That's why I had to stop because of my low GPA. I was 51 years old when I finally finished my BS in biology. My goal for the last 4 years going to school part-time from the start was to finish and get out of school. I didn't have great advisors to teach me about GPA maybe because of my age and the focus was on the young ones who were striving for Grad school and for me it was just an old person shooting for a degree. So in my final year that's when I looked into my GPA because I was close to finishing school and wanted to start filling out my CASPA, when I realized how low my GPA was. I did my best for the last couple of classes to see my GPA go up. So when finished it was too late to boost my GPA. So I started to look into PA schools with low GPA and found that there weren't many. I looked into schools that looked at your application holistically but there were competitive. I tried and tried. The first year I didn't know what to do so I applied to 20 PA schools and nothing but denials. I spent a lot of money on applications. The following year I applied to 11 PA schools and still nothing. The 3rd year I applied to 6 schools and still nothing. That was it for me. At 54 years old I was discouraged. So I turned my focus on DPT but the process was the same as PA school. Instead of CASPA it was called PTCAS. I did shadowing hours and new that this was the field I would be good at. I did personal training and helped many clients reach their fitness goals. Again, my low GPA played a role in my not going any further. There were companies who would help me but I didn't have the money to join them. I didn't have the money to go back to school and boost my GPA. I was stuck and total discouragement settled in. With all the bills I accumulated while going to school. I took out payday loans, credit cards just to pay for school and now they all caught up to me. I wish there were an easy way but there isn't for me. I live alone, no money, barely making it and still working in the ED as a tech. This discouragement has led me to hate my job and what I do. It's almost as if I'm burnt out and feel that there's nothing else I can do to move up the ladder. Some people say go to the ADN program and get your associates in nursing. I just can't go backwards. I already have a BS. Sorry to throw all that in your comment. I'm glad you're in med school and doing it. If I was still living in Florida maybe things would've been different. but making dumb decisions and moving to GA and setting me back 2 years of school was really dumb for me to stay. But here I am. Now, I'm trying to see other ways of moving forward.
I’m actually in the process of looking into what I need. I recently graduated from nursing school and working as an RN. But I realize I need to do much more science classes. Thanks for this video its going to help me look into what I need to do
Antonio, do you have any tips for finding a doctor willing to let you shadow? I am interested in the ED as I currently volunteer in a pre-hospital setting. I also live in NWA. My e-mail is on my channel page; feel free to shoot me a message sometime!
That's why I had to stop because of my low GPA. I was 51 years old when I finally finished my BS in biology. My goal for the last 4 years going to school part-time from the start was to finish and get out of school. I didn't have great advisors to teach me about GPA maybe because of my age and the focus was on the young ones who were striving for Grad school and for me it was just an old person shooting for a degree. So in my final year that's when I looked into my GPA because I was close to finishing school and wanted to start filling out my CASPA, when I realized how low my GPA was. I did my best for the last couple of classes to see my GPA go up. So when finished it was too late to boost my GPA. So I started to look into PA schools with low GPA and found that there weren't many. I looked into schools that looked at your application holistically but there were competitive. I tried and tried. The first year I didn't know what to do so I applied to 20 PA schools and nothing but denials. I spent a lot of money on applications. The following year I applied to 11 PA schools and still nothing. The 3rd year I applied to 6 schools and still nothing. That was it for me. At 54 years old I was discouraged.
So I turned my focus on DPT but the process was the same as PA school. Instead of CASPA it was called PTCAS. I did shadowing hours and new that this was the field I would be good at. I did personal training and helped many clients reach their fitness goals. Again, my low GPA played a role in my not going any further. There were companies who would help me but I didn't have the money to join them. I didn't have the money to go back to school and boost my GPA. I was stuck and total discouragement settled in. With all the bills I accumulated while going to school. I took out payday loans, credit cards just to pay for school and now they all caught up to me.
I wish there were an easy way but there isn't for me. I live alone, no money, barely making it and still working in the ED as a tech. This discouragement has led me to hate my job and what I do. It's almost as if I'm burnt out and feel that there's nothing else I can do to move up the ladder. Some people say go to the ADN program and get your associates in nursing. I just can't go backwards. I already have a BS.
Sorry to throw all that in your comment. I'm glad you're in med school and doing it. If I was still living in Florida maybe things would've been different. but making dumb decisions and moving to GA and setting me back 2 years of school was really dumb for me to stay. But here I am. Now, I'm trying to see other ways of moving forward.
I'm sorry to hear this but remember that you don't have to be a doctor to take care of people.
Get your post masters in science. You can still get in.
I’m actually in the process of looking into what I need. I recently graduated from nursing school and working as an RN. But I realize I need to do much more science classes. Thanks for this video its going to help me look into what I need to do
Good deal. I wish you the best!
Antonio, do you have any tips for finding a doctor willing to let you shadow? I am interested in the ED as I currently volunteer in a pre-hospital setting. I also live in NWA. My e-mail is on my channel page; feel free to shoot me a message sometime!
I will email you. 👍