f4l
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My freshman year at university (2007), had no direction and undiagnosed ADHD. Needless to say I dropped out of school and continued to take classes at community college (my parents wanted me to keep going to school). I continued to have very mediocre performance with lots of C's, a few D's, a few B's and lots of W's.
I was then diagnosed with ADHD and started taking meds. I was finally able to focus on the uninteresting parts of classes and do all my coursework. I reapplied to the university and graduated with a degree in chemistry with a 3.9 (last 2 years all As). However my GPA for med school is still really poor and no amount of post-bac course work will raise my GPA at this point realistically:
cGPA: 3.0
sGPA: 3.35
MCAT: 516
I was supposed to shadow 3 different MDs this summer, but COVID happened so i have zero clinical experience (I feel like I shouldn't even apply because of this). I have 2 years of undergraduate research in analytical chemistry and a year of volunteering at a community garden focused on public health.
I get 20 free applications from FAP, is it worth applying this cycle or should i improve my ECs and apply next cycle?
I was then diagnosed with ADHD and started taking meds. I was finally able to focus on the uninteresting parts of classes and do all my coursework. I reapplied to the university and graduated with a degree in chemistry with a 3.9 (last 2 years all As). However my GPA for med school is still really poor and no amount of post-bac course work will raise my GPA at this point realistically:
cGPA: 3.0
sGPA: 3.35
MCAT: 516
I was supposed to shadow 3 different MDs this summer, but COVID happened so i have zero clinical experience (I feel like I shouldn't even apply because of this). I have 2 years of undergraduate research in analytical chemistry and a year of volunteering at a community garden focused on public health.
I get 20 free applications from FAP, is it worth applying this cycle or should i improve my ECs and apply next cycle?