I have to be candid; it's going to take a lot of work
on your behalf, but it is possible.
First, you'll need to do extremely well in your
post-bacc. program. The recommendation I hear in the
various newsgroups and web-forums is to take
upper-level premed courses and CRUSH them. This means
courses like Physiology, Microbiology, Molecular
Biology/Biochemistry, Anatomy, Histology. Med schools
want to know you can survive the incredible volume
they throw at you. Since these are the courses you'll
take in first/second year med school, doing well in
them at the post-bacc level will prove you can survive.
Second, you'll have to study like mad and do extremely
well in the MCAT. Since it's standardized across
North America, the MCAT is the wonderful levelling
device that can help you make up for a bad GPA. This
means you'll have to work hard at Physics, Inorganic
and Organic Chem, English comprehension and writing,
and Biology/Biochemistry. Check out my website, and
my Links page for further help here.
Still, even with this accomplished, there will
doubtlessly be several schools which use computers to weed out
applicants with low GPAs. Therefore, even though your
current academics might be great, your past academic
record will sink you at some of the schools you apply to.
However, if you do well in your post-bacc program, and
your MCAT, I think you've got a good shot at getting
it. The question is whether medicine is what you
really, really want. If it is, I believe you can still go out there and get in.
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