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Why isn't elementary schools called 'low school'?
Main Post: Why isn't elementary schools called 'low school'?
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That would make college higher high school
Accepted in Veterinary School with Cs and Low GPA?
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Has anyone ever gotten into veterinary school with Cs in some classes; like prerequisite classes, and low GPA? Lower than a 3.0 GPA. I have Cs in my some of prerequisite classes but not all of them and a low GPA, I’m scared I won’t get accepted or even considered for admission because of this. I am in my senior year in my undergraduate degree and my GPA is not looking good for vet schools. I’ve already retaken some classes I’ve previously failed but it’s not helping my GPA much. What should I do? I want to apply this coming January. 😭 I have a list of vet schools I want to apply to. (I live in US)
Edit: I work as a vet nurse so I already have over 1000+ hours. I already work with multiple vets and pets of different species. Would they take that into account? I know some vet schools require animal experience/work under veterinarians at least 150 hours.
Top Comment: Depends on the school. Some won’t accept lower than a 3.0 GPA and some won’t accept more than a certain amount of C’s in prerequisite classes. I recommend looking at each school you’re interested in’s application requirements
Can i get into nursing school with a low gpa?
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Honestly i just want to get this off my chest
the stress and the fear of all this work for nothing, is getting to me.
ive been working as a CPT (certified phlebotomist technician), got my First Aid/ CPR/ AED certificate and volunteering a little while in college. Been worrying if this is not enough.
ANYWAYSS , just wanted to ask how to easily make my application stand out more? Should i get more certifications? Also any advice to gaining motivation?! and or is it even possible to get into a GOOD nursing program with a low gpa?!
edit: applying for BSN and in the east coast btw
Top Comment: California local here. My local BSN program had a competitive GPA of 3.8 and my ADN was point based. I had a 3.5 and couldn’t get into either. I applied in the east coast and got in first try. I got extra points because I was a EMT. It really depends where you live. I wouldn’t go to those for profit private schools like Gurnick or Galen cause I’ve heard they are poopies.
What is considered “low, mid, and high tier” schools?
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I apologize if this is a dumb question, but I see people talking about rankings and was wondering at what point is a school considered a high tier one? For example, I was looking at two big name D.C schools (Washington and Georgetown) and saw they were both not ranked that high, even though I was expecting them to be. Do the rankings really matter if those schools or others similar to them are known to be reputable programs or does going to a top 30 have clear advantages over them?
Top Comment: High tier isn’t needed for a lot of career paths, but it helps a ton if you want to go into academic medicine, top residencies, or build strong connections to be a physician scientist. What I’ve seen so far is that ~T30 are high tier, mid tier schools are ones that most physicians would recognize, and low tier are schools most physicians wouldn’t have heard of.
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Top Comment: This is one of those cases where a masters might actually be a good idea. Be smart though enroll in masters where your ideal masters is already working in and if they are willing to accept you into their lab. A 2.9 gpa will disqualify you from most PhDs.
Nontrad CA / very low gpa w/postbacc / avg MCAT school list help
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CA nontrad, horrible undergrad and working for past 5 years, slowly realized I wanted to do medicine
Graduated with cgpa and sgpa <2.8 Did diy post bacc about 80 units at 3.86 which got cgpa to 3.1 and sgpa to 3.0 MCAT once at 514 last year
Obviously stats are my biggest concern but I also feel like there's not much more I can do. Undergrad credits nearing 240 with post bacc so im at the point of no return with the numbers moving.
Nontrad so tons of hours
Clinical hours >8000 Nonclinical volunteering >2500 Shadowing >150 Research >2000 More hours in other categories too
App is heavily centered around lgbt (PS + activities over the past 10 years). I have a unique story with consistent theme since lgbt activism is a genuine passion for me. Some x factors like executive leadership positions in organizations, starting a class at my undergrad, cool research, political advocacy securing funding for organizations, etc.
Lots of strong LORs (10) from managers professors and physicians
Submitted primary AMCAS last week working on AACOMAS still.
I know I don't really have a shot at CA schools given my stats but I'm going to apply to them anyway since I'm in state and maybe something might happen.
Wondering what schools might be more open to my stats or story in other states. Plan is to apply very very very broadly MD and DO. Ideally want to stay away from states like Florida and Texas as I do not think I will be happy given political circumstances.
Appreciate any and all advice because I'm super anxious about applying and am feeling really inadequate with my stats particularly gpa.
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Filter MD schools on MSAR based on your stats.
Service-focused schools (Rush, Loyola, Temple, Tulane, SLU, Creighton, Drexel, GW, Georgetown) and Vermont come to mind based on what you've said.
A warning for Texas - In AZ vouchers don't cover tuition for private schools so low income families aren't using them. Vouchers are coupons for the rich.
Main Post: A warning for Texas - In AZ vouchers don't cover tuition for private schools so low income families aren't using them. Vouchers are coupons for the rich.
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Vouchers are tax deducts for those $10,000.00 a year private schools. There are limited private schools in rural Texas. Diverting public school funding to private Jesus schools takes funds from special needs kids.
If you struggle with math in school you have a low iq
Main Post: If you struggle with math in school you have a low iq
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You know who were the cool kids in school when I went and are the cool ones now that I teach? The ones who were good at subjects and didn't need to punch down to make themselves feel good about it.
Always punch up, only insecure people punch down.
Low pass on first rotation
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Hi, I’m an M3 at a lower mid tier MD school in the US and just received a low pass on my first rotation on OB/Gyn (got yelled for breaking sterility on L&D and in C sections repeatedly my first few weeks and did not have the best relationship with some attendings on L&D) despite scoring >50th percentile on the shelf. Just thankful it is over. I’m currently halfway through peds and doing much better from feedback so far. I have yet to do surgery but I think I do enjoy the OR environment.
My goal is to match gen surg. or anesthesia - am I completely screwed for these specialties given how competitive, especially anesthesia, has gotten this past year with this low grade even if I try to high pass/honor the rest? As a reference, a low pass requires being put on academic probation at my school, meaning I can do other clerkships but another low pass or fail will require me to remediate the entire year - for reference, I passed step 1 and scored in the top half of my class for every single preclinical course so far but my school is true P/F so that will not be reflected. I have minimal research besides one poster and 1 pub from undergrad but will do a research rotation later this year.
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See if you can appeal the grade since it seems like it was just an attending you didn't get along with.
I don't think you're screwed for gen surg or anesthesia. Yeah a low pass isn't ideal, but if you bounce back with high pass/honors in the rest of them I think you'll be fine. Just maybe be prepared to answer why you did poorly on your first rotation and how you improved over the year.