eclipse Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 i mean if you're talking financially then no, I don't need to go to med school, but I mean it's something i've always wanted to do I'm cheering you on from over here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxas Posted December 19, 2016 Author Share Posted December 19, 2016 I'm cheering you on from over here. ur 2 nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor Odinson Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 gl man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxas Posted December 19, 2016 Author Share Posted December 19, 2016 gl man i got rejected by stony brook after 30 days (y) (y) (y) fuk ur skool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor Odinson Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 i got rejected by stony brook after 30 days (y) (y) (y) fuk ur skool rip in rip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mewyeon Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 I'm a theater studies/chem double major, and my theater gpa is like a 3.9 and my chem (basically sGPA) is 3.1 LOL hope4days my mcat is pretty much average, maybe a little above average, but nothing competitive 12 rejections, 1 waitlist, 12 more schools to hear back from on the back end of the cycle OH BOY Ah...I was a bio major so my overall GPA is a bit closer to my science GPA but still, it's not exactly good. I've always been told you need like a 3.6+ science GPA and a good MCAT score, so I'm like 'uh....my science GPA is a few too many decimal points away from that...and I've been slacking like crazy studying for that MCAT'...LOL. I hate everything. Never lose hope! Did you apply to DO schools or international schools as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxas Posted December 24, 2016 Author Share Posted December 24, 2016 ahahahahahaha... you're probably fine maybe Nah I had too much pride to apply for DO/international, but if I should've elected to have gone DO for at least a couple of schools. :x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excellen Browning Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 if you cant maintain a good gpa then med school is not for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxas Posted December 24, 2016 Author Share Posted December 24, 2016 lol thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excellen Browning Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 Merry Christmas! (sorry. It seems I went over to the mean side of blunt, and that's not what I want to do) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shin Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 You could always be a homeopathic doctor. As long as you're able to pour water homeopathic remedies from a jug medical containers, you should be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mewyeon Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 (edited) ahahahahahaha... you're probably fine maybe Nah I had too much pride to apply for DO/international, but if I should've elected to have gone DO for at least a couple of schools. :x I think it's always good to apply for those no matter what! Have you shadowed DO? From the ones that I've talked to, literally the only difference is the OMT stuff, which a lot of them never use in their practice anyway. Especially if you want to go into a field involving surgery of some kind :) if you cant maintain a good gpa then med school is not for you. Naturally, except depending on the school that you went to, obtaining a high science GPA in particular can be much harder in comparison to other schools. The MCAT is the great equalizer across the board. Edited December 24, 2016 by mewyeon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxas Posted December 24, 2016 Author Share Posted December 24, 2016 (edited) I think it's always good to apply for those no matter what! Have you shadowed DO? From the ones that I've talked to, literally the only difference is the OMT stuff, which a lot of them never use in their practice anyway. Especially if you want to go into a field involving surgery of some kind :) Naturally, except depending on the school that you went to, obtaining a high science GPA in particular can be much harder in comparison to other schools. The MCAT is the great equalizer across the board. b-b-but muh future job prospects also sGPA's are totally dependent on your major, too, since that will probably influence what science classes you end up taking. I just get super salty when people try to compare fields like environmental science to chemical engineering. Like CLEARLY one carries more gravitas (personally anyway, lol. i bet the amcas doesn't give two shits about majors), but UGH. Also "social science" classes are now included in sGPA calculation so you could literally buffer shitty orgo/biochem grades with tons of intro psych and anthropology courses?? why the fuck did i do a chemistry major lol Man I also feel like such a tool for adopting this holier-than-thou stance when I haven't even gotten in anywhere yet RIP Edited December 24, 2016 by Austin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mewyeon Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 b-b-but muh future job prospects also sGPA's are totally dependent on your major, too, since that will probably influence what science classes you end up taking. I just get super salty