Good Grad Program as Back Up for Med School?

Scienceguy1
Mon, 19 Aug 2013 02:35:00 +0000

As many fear, what do I do if I don’t get into medical school? Currently right now with 2 years left, I’m sitting at a 3.64 GPA, I think a 3.9 sci GPA. Statistically speaking without MCAT scores I have about the average GPA for med school. Which is not very good chances. So I’m wonder what kind of grad programs make good money?

I’m currently getting an undergrad degree in Microbiology with a concentration in Genetic Engineering at UCSB. I’ve been looking into bioengineering programs recently and it looks like a vast majority of them require calc II or higher, a course I haven’t completed, I don’t know if I will have time to. A huge problem with that is the school I attended before has their calc I is equivalent to UCSB’s Math 34A and 34B. 34B is a bio major’s calc II essentially, but it’s honestly kind of weak. Essentially I’m unable to complete the calc II requirement because they’ve already given me credit for their lackluster calc II course. So a lot of bioengineering graduate programs are out of the question for me. (Hell if you know any that don’t require calc II send them to me).

What are some realistic options in the bio field that actually could make me decent money?
I loved ochem, immunobiology, and all genetics portions of bio but I’m not sure if they make any money at all.