Understand that most of your learning will likely come from practice exams, not burying your head in review books and flashcards.
I managed to claw my way from being a very dysfunctional person with a nearly incalculably low GPA and no study skills to going to a top university and getting a 513 on the MCAT. The reason I'm sharing all of this is for that stereotypical "if I can do it, you can do it" factor. I spent 3 1/2 years there and then transferred to UC San Diego for Biochemistry. By scratch, I mean in the three semesters I went to community college (the first time, before dropping out) I got one B and everything else was an F or W. Strangely, the thought did cross my mind one day and after several months of thinking about what the path actually meant and whether I could do it or not, I decided that I needed to embark on the path to becoming a physician.Īfter three years and with no study skills from previous schooling, I went back to community college and started completely from scratch. I also became interested in science for the first time in my life, but the thought of actually being able to study science never crossed my mind. It started after graduating high school, when I went to community college but soon dropped out because I had absolutely no academic motivation and was dealing with a lot of personal issues.įor the next three years I worked, played in a band, and slowly got my life together which eventually culminated in me finding an intense passion for mental health and caring for people. I know many premeds are nontraditional students, so hopefully my story can help remind some of them that having a different path to medicine is actually an asset.
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