MD was the direction I am more inclined to go. I’m not sure exactly which courses would fall under the science category though. Would my higher-level CE classes be a part of that? As part of a “what-if” degree audit, my higher level CE classes fell within the required sciences category for a pre-med degree. You say its difficult to change my science GPA, but, other than my CE classes, my math, chem, and physics grades are all OK, with all but one grade being A’s and B’s.
The biggest reason that I dislike CE so much is that none of what comes after college is anything that interests me. I just have no passion or drive for estimating, design, project management, etc. CE really wasn’t really even much of a choice of mine, but more or less a lack of choice. I hadn’t really even planned to go to college, but I was blessed with an opportunity to go, so I went. I was pretty much undecided up until the last minute and just picked something.
One of the things that attracts me to medicine is just how fascinated I am by it. It’s just something that’s always been an interest to me, but I never really knew what direction I wanted to take. Medicine is also a great way to help people and helping people is something that I love to do.
I think that graduating now and volunteering for about a year is a really good idea. I know a lot of people that work at the hospital where I live and I think finding volunteer work there would be easy. There’s also plenty of other volunteering places in my city so I’m sure that those could be an option as well.
As for leadership EC’s, what types of things would fall into that category?
After reading your reply, I did some more research on EC’s and just happened to stumble upon another post where you seemed to wholeheartedly agree with another post.
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/pre-med-topics/1195439-ecs-for-medical-school.html
One of the main things that the person said was that one of the biggest influences in acceptance was the passion in which you do something. The person mentions dancing as something that really set them apart from others because it was something that they were really passionate about. One thing that I do every day that means a lot to me is to go to the gym and keep healthy because my brother and I had a very bad weight problem in the past. Eating right and being physically well is something that I take a huge amount of pride in and love to do. It hits very close to home to see others that are struggling with their weight because I’ve been there and I know that it’s an uphill battle every day. Would getting involved in a fitness community be something that would help as well?
Regarding the post bacc, how exactly would that work? My CE degree had some overlapping courses with pre-med, but I haven’t taken any BIO classes. Most sources I’ve looked at say it would take anywhere from 8 months to 2 years to complete (depending on the educational background). One article I read called it a GPA “booster shot”, but without the required premed courses in my background, where would it take me? Which post back option would be good for my particular situation?
When you ask to consider other health care options, are you talking about things such as nursing, physicians, physicians’ assistants, PT’s etc.? I’ve thought of them as more of a fallback option. I don’t really want to think like that, but it’s a real possibility and I have to be prepared no matter what.
Thank you for the reply! I’d rather not get the answer I want then to get a dishonest one or none at all.