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AnonymousMay 25, 2014 at 8:30 PM

Hi,

I just wanted to ask you for an opinion. This may be pretty bad, but I really don't know what to do at the moment. I'm 21 set to graduate next year with a Bachelor's of Science in Nursing, but now I want to become a physician. I don't have a great GPA (cGPA 3.59) and the only experience I have so far is volunteering at a PICU for ~150+ hours. I was wondering... Should I work as a registered nurse for experience and do premedical requirements at a later time? I really don't know what I'm looking for as to your response, lol. Just looking for advice I guess.

Dear Anonymous, 

Thanks for stopping by and sorry for the late response! 

First, I think that's a good GPA- especially from berkeley- and you have another year to raise it even higher! 

As for premed requirements, i'm not sure how much more work and time is required to become an RN.. I wish I had more information so I can give you better advice. But I'm wondering if it wouldn't be easier to stay an extra year at Berkeley and complete the premed requirements instead of going into nursing and spending more time and money on taking the exams and having to re-enroll in university, etc... (sorry for the run-on sentence). If nursing isn't what you want to do, then my advice would be try and go straight into med school instead of spending extra time and money on that route- but that's just my $0.02 :) 

Once again, I wish I had better advice to give, but I wish you the best of luck- and either way, you're going to be a physician right? haha :) 

-K 

On Delayed Posts

Hey guys! Sorry for the lack of posts this past semester. This being my last semester, I've had to take a heavier course load than normal (ironically..) and do a honors thesis, so I haven't had much time for my blog. But I do have many posts lined up for post-graduation, so stay tuned!

Future posts include: Last semester update, honors thesis, graduation, MD & DO apps, letters of rec, and gap year plans! :)

Good luck with finals!

K