What GPA do you need to get into Medical School?
im only in highschool right now but i know i want to get into medical school. i usually get all A's and A-'s and sometimes a B. my 1st semester of HS i got a 4.0. what gpa would i need in college to be preferred by MS
GPA and medical school?
Were your biology and chemistry courses Major level? If not, you'll have to repeat them at a major level to satisfy the prereqs. If they were major level, you should repeat the chemistry to bring up your GPA. An overall 3.7 GPA is excellent, but an admission committee will separate your science and math GPA and if that drops below a 3.5 you will most likely fall out of consideration for most US med schools. That doesn't mean ALL med schools. This link will take you to the Association of American Medical Colleges' web site where they provide this and other data: http://www.aamc.org/data/facts/start.htm I did a quick check and the lowest science GPA for matriculates was 3.51 for several states and a 3.41 for Puerto Rico. Although nursing isn't easy, it is far easier than medical school. There are very satisfying careers and career progressions within the nursing field and with your grades, it is reasonable to think you could do well. Believe me, a sharp nurse is worth her/his weight in gold. But your grades suggest you should do well in med school, too. On the assumption that your science courses do satisfy the med school prereqs, I recommend continuing with your nursing program (assuming it's a BSN program). If you have summer breaks, by all means, repeat the chemistry and math courses to bring up your GPA. After you graduate, your best course of action is to go to work at your state university's medical center. Work for a while and see if nursing is really your thing or solidify your decision to pursue the MD. As a nurse, you can get weekend shifts at full pay that will enable you to earn a decent salary while you attend med school and decrease the amount of student loans you'd have to take out. Working at your university medical center will also enable you to obtain Letters of Recommendation from physicians who are know to the admission committee and as an employee of the medical center you will be considered "one of our own" which is a big benefit. But, if med school seems rather daunting, you can always go for the Nurse Practitioner, Nurse Mid-wife, or Nurse Anesthesiologist.
Is a 3.25 G.P.A. okay to get in medical school?
A 3.2 is a the absolute bare minimum for Medical School, and most want a 3.3 as the bare, lowest possible minimum GPA. That is the absolute least possible. If you're getting an Associates, you still have 2 years after that to get you bachelors (you know, obviously, you need a 4 year degree before entering Medical school). So you have quite a bit of time and classes to raise your GPA. College is hard, but Med School is much, much harder. Much harder. To be brutally honest, if you can't pull a 3.5 or better as an undergrad, you will probably fail out of Medical school. You need to learn how to learn, learn how to study and retain new information, or you will not do well in medical school. How well you do this is directly reflected in your GPA. So short answer is if you don't learn what you need to do raise your GPA, you probably will not do well in medical school, if you do indeed get in.