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 GPA of 2.8 high enough to get accepted into medical school?
I believe medical schools use certain cutoffs to help cut down the large volume of applicants and your gpa might put you below that cutoff. With that being said, they also use formulas which combine your gpa and mcat scores so if you can get a stellar MCAT score you might have a chance of at least getting your foot in the door. That way you will have a chance of explaining why you have that GPA. If this GPA is caused by a rough transition to college or a tragedy then it's acceptable but if it's because you study 100% but yet seem to not be able to get high grades, you have to rethink how you study/test in order to prove that you are competent enough for medical school. Medical schools want be sure that you are competent enough to handle the rigors of medical school and a low GPA tells them that you might not be ready for it. So show them you are competent by getting high grades for the rest of your college career and getting a really high MCAT score.
Can you get into medical school with bad high school grades?
Several other Quorans have noted that poor high school grades are irrelevant to a medical school application.However, poor HS grades put you at a severe disadvantage. Over half of all US med school applicants are unsuccessful. This result is actually much worse than it appears. In colleges with a strong pre-med program, over a third of the class starts as pre-med but 60–80% withdraw from pre-med before even actually applying to med school. Even with this high attrition, more than half of those remaining are still unsuccessful.A student can take all the required courses at just about any college. At schools with rigorous programs, weak students are strongly discouraged from continuing in pre-med by a very demanding grading policy. The forcefulness of the discouragement varies. At, say, Dartmouth those that survive the weeding out are successful ~90% of the time. Stanford’s surviving pre-meds succeed only 70–75% of the time. At Berkeley, it’s 55%.Poor high school grades mean that you will be attending a less-selective college and encountering less well-prepared classmates. However, these students are not your competition. You will be competing with the students at Dartmouth, Stanford and Berkeley who all had excellent HS grades, lots of APs and prevailed over their own classmates in multiple weedout courses.To obtain admission to med school, a weak HS student will need to find in college a far greater resolve and a far greater work ethic. It’s not impossible, but the odds are long.
How high does your GPA need to be to get into medical school and become a doctor?
Pretty much 4.0. And even then, you need other attractive attributes. Like volunteering ina health care setting. Having had a paying job in healthcare, even being a unit clerk on a unit, or a CNA. Or clerkships, even unpaid ones.Many years ago, a part time, summer unit clerk told me he had applied to medical school, and the interviewer told him to do 2 things.#1 to get a job in health care, even a summer job, or as a volunteer.#2 To buy a copy of “House of God" by Samuel Shem. It is about a Resident's first year after Medical School.Basically, Medical schools want someone who is at least acquainted with the health care system. And not just lofty ideals about the practice of medicine.There is so much competition for spots in medical school, that they can pick and choose.
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.
Are my Grades good enough to go to Medical School?
Great grades...Keep it up, but in terms of Medical school you have to complete your undergraduate work first, getting a BS (Bachelors of Science) in an area of science. Then you take the MCAT and apply to medical school. It helps to achieve a really strong 3.5 or better in a highly competitive college and/or university. But keep up the good work it will definitely help you to get into a competitive college. Good Luck
Do you need to have a 3.8/4.0 GPA in High School to become an anesthesiologist?
You need an adequate HS GPA to get you into a decent college, where you will need a good GPA to get you into medical school - in addition to good scores on the MCAT, activities outside of school, etc.
Is a 4.0 GPA required to get into medical school?
A 4.0 is certainly not required. It is incredibly difficult to be a pre-med and get a 4.0 in undergrad - but achieving that GPA will be seen as a huge accomplishment! Medical schools want students with impressive academic standings, but they will not turn away a student if he or she has a lower GPA. For top schools like Harvard or UCSF, you should aim for a 3.9 GPA. For all medical schools, above a 3.5 is a good target. However, your MCAT and GPA alone are not enough to persuade medical schools to admit you. Applying to medical school requires strong grades, test scores, leadership experience, and resumes.So what do medical schools look for? Certain personality traits, such as good judgement, social consciousness, cultural competence, leadership, teamwork, reliability, just to name a few. How can they see if you have these characteristics?Med school adcoms will see if you have good extracurricular activities when judging your candidacy. Join activities that help others or have relevance to medicine. Med schools like to see candidates who have dedicated their lives to serving others and are passionate enough to devote their spare time to medical activities. These include: clinical or lab research, community service, work or internship experience, and teaching experience.Don’t just do these activities to check boxes - admissions officers know when you are just trying to build your resume. Figuring out why you want to attend medical school will help you develop a every activity you participate in. For example, if your grandmother has Alzheimer's and you want to help other people like her, volunteer at a retirement home. Do research with a doctor on Alzheimer's. Work with actual patients who have been diagnosed. Actively pursue your passions!Focusing on why you are passionate about medicine will help you stand out during the application process. Chances are, most medical school applicants to top schools have near perfect GPAs, but do they have the other components of the application? Your GPA and scores just speak to your intelligence. Show them who you are, and why you want to become a doctor.
Could I get into med school with a 3.355 GPA?
You'll never know until you apply. Obviously, your concern that your GPA doesn't measure up is legitimate, but your grades are only part of the acceptance factor. Certainly, don't be discouraged. Prepare well for the MCAT and if you score well, apply to any school that interests you. If you aren't accepted, repeat the courses that brought your GPA down and repeat the MCAT, if necessary, and apply again. You may be surprised by the high number of practicing physicians who did exactly that.