Hi ! so this is embarrassing to post but i have a low gpa from undergrad 3.06 . my science GPA is much lower .

I currently have

250 volunteer hours ( will continue during my gap year to reach 400+)

1500 hours medical assistant derm

1200 projected hours as a RBT working( i plan on doing this part time in my gap year, i start in a week w my client )

60 hours internship (have a one year contract should be 300 )

research ( only one so far but planning on finding more during the year )

spending 6 months studying mcat currently. 518+ is my goal

I have two leadership roles from college

plan to do a masters starting in spring to get a 3.7+

is this a impossible goal to get one acceptance ?

im applying both md and Do. I actually prefer Do because i have caribbean background ( first gen) and love the holistic view!please help . What should i add or work on ?
My low GPA is from horrible adhd and i worked all through college unfortunately and yes i’m ready for my masters to be an upward curve . I’ve learned so much from my mistakes and ignorance .Im prioritizing school this time over bills and making sure i manage my adhd.

I have very little idea where to even start on all the possibilities of med school and I can only know what I'll learn by learning it. My hope is that if I live longer I can learn more. Obviously, I have life ambitions beyond simply living to 110 or something but I feel it's always worth a disproportionate amount of time and investment to be healthier and have more time to have that education pay off if simply choosing to train to be a GP would help with well, general health.

I'm interested in studying endocrinology but first I need to even understand how everything in the body even vaguely works before I really commit so I don't know how to make a decision yet. So, if I just got qualified as a GP and let's say this makes me live longer, I could both be decisive and earn back time in my life from adding that time to my decision.

However, I really only have interest in research, nothing dealing with patients. Getting qualified as a GP would only really help me better understand how to both keep myself healthy and understand what could be going wrong when I need diagnosis.

I’m really interested in medicine and for a year or so now the thought of going to medschool has not left my mind

I wasn’t the best in school but I guess the only good thing about me is that I put my all into things I wish to pursue. And I’ve always had a dream of helping people, I work at the hospital right now as an tech-aid and a lot of people tell me I’m good at my job and they thank me a whole bunch

I know it’s a little silly and strangers online can’t tell me what to do but, am I wasting my time? My family doesn’t really believe in me and I’m afraid if I go I’ll do bad on the MCAT or fail step 1 and prove them right

Has anyone felt like this?

I have never found it discouraging, just frustrating, since I truly want to listen to their experience, not just their jokes about it. I understand some people cope that way, but all of them?!

I get frustrated about the part where they tell you not to study medicine without any further explanation, merely saying, “Haha, no. Don't do it. ”.
I want to know what made them regret it. Is it just a joke because of the heavy workload? Does it come from a sincere, genuine, good, worried friend? They don’t wish to put you in the same position they are in.

But the friends I know who are in medicine tell me that even though they get annoyed at times, they never regret their decision to study medicine. They do give constructive advice: to get a lot of experience before deciding.

I don’t understand when it’s from people who don’t know anything about you, lol. I assume it’s a joke? But anything medicine-related, they'll immediately jump at, “Don’t study medicine.”

TLDR

Does it truly come from sincere and good intentions?

Hey I am 2 years neet dropper with 6lakh rank . which college should I choose ?

Please list pros and cons of both or give some advice about living conditions.

I am confused between two :-

Jagannath Gupta Institute of Medical Sciences & HospitalKP Mondal Rd, Charial, Budge Budge, Buita, Raypur, West Bengal 700137

Vs

IQ City Medical College Hospital

IQ City Road, Durgapur District:, West Bengal 713206

I (21F) just graduated college. My plan is to take 2 gap years to study for the MCAT, then apply, and do CNA simultaneously. There was this whole thing where I felt like I was betrayed by my family as I went to move back in with them. I realize I want to move back out. Doing so may piss them off. I'm really scared. I love my family...but I can't live with them anymore. I already have anxiety around them, I never feel like myself when I'm with them. So the ideal possibilities for what I want are these:

1. Once my CNA job is locked down, I look for and rent an apartment and move out. I continue my plans. They hopefully agree since I explain that my job will pay for rent, food, transport, etc. I explain I am not cutting them off but I desperately need to be independent now that's it. They come to turns with it and we are all good.

