Should I do an accelerated B.S./M.S. before med school if I already have a B.S. in Chm/Bio, but with a low gpa?

I recently earned my B.S. in Chemistry w/ a Biology double major, however my gpa is only 3.0 because I wasnt serious my first 2yrs of college. I want to improve my gpa to at least 3.8, which would take around 2 yrs. I was considering doing an accelerated B.S./M.S. This should take around 3 yrs because gen.

Ed classes will already be taken. How do you think med schools will view 2 B.S. degrees and a M.S.(I'm interested in research so the M.S. helps out alot)? Any feedback would be great.

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I think you also need to consider long term alternative career goals. You don't say what the M.S./BS program is in, so I am going to assume it is in a science not too far from the bio and chem and med school type prereqs? One thing I would ask you is if the MS program emphacises research and has ample opportunity to get involved in that?

Once upon a time, I was pre-med, and particularly interested in MD/PhD programs. I know that at least for the MD/PhD programs, there is a definite emphacis in research experience. A masters program can be a great opportunity for that, but it might not be.

This really depends on the program, the school, the faculty, and how well you can take advantage of any opportunities especially given your course load. 1 2 3 What sort of research? How easy is it to be involved?

At what level? Could this lead to be published? Again, at what level?

Will you be interacting with patients in a patient care facility of some sort? How often? On a regular basis?

What will you do if you don't get into medical school after you finish your program? How difficult or easy is it to find jobs in that field? Especially in an area where you would like to live?

Would you like that sort of job? If you are not able to get into medical school, would you consider other programs like physican assistant programs? Is financial aid available?

In what form? Is the program in state public or out of state or out of state or private? The costs can quickly add up especially if you consider living expenses and time required to do things like work.

Then if you do go to med school you will need to add the debt of medical school onto the exisiting debt. That is one large monthly payment. Sure an advanced degree doesn't tend to hurt-- but it doesn't always help.

If you want to work with patients and so forth, then you might want to consider doing a nursing program like LPN-- this would certainly allow you to do that and I bet getting a job wouldn't be too difficult. You could also raise your GPA this way. You could also go to grad school part time and work part time and raise that GPA.

How are your tech skills? I'd emphacsis communication skills as well. Applications to things like grad school tend to relate to ability to be well rounded, yet obcessive about one certain area.

Round yourself out and keep that obcession in focus. What is the part of medical school you are passionate about and what do you need to round out? Pair the two up and you will be stronger in the end.

So maybe. If you end up with a 4.0 or a high GPA and a MS in biochem or such and you know it is a degree you can get a job with, and the debt won't be terrible (use online calculators and think of living expenses) then you might want to go for it if you think it is something that you will really enjoy and that you would like to do for its own sake. After all, most people do not get into medical school.

My undergraduate GPA was only 3.0 as well due a combination of factors-- health issues, discovered I had a rare learning disability, etc. So when I did want to apply to graduate school in a non health care field I was nervous. What I did was first take a couple of courses as a non-degree student. This allowed me to get an idea of what grad school would be like and see how well I liked it and my aptitude as well.

I loved the stuff and got an A in the courses. I got into grad school and I completed the program with a high GPA and while if I were to consider going into another program for something like a PhD that high GPA would help, I always felt confident that this was the right field for me. Gingergoddess's Recommendations How To Get Into Medical School By Someone That Has Actually Done It Amazon List Price: $21.99 Used from: $26.87 Average Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 (based on 1 reviews) Get into Medical School: A Guide for the Perplexed, Second Edition Amazon List Price: $36.95 Used from: $32.00 Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 (based on 7 reviews) Kaplan/Newsweek Medical School Admissions Adviser, Fourth Edition (Get Into Medical School) Amazon List Price: $20.00 Used from: $0.98 Average Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 (based on 1 reviews) .

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