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[Nathan1210]

Dear consultant,

I currently attend New River Community College. Unfortunately, I have already geared myself towards pre-med and have taken all of the pre-med classes except for the second part of physics. I have a 3.9 GPA (B in physics–yikes) and have been accepted as a Junior at Virginia Tech. I plan on earning a BS in Biology and BA in Chemistry in 2006. I come from a low-income single-parent family and have heard that this makes entering the medical profession near to impossible. As far as after school activities go I participate in Student Government and volunteer tutor in the Academic Assistance building. I’ve started preparing for the MCAT. I want to attend Uva, Vanderbilt, or John Hopkins.

Is my pursuit a lost cause? If not, how can I get more clinical/volunteer work? What other areas should I focus on?

Sincerely,
Nathan

Nathan Zimmerman

[AdmissionsConsultants]

Hi Nathan and thanks for your inquiry.

Just a polite FYI, but you might want to post this on the Ask AdmissionsConsultants thread in this section. It will make it easier for the consultants to find it and will result in a faster response time.

On a separate but related note, we do have a consultant who worked on the admissions committee at Hopkins on our staff. He is still accepting new clients.

Best regards,

David Petersam

AdmissionsConsultants
703.242.5885

[Nathan1210]

David Petersam,

Thank you for the FYI, I will move it to that section.

Nathan Zimmerman

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