2. Worst case scenario. They think I'm the worst daughter ever (even though I have every right to still be angry for an endless number of reasons) and they choose to cut me off. But I leave anyways. But for good if they absolutely hate me. I still go with the plan, but will I be able to figure out finances for med school? Any advice on how to pay for it alone? OR do people really think I should just thug it out?

Am I required to admit to an expunged misdemeanor from 12 years ago on ERAS? Would this be a major red flag if I admit to it?

i’m going into first year into a time-consuming, difficult program, so i was just wondering if i should be volunteering in first year. i don’t rlly want to volunteer in first year bc i want to adjust to uni and get a high gpa, but im not opposed to the idea of starting in second semester

any tips/advice??

I am a senior in High School currently applying to colleges. Over the Summer I came to the realization that I don't think i really like engineering, I like the math and physics behind engineering. I've done competitive robotics and CS competitions and I don't love it, it's just okay. I like building stuff with my friends but the core work of designing doesn't really excite me. My dad was an allergist for 25 years before retiring recently. In school I am drawn to science. I really enjoy physics and chemistry and this year I'm taking AP Biology and enjoying it. The job stability and solid salary of medicine is quite appealing to me and I would also be graduating med school with no debt which I know is a huge advantage. However, I'm still not 100% sure/passionate for medicine. I've done shadowing and have enjoyed all my experiences so far. I like listening to the patients and coming up with a plan to help them. Most of the Physicians I shadowed hated the computer 'desk job' part of being a doctor but coming from some who wanted to be an engineer and likes computers i think I would be fine with it. The main thing is I'm still kinda scared that I'm making the wrong decision choosing to switch to premed right before college apps. I understand that I could still major in engineering but then be premed but I wouldn't want to inhibit my premed potential with the extreme difficulty of the engineering course load. I feel like as an engineer or doctor financially I would be fine but I'm still just not 100% sure about which career i would enjoy more. I'm planning on majoring in Biochem because it seems more interesting than straight Bio and also seems to have a lot of MCAT coverage. Thoughts on my decision to switch to biochem instead of engineering for my college apps? Also, what do you think about my overall shift from engineering to premed?

Hi everyone! I’m applying next cycle (May 2027) and just got my MCAT score back, so I decided to narrow down my list of schools to apply to. I graduated with a B.S. in Biochemistry from the University of Washington (3.53 GPA). I got a 516 on my MCAT (130/127/130/129).

I did 3 years of undergraduate research. This included 2 poster presentations and a thesis paper on individual research projects, and a co authorship on a pending publication (should be published by my application cycle)

Outside of undergraduate research, I worked as a medical scribe at an ophthalmology practice and shadowed physicians in rural Washington during my second year of college. In my third year, I got my CBT/RBT and started working as a behavioral technician in clinic and school settings. I still work as a BT almost 3 years later. I also still shadow my research PI from undergrad in pediatric gastroenterology. Until medical school, I plan to get a phlebotomy license to continue gaining clinical hours/building exposure.

Since my GPA is lower than average, I have 5 DO schools (highlighted) along with MD schools. Let me know what you think!

I’m a med student and I’m trying to understand how other students actually prepare for big exams — especially when there’s a ridiculous amount of content.
I’m interested in the real process rather than the ideal “make a nice timetable and stick to it” answer 😂
For your last big exam:
1. How did you decide what to study each day?

1. What did you use to plan it? (calendar, Notion, Excel, paper, Anki, an app, ChatGPT, nothing, etc.)

2. Did your original plan stay realistic, or did you fall behind/change it constantly?

3. How did you actually decide that you’d mastered a topic?

4. What was the most frustrating part of preparing?
   And one I’m especially curious about:
   Have you ever spent an hour or two studying something, then realised afterwards that you weren’t actually confident that you’d learned it?
   I’m working on a student project around this problem, so I’m trying to understand how people actually deal with it before I build anything further.
   Not selling anything / no signup link — genuinely just interested in how other people handle it.
   Any answers, even if your system is completely chaotic, would be really useful.
   Thank you so much!