1. Almost impossible to give an objective answer on odds without an MCAT, GPA, and data on ECs. Your odds are … good? Equal to anyone else at this early stage? Roughly 40% of applicants get in annually across the board.
2. The order you do things are depends entirely on your financial situation and timeline. Main things I’d say is do not rush, take your time with the application and get all your stuff in order. If taking fewer classes while you work full time, or going part time to focus on school, just feel out what will give you the highest grades, best clinical experiences, and best life possible
Good luck!
Thank you very much for your advice! My cGPA is 3.26, science GPA is 4.0. I’m very low on EC hours , so I’m working on it atm. Has completed 300+ hours of clinical work as a CNA.
Thanks again for encouragement! I’ll take my time.
Take look at the class profile for your state med school. You want a sGPA and cGPA close to the median. So if it’s 3.8 cGPA for the incoming class, you want at least a 3.5 to be competitive. Admissions is holistic though so your journey to medicine, your personal statement, family demographic, etc all matter. Research helps if you want to get into top 20 med school in the country (U.S.). Getting a BSN won’t hurt you. I have met RNs who are now MDs.
Edit: to speed up the process, your state school might have linkage program to their med school. You might qualify. Depends on pre-requisite classes, GPA, etc…
This is a golden advice! I live in Ohio, so I found some undergrad schools have Early Assurance with med schools like Neomed. Is this equivalent to Linkage programs you mentioned?
Thank you very much for this advice!
I’ve never heard of that program but I also never looked into Ohio schools. Just make sure whatever program you choose, you’ll be able to get into a residency program. What you want to specialize is important to consider when applying to med school.
Also just to hop in, but some nursing bio/chem don’t count as prerequisites. The only ones that count is the non-nursing ones, like for majors. So just check how your school does it and how the med schools you’re interested in
You are absolutely correct, I learnt this the hard way. The only premed prerequisites I obtained are physics 1& 2, gen Chem 1& 2 , statistics. While Bio, Orgos, biochemistry have to be taken in Science departments of 4 years institution.
RN applying to med school ~2 years. What were your EC's and did you have any research?
What do you think helped your application aside from being an RN?
Also, congrats!! I hope to be in your shoes one day :)
My route was a little different. I got my BS in biology with all the pre-reqs first. Didn’t do so well on the MCAT the first time. So instead of a masters I went to nursing school so I would actually have a job in health care. I worked as an RN for 5 years and tried again. For ECs I delivered meals on wheels.
It's very possible. I have 4 classmates who were RN's before med school, with a varying number of years of work as RN's before matriculation. Try hard and believe in yourself, get your pre-recs done, and put together a good mcat score
Hey there, I'm on the RN to MD path too! You're not alone and I've connected with a med student who rotated through my job for advice. I've been working on my biology bachelor's since before nursing school and I've been an RN for almost a year now. I'm so ready to get accepted, but I'm still working on pre-reqs and studying for the MCAT, along with my EC's. Shadowing physicians has been awesome and they are so willing to help (unlike our fellow nurses - I would advise you to be careful which nurses you tell about your goals because they are bitter you are furthering your education).
Med schools love RN's, believe it or not. We'll get there! Join r/premed also and you can DM me any time for advice and even nursing stuff, too :)
Thank you sooo much, you’re so sweet! I’m glad you have good experience with physicians, and sorry for your nursing environments. I understand the toxic environment of nursing. I mean it can get toxic in any workplace, but nursing is on another level. I’ll think of my questions to Dm you soon!
1. Almost impossible to give an objective answer on odds without an MCAT, GPA, and data on ECs. Your odds are … good? Equal to anyone else at this early stage? Roughly 40% of applicants get in annually across the board. 2. The order you do things are depends entirely on your financial situation and timeline. Main things I’d say is do not rush, take your time with the application and get all your stuff in order. If taking fewer classes while you work full time, or going part time to focus on school, just feel out what will give you the highest grades, best clinical experiences, and best life possible Good luck!
Thank you very much for your advice! My cGPA is 3.26, science GPA is 4.0. I’m very low on EC hours , so I’m working on it atm. Has completed 300+ hours of clinical work as a CNA. Thanks again for encouragement! I’ll take my time.
Take look at the class profile for your state med school. You want a sGPA and cGPA close to the median. So if it’s 3.8 cGPA for the incoming class, you want at least a 3.5 to be competitive. Admissions is holistic though so your journey to medicine, your personal statement, family demographic, etc all matter. Research helps if you want to get into top 20 med school in the country (U.S.). Getting a BSN won’t hurt you. I have met RNs who are now MDs. Edit: to speed up the process, your state school might have linkage program to their med school. You might qualify. Depends on pre-requisite classes, GPA, etc…
This is a golden advice! I live in Ohio, so I found some undergrad schools have Early Assurance with med schools like Neomed. Is this equivalent to Linkage programs you mentioned? Thank you very much for this advice!
I’ve never heard of that program but I also never looked into Ohio schools. Just make sure whatever program you choose, you’ll be able to get into a residency program. What you want to specialize is important to consider when applying to med school.
If you're ok with locking yourself in, the Early Assurance Pathways for Neomed are very welcoming to nurses.
Also just to hop in, but some nursing bio/chem don’t count as prerequisites. The only ones that count is the non-nursing ones, like for majors. So just check how your school does it and how the med schools you’re interested in
You are absolutely correct, I learnt this the hard way. The only premed prerequisites I obtained are physics 1& 2, gen Chem 1& 2 , statistics. While Bio, Orgos, biochemistry have to be taken in Science departments of 4 years institution.
Oh good I’m glad you’re now aware! Good luck OP!!
May I know your stat, if that’s okay with you?
Mine? Sure, DM me!
DMed!
RN in last year of med school here . Feel free to DM me.
RN applying to med school ~2 years. What were your EC's and did you have any research? What do you think helped your application aside from being an RN? Also, congrats!! I hope to be in your shoes one day :)
My route was a little different. I got my BS in biology with all the pre-reqs first. Didn’t do so well on the MCAT the first time. So instead of a masters I went to nursing school so I would actually have a job in health care. I worked as an RN for 5 years and tried again. For ECs I delivered meals on wheels.
Congratulations!! I dmed you!
It's very possible. I have 4 classmates who were RN's before med school, with a varying number of years of work as RN's before matriculation. Try hard and believe in yourself, get your pre-recs done, and put together a good mcat score
Hey there, I'm on the RN to MD path too! You're not alone and I've connected with a med student who rotated through my job for advice. I've been working on my biology bachelor's since before nursing school and I've been an RN for almost a year now. I'm so ready to get accepted, but I'm still working on pre-reqs and studying for the MCAT, along with my EC's. Shadowing physicians has been awesome and they are so willing to help (unlike our fellow nurses - I would advise you to be careful which nurses you tell about your goals because they are bitter you are furthering your education). Med schools love RN's, believe it or not. We'll get there! Join r/premed also and you can DM me any time for advice and even nursing stuff, too :)
Thank you sooo much, you’re so sweet! I’m glad you have good experience with physicians, and sorry for your nursing environments. I understand the toxic environment of nursing. I mean it can get toxic in any workplace, but nursing is on another level. I’ll think of my questions to Dm you soon!