when people try to compare fields like environmental science to chemical engineering. Like CLEARLY one carries more gravitas (personally anyway, lol. i bet the amcas doesn't give two shits about majors), but UGH. Also "social science" classes are now included in sGPA calculation so you could literally buffer shitty orgo/biochem grades with tons of intro psych and anthropology courses?? why the fuck did i do a chemistry major lol Man I also feel like such a tool for adopting this holier-than-thou stance when I haven't even gotten in anywhere yet RIP WAIT WHAT THEY ARE??!!! I thought it was literally just BCPM? And the psych/soc stuff was only on the MCAT. To be fair, though, it's only because I was able to take higher level science courses as a bio major that I was able to slightly make up for my awful o chem grades in my sGPA. Did you feel like the chem courses you took were helpful in that regard, as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrhesia Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 if you cant maintain a good gpa then med school is not for you. He is maintaining a good GPA. If I understand the American system right he's getting mostly As with a handful of Bs and maybe a C or two. Those are very good marks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxas Posted December 25, 2016 Author Share Posted December 25, 2016 He is maintaining a good GPA. If I understand the American system right he's getting mostly As with a handful of Bs and maybe a C or two. Those are very good marks. not good enough for med school m8 farkin straya 2 much faith in me bogan grades Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxas Posted December 25, 2016 Author Share Posted December 25, 2016 WAIT WHAT THEY ARE??!!! I thought it was literally just BCPM? And the psych/soc stuff was only on the MCAT. To be fair, though, it's only because I was able to take higher level science courses as a bio major that I was able to slightly make up for my awful o chem grades in my sGPA. Did you feel like the chem courses you took were helpful in that regard, as well? shit is whack lower: gen chem - I AP'd out lol orgo - B analytical - B biochem - C+ upper: organometallic - A physical quantum - A physical thermo - A- inorganic A- Yeah I'll say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excellen Browning Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 He is maintaining a good GPA. If I understand the American system right he's getting mostly As with a handful of Bs and maybe a C or two. Those are very good marks. I guess I got sniped on this but yea 3.6 gpa is good but not good enough to stand a realistic chance of getting into med school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxas Posted December 25, 2016 Author Share Posted December 25, 2016 I guess I got sniped on this but yea 3.6 gpa is good but not good enough to stand a realistic chance of getting into med school. not good enough for med school m8 farkin straya 2 much faith in me bogan grades Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rezzy Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 There's nothing wrong with a DO. There's a lot more parity nowadays than ever before. And there's the big 4 degrees of MD, DO, DPM, and DMD that give full prescribing powers, and the last two will limit your scope of practice, but you're still a full-fledged doctor. If you still want to pursue being a doctor, I recommend one of the other degrees. I didn't want to say anything, because anything coming from me would probably not contribute much or make you feel worse, but unfortunately, that prideful attitude that I see in a lot of my colleagues is something that I hate about the profession. I made a promise to myself that I would never act like I was better than others, and a disdain for others in the medical profession is something that I hope dies out before the end of my career. It's not only the doctors' fault, to be sure. There's plenty of nurses who treat the residents like shit, and I bet the contributes to doctors' superiority/inferiority complexes later in life, but I've been actively trying to avoid that, myself. I had a 31 on the MCAT and a 3.9 GPA and 4.0 science GPA. I didn't get my top choice of school, but I think they may have been due to knowing one of the head's daughters personally and her having it out for me. Good luck for the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ansem Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 biochem - C+ i just finished biochem 1 jesus christ what a fucking clusterfuck. the course director is a fossil that worked in the lab that found the structure of hemoglobin, but he is also a fossil that can't lecture for shit. i'll take my a- and go onto biochem 2. heard the professors are better but the material is harder. rip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxas Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 I hate those kinds of profs like they're just there cause they're a figurehead or whatever. We had Dennis liotta (creator of emtriva) lecture for my freshman orgo I/II classes and he was honestly horrible at lecturing. Our lab section prof ended up holding his own review of concepts that we "learned" in lecture cause we clearly had no background in the experiments that we were performing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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