bacon047

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Hello All!

First and foremost I would like to thank you for any advice you have for me, your help is deeply appreciated.

Ok, lets get started! I am a college senior with a 3.1 GPA and an unknown MCAT score at the present (my results come March 5th). I have been a college baseball player and starter for 3 years, I am a resident adviser this year at my college, I have shadowed with an MD at my hometown and I am continuing my shadowing experience at a small clinic near my college with a PA. I started off my academic career pretty well (As and Bs) my freshman year. Then my sophomore and first semester junior year I had a rough patch (Cs and Bs) and my GPA suffered. I had a small increase in grades the last semester my junior year (Bs and 1C+). I retook two classes (biochemistry C to an A and O-chem C to C+). I knew I needed to increase my GPA so I worked really hard last semester and got nothing less than an A- in 7 classes (there was a large degree of maturation on my part that contributed to this). I am on pace to match or exceed that mark this semester as well. All in all though, my academic track record is kind of inconsistent. I needed a good MCAT score to really help me, however I don’t feel I did as well as I needed to on the MCAT so to be safe, I started exploring plan B. Here is where the problem lies, what is my plan B? So many people are telling me different things, and I’m not sure what to do. Some say post-bacc programs, but they are expensive and guarantee nothing. I heard about HealthCorps (branch of AmeriCorps) but I’m really not sure if that will help me or not. I am a biochemistry major and will have my bachelors this spring, so I could also work, but what jobs would be beneficial to increasing my medical school credentials? Then some people tell me I should just apply to medical school next year and maybe I get in with my good standing in my grades the last stretch of college. I just don’t know, I’m very confused. I hear of people that get in with bad GPAs, then some people have stellar GPAs and get wait listed. My medical school adviser doesn’t seem to have answers for me either. I ask him about all of these options and he says he has never heard of them before or doesn’t know much about them. He doesn’t have much advice for me except “Good Luck!” So all in all, if anyone has any ideas for me I would love to hear them. And please, don’t hold anything back, I value your opinions no matter how good, bad, positive or negative.

Thank you so much!
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