samwan503

1 last question I PROMISE. I took some courses during summer sessions (not at community college) and the professors were grad students. I got recs from them; are those letters inferior to full-time professors, or are they on equal grounds? Thanks again for all the help.

I see what you guys mean now. What else aside from relevant research and improved GPA (via post-bach) would help me out even more?

I do want my MS to mean something, and not *just* a step. It will be one, but I don't want it to only mean that. Would doing post bach and raising my GPA help me with getting into a good, funded program?

Hey guys thanks for the replies and really good suggestions. Yep I understand my GPA is impossible for med school. At the same time, I don't want to stop with my academics. Yes, I'm using MS to show med schools I can do it, but it's not that I don't have any interests in the field. Quite the contrary, actually. That's why I want to pursue the MS route instead of the postbach + EMT route. Is that feasible, or not at all? What fields should I look into instead? I know natural/physical sciences are suggested, but are bioeng., neuroscience, and ecology not of the natural sciences? Should I look into biology, chemistry, and the sort more? What kind of majors does a BS in biology lead to? Biology is pretty broad... Sorry for my lack of direction. I'm just a bit confused at the moment.

Hi everyone. I apologize for the huge problem, but I'm just so confused right now. I'm an undergrad senior in September and made some major mistakes for a long time. In short, I have a ~2.5 GPA and a 167 GRE score. I go to UCLA and was hoping to stay in SoCal; so basically I'm hoping to apply to UCLA, UC Irvine, USC, and the sort. (Please, if someone has school suggestions, I'll be grateful.) I'm thinking of applying to bioengineering, neuroscience, ecology, and similar fields. (Is there a field that I can enter that is less difficult to get in?) I do have research experience and hospital volunteer hours. I really do not intend offence, because we all want to enter it. But I'm looking for a M.S., so that I can prove to med schools I'm a viable candidate as my first two years as an undergraduate shows I'm a no-go. I know my GPA does not help, but I should be able to graduate with 3.0-3.1 if I keep doing what I'm doing. I was hoping to apply this winter and enter graduate schools. Am I hoping for too much? What kind of chances am I looking at? How do I improve my chances? Thanks, and I apologize again for this possibly offensive and complicated question.