again, getting all A's). This way, if you have to reapply (which
is very likely), you'll have a 3.0 undergraduate GPA, a 4.0 graduate GPA, and a 33+ MCAT.
You'll also have a
5. GPA (or very close to it) over your last 90 credits (60 undergraduate and 30 graduate). This
should do it for you.

However, before you try all of this, you need figure out what went wrong, and decide if you have the
ability and desire to turn things around.

Best of luck.

--
Mike
George Washington University School of Medicine
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"LazyJ" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I entered college in '99 and I'm still here! 4 1/2 years have gone by
and still no degree. The past two years have been a failure for me -
I have dropped out of every single class so basically a bunch of W's
on my transcript for 2 years straight. A big waste of time and money
to say the least.

I would like some advice on how I should go about pursuing my dreams
of becoming a doctor. While most students are able to take their
science courses on the side along with another major; due to time and
money constraints I have not the choice. My only choice is to major
in Biology and obtain high grades showing that I am capable of doing
well in the science courses and go about my application process to Med
School or I can stay with my current major in Computer Science;
graduate then possible work a year or two; and enroll myself into a
post-bacc pre-med program. By the way my current GPA is a 2.0! So if
I were to major in Biology I would have to get straight A's in all or
most of my classes to raise my GPA to something more reasonable. If I
were to get straight A's for the next two years what would my GPA
average out to?

Which is the best method of going about pursuing an education in
medicine?

Not trying to sound harsh. But, honestly, forget about M.D. school.

Try something else.

Chiropractics maybe.

Don't waste your time. Be realistic.

"LazyJ" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I entered college in '99 and I'm still here! 4 1/2 years have gone by and still no degree. The
past two years have been a failure for me - I have dropped out of every single class so
basically a bunch of W's on my transcript for 2 years straight. A big waste of time and money to
say the least.

I would like some advice on how I should go about pursuing my dreams of becoming a doctor. While
most students are able to take their science courses on the side along with another major; due to
time and money constraints I have not the choice. My only choice is to major in Biology and obtain
high grades showing that I am capable of doing well in the science courses and go about my
application process to Med School or I can stay with my current major in Computer Science;
graduate then possible work a year or two; and enroll myself into a post-bacc pre-med program. By
the way my current GPA is a 2.0! So if I were to major in Biology I would have to get straight A's
in all or most of my classes to raise my GPA to something more reasonable. If I were to get
straight A's for the next two years what would my GPA average out to?

Which is the best method of going about pursuing an education in medicine?

In article <StsOb.78146$sv6.178381@attbi_s52>, fpharryc

Quoted message said:

Not trying to sound harsh. But, honestly, forget about M.D. school.

Try something else.

Chiropractics maybe.

Don't waste your time. Be realistic.

First that is terrible advise. Sure, go to Chiro school, go deep into debt and then realize your
career choice has no hope. Good one. WHy not just advise him to jump off a bridge now.

Secondly, there are hundreds of examples that have gone to medical school later after plummeting to
the ranks of Bluto and still gone on to be wildly successful.

What needs to happen is this person needs to slow it down. With time and determination this
person can do anything they want to do. It is only the person who says it CAN'T be done that has
never done it.

Getting into medical school takes many paths...find the one that works best for you. Naysayers are a
dime a dozen. Find a group that can inspire you to do greater things. You won't find that here.

Dear J,

If you are interested in allopathic medicine, you must realize that you will have to study hard not
only for the next four years, but for the rest of your life. It's not just a matter of whether or
not you can get in, but if you really want to enter of life of intense academics.

There are other ways to get involved in medicine. Physician's assistant and Physical Therapy are two
great ways to do so. Consider all of your options.

I recommend a post-bacc pre-med course if you really want to go to med school. They are offered at
many universities, one year of premed courses often with a built-in MCAT review. These programs are
highly-looked at by medical school counselors, and give you a chance to shore up those grades and
also see if medicine is really for you. I taught in one such course at UCSD, and there were a lot of
people going back to school or previously not so hot academically that did very well and got into
very good med schools.