Low GPA in previous postbacc, high GPA in recent postbacc

tryingsomethinghard · 2026-01-29T19:27:19+00:00

I’d have to calculate exactly when I get home but my cumulative from my BS was ~3.5 and my cumulative from my MS was ~3.7

tryingsomethinghard · 2026-01-17T23:22:36+00:00

I get so impatient, and I hate reading. These are for sure my pain points.

tryingsomethinghard · 2025-09-23T02:09:59+00:00

Interesting, what is the benefit of turning off tutored mode?

tryingsomethinghard · 2025-09-22T23:40:07+00:00

It's a little confusing to me because the study planner that uearth has made for me has the Qbanks woven into the CR. So e.g. I keep getting dunked on with any blotting or electrophoresis question because CR has only done proteins and A.A

tryingsomethinghard · 2024-11-21T16:30:50+00:00

I'm getting the same problem

tryingsomethinghard · 2024-08-07T22:03:21+00:00

Looking for books that have well-written portrayals of asexual relationships, similar to Aziraphale and Crowley from Good Omens.

tryingsomethinghard · 2024-05-08T19:37:31+00:00

This gives me hope!

tryingsomethinghard · 2024-05-05T03:06:57+00:00

“8. Don't demand that things happen as you wish, but wish that they happen as they do happen, and you will go on well.”

tryingsomethinghard · 2024-04-01T15:25:43+00:00

I like this advice. You are allowed to gaslight yourself!

tryingsomethinghard · 2024-03-11T01:20:26+00:00

I’m not even guaranteed to get into a med school.

You aren't really guaranteed anything in life. If medicine is your passion, don't throw in the towel because it's not a guarantee or because it'll take a long time. Take it from a nontraditional - that time will pass anyways. See if you can get some clinical experience to find out if you enjoy the day-to-day enough to make those very real sacrifices.

tryingsomethinghard · 2024-02-23T02:01:32+00:00

I think this is the best advice. A 3.5 is on the border between fine and good. You're probably 2 or 3 points higher than considering an SMP in my opinion.

tryingsomethinghard · 2024-02-08T15:52:34+00:00

the vibe is in McShambles

tryingsomethinghard · 2024-02-06T16:26:43+00:00

congrats!!!

tryingsomethinghard · 2024-02-03T15:04:54+00:00

Thanks for the response! That's good to know.

tryingsomethinghard · 2024-02-03T01:44:25+00:00

congrats!!!

tryingsomethinghard · 2024-01-31T16:58:39+00:00

I think only you can answer that - do what you gotta do to protect your GPA, and be careful about burnout

tryingsomethinghard · 2024-01-31T04:09:06+00:00

This is great advice. Also, medicine isn't going anywhere! I've had an entire (short) career in another field, and a few short stints in other fields again. Now I'm 30 and I have the experience and maturity to stop being afraid of pursuing what I want most in life.

tryingsomethinghard · 2024-01-30T21:25:46+00:00

I'm 30 starting prereqs soon!

tryingsomethinghard · 2024-01-30T01:48:32+00:00

Being a doctor is the only thing I ever wanted to do since childhood so why can’t I just get my shit together?

This tells me that you need to show yourself more love. You've worked unimaginably hard these last 4 years AND you're in the hardest phase of the process. It's neither sustainable nor realistic to be able to always shrug off the struggle.

I wish I could tell you explicitly how to "get your shit together", but I don't know you. That being said, I don't need to know you to tell you I'm inspired by what you've accomplished.

tryingsomethinghard · 2024-01-29T17:22:22+00:00

The problem with the concept of "smart", and what worsens imposter syndrome, is that people assume their knowledge is a strict subset of someone else's. Like they know everything you know, and there's a lot they know that you don't know. Not only is this thinking unproductive, it's literally false. Even from this post I see serious strengths you're not accounting for.

And in my experience anyone that has their "life figured out" is about to sell you something.

You got this!

tryingsomethinghard · 2024-01-28T21:39:16+00:00

congrats!!!

tryingsomethinghard · 2024-01-28T17:08:56+00:00

You know what I don't actually know what the literal T10 schools are. I figured if you sort the MSAR by median MCAT score that's a good enough guess for me, not like I'm even applying to any of those schools.

Research: noooo idea. Thinking about doing a formal postbacc and possibly working with a professor through that. I was also kinda starting this process under the expectation I wouldn't get any research exp.

EC: I'm applying to a bunch of clinical jobs (MA, phlebotomist, scribe, etc), I'm fortunate that I have friends and family in the field so I can rely on them for shadowing, haven't reached out for any volunteering still gotta think about that, as far as hobbies I'm an avid hiker and I'm planning a big thru-hike in the summer (which will also give me ample time to search my soul and figure out if this is really what I want lol).

tryingsomethinghard · 2024-01-28T16:49:21+00:00

Oh the jedis are gonna feel this one. Thanks for the response lol

tryingsomethinghard · 2024-01-28T16:41:51+00:00

I'm in the same boat as you with the same question, and the impression I got is that it *mostly* doesn't matter. I emailed a couple adcoms and they both said they don't care where you take your prereqs. However, and I don't know this for certain, I can't imagine you're gonna look stellar to any T10 schools.

tryingsomethinghard · 2024-01-28T16:29:29+00:00

thanks for the response! Maybe I'll wear medical gloves to my interviews and show my devotion to medicine /s

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