03-24-2016, 09:58 PM
jgbenjamin Wrote:I have passed these CLEP tests with these scores: US history I 64, US History II 59, College Algebra 59, Humanities 50+, Sociology 60, College Composition50+, Developmental Psychology 54, and today Biology 57. My current high school GPA is 3.7+(somewhere between 3.7 -4.0). I will be graduating in May.
Also, I have let up on my extracurricular activities specifically flute playing (maybe a bad idea?, since I was good, good at the flute).
Please keep the advice coming; it is great and helpful (and interesting)!!!
Oh yes, will someone please give me a link to see just what the MCAT scores look like per students' chosen major????
Nothing here is exceptional and hints that you won't make it unless you work a lot harder. I would have preferred to see science and math CLEP scores in the upper 60s or 70s rather than the 50s. Barely passing the CLEP in any subject isn't a great sign either. You want to be on the very right hand side of the curve. Your scores probably approximate someone getting AP Biology/Chem/Math/Physics score of 2 or 3 (3 is still passing) instead of 5. I saw the 3.7 GPA, but most unsuccessful pre-meds still thought high school was easy. The actual AP or CLEP score doesn't count for anything in the med school process. Nevertheless, I'd bet against you getting into pre-med.
I'm not talking you out of it, but you need to work way harder on your academics. Fortunately, you have no college grades. I like the idea of working on a different primary goal while doing the pre-med on the side. If it doesn't work out, you still have primary plan rather than the backup plan.
TESU BA CS and Math (graduated December 2016)