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faricheng
08-24-2006, 11:25 AM
know u guys r sick and tired of these kinda threads, but can anyone give me an idea of my chances of admission into SUSOM or r there anyone else out there with stats similiar to these.

associates of arts in chem/physics
science gpa - 3.0
overall gpa - 3.2
NREMT-B working as an e.r. technician
done some med school in china (about 1yr.)
currently working as a pharmacist tech. 2yrs >
clinical experience going on about 6months
i'd really appreciate some feed back.
Boulderunner
08-24-2006, 11:52 AM
Did you take the requisite classes, or the MCAT?
aspiringmedstudent
08-24-2006, 11:56 AM
Your GPA is OK. I think your medical experience will definitely help you. I know medical schools in general like to see people who have experience in medical research, nursing, EMT services, and technicians and whatnot. I think that will definitely make up for any issues they might have with your GPA. I think you'd probably need to submit MCAT scores though. I think you definitely have a fair shot!

Good luck :)
faricheng
08-24-2006, 12:06 PM
the thing is i'm from the bahamas and we don't have a system like that. does it decrease my chances??
KingMo
08-24-2006, 01:54 PM
maybe. it would definitely strengthen your chances if you took your mcat. i'm assuming that was a 'yes' on the you completed requisite courses.
faricheng
08-24-2006, 07:54 PM
no. actually i have about two courses to meet the min reqirements. sucks though. cause i'm working two jobs and all. just wanted to know if i had a realistic chance at getting into susom. guess i'll try university of the west of the indies or spartan or some other school.
KingMo
08-24-2006, 10:13 PM
May I ask...to what extent have you taken science classes? The reason being that you don't have a bachelor's degree, you haven't fulfilled the prereqs (which is only 8 classes or so), and you haven't taken the MCAT. Anybody could argue that you don't have a full range of experience in school and/or examinations...which then makes admissions wonder if you could handle 1) medical school coursework/courseload and 2) boards.

See what we're getting at? You'll need to convince them that you know what you're getting yourself into and then that you have what it takes to get through.

Also, you mentioned that you did some med school in China. Be ready to explain that too, and perhaps to your advantage...it could resolve many of the concerns I just mentioned.