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How many gap years did you take if any and what did you work on/accomplish?

If you didn’t take a gap year, was it easy transitioning from college to medical school? Did you regret it?

If you’re current in medical school, how much debt are you in (along with undergrad, masters, etc)?

If you’re not in medical school (undergrad pre-med), did you take out any loans, had scholarships, parents paid, etc?

How many gap years did you take if any and what did you work on/accomplish?

If you didn’t take a gap year, was it easy transitioning from college to medical school? Did you regret it?

Hi everyone,
I made a recent post but I don’t think I was being clear enough.

Since dual enrollment courses from high school will be factored in for graduate/professional schools like medical schools, should I retake courses I did poorly on (D’s/F’s) to show upward trend?

For my college, we are able to accept or reject credit, but all grades will show on an official transcript anyway. What courses should I accept? Should I accept A-‘s-B-‘s and not worry about retaking them?

Final question: after calculation, the gpa I technically start with is around a 2.5-2.6. Did I ruin my chances already? How tough will it be to recover?

For reference, here are my grades:
Human Development and Family Studies A- (sophomore yr hs)
English Seminar and Comp: A- (junior year hs)
Principles of Microeconomics: B+ (junior year hs)
Intro to Allied Health: B- (senior year hs)
Statistics: D (senior year hs)
Principles of Macroeconomics: F (senior year hs)
Medical Terminology: F (senior year hs)

Credits outside of my university dual enrollement:
Education in Multicultural Society: B+? (senior year hs)
Principles of Accounting 1: B-/B? (senior year hs)

Hi everyone,
Anyone who’s going to be on a pre health track, currently is or was on one (could be any) let me know what major and track you’re going for?

If you’re a freshmen, what courses are you planning on taking along with your major/track?

If you’re not a freshmen and you’re on a track, how were pre reqs during freshmen year or if you decided to purse a track later in college?

If you’re not a freshmen and decided to stick with your major (or change majors) and changed your decision, what were your reasons?

Would love to hear everyone’s experiences (also if you’re a graduate!!)

Hi everyone,
Anyone who’s going to be on a pre health track, currently is or was on one (could be any) let me know what major and track you’re going for?

If you’re a freshmen, what courses are you planning on taking along with your major/track?

If you’re not a freshmen and you’re on a track, how were pre reqs during freshmen year or if you decided to purse a track later in college?

If you’re not a freshmen and decided to stick with your major (or change majors) and changed your decision, what were your reasons?

Would love to hear everyone’s experiences (also if you’re a graduate!!)

Hi everyone,
Anyone who’s going to be on a pre health track, currently is or was on one (could be any) let me know what major and track you’re going for?

If you’re a freshmen, what courses are you planning on taking along with your major/track?

If you’re not a freshmen and you’re on a track, how were pre reqs during freshmen year or if you decided to purse a track later in college?

If you’re not a freshmen and decided to stick with your major (or change majors) and changed your decision, what were your reasons?

Would love to hear everyone’s experiences (also if you’re a graduate!!)

Hi everyone, I was admitted to UConn Storrs as a nursing major. Although I love nursing, I believe it’s a great job with full of opportunities and the chance to become a NP later on, I don’t really think it’s for me. Nursing is competitive to get into and a lot of people in other majors end up doing the accelerated program if they didn’t get in or decided to switch.

I’ve always wanted to explore other careers but more importantly I always have dreams of becoming a doctor. I know nursing is a different profession and it wouldn’t make sense to stick with it if that’s not the plan.

My option is to switch to Allied Health Science since it gives me the most options to explore especially if I decide to switch pre health tracks. Nursing pre reqs don’t align with medical school, PA, optometry, pharmacy, dental, etc… for example nursing takes chem 1122 (principles of chem) while medical school requires gen chem 1 (chem 1127Q) I have the option to ask my advisor to switch chem courses and keep nursing as an option for a semester, but I don’t want to delay/make things complicated in the long run especially if I don’t end up liking nursing. Plus chem is not the only pre req and technically I would be behind if I just take gen chem 1 for first semester. I attended orientation btw.

Medical school is extremely competitive to get into and with an allied health science degree I don’t have as much career options unless I go back to school. Someone please let me know what to do. It’s been haunting me and I’m seriously lost. Would love to hear from people who’re in similar positions, nursing/allied health major (both in school and graduates), or just anyone who has related in someway.

I know a lot of people end up taking a gap year or two. I come from a first gen household and they don’t much about the process of taking gap years and I don’t want to further delay career options if I don’t get in. I’m willing to put the hard work, I’m willing to take gap years but I don’t know what the future holds and I was never smart academically to begin with so I don’t know how much I’ll be capable of doing.

Hi everyone, I was admitted to UConn Storrs as a nursing major. Although I love nursing, I believe it’s a great job with full of opportunities and the chance to become a NP later on, I don’t really think it’s for me. Nursing is competitive to get into and a lot of people in other majors end up doing the accelerated program if they didn’t get in or decided to switch.

I’ve always wanted to explore other careers but more importantly I always have dreams of becoming a doctor. I know nursing is a different profession and it wouldn’t make sense to stick with it if that’s not the plan.

My option is to switch to Allied Health Science since it gives me the most options to explore especially if I decide to switch pre health tracks. Nursing pre reqs don’t align with medical school, PA, optometry, pharmacy, dental, etc… for example nursing takes chem 1122 while medical school requires gen chem 1 (chem 1127Q) I have the option to ask my advisor to switch chem courses and keep nursing as an option for a semester, but I don’t want to delay/make things complicated in the long run especially if I don’t end up liking nursing. Plus chem is not the only pre req and technically I would be behind if I just take gen chem 1 for first semester. I attended orientation btw.

Medical school is extremely competitive to get into and with an allied health science degree I don’t have as much career options unless I go back to school. Someone please let me know what to do. It’s been haunting me and I’m seriously lost. Would love to hear from people who’re in similar positions, nursing/allied health major (both in school and graduates), or just anyone who has related in someway.

I know a lot of people end up taking a gap year or two. I come from a first gen household and they don’t know much about the process of taking gap years and I don’t want to further delay career options if I don’t get in. I’m willing to put the hard work, I’m willing to take gap years but I don’t know what the future holds and I was never smart academically to begin with so I don’t know how much I’ll be capable of doing.