Kaizen2484

1. Teaching
College of Notre Dame
10 month M.A.T program
call 410-532-5349.

2. Guidance Counselor or Academic Advisor

-Nova
$545×48=$31,440
-Long Island University
-University of North Dakota
-Roosevelt
-Chicago State
-St. Xavier University
$655/hour x 48=$31,440
call (773) 298-3053

It’s July now, and I’m still unemployed. Have spent hours sending resumes, driving to different offices, and writing cover letters. Nowadays everyone is at home, instead of at school, but my parents are really upset at me for not doing anything with my life.

I applied to Dunkin Donuts two days back, along with my brother, who is in high school, and he received a callback. Since they were looking at our resumes (rather than meeting us), it makes me sort of feel better, that it’s not my looks or how I interview. My brother says since I have a degree, maybe they think i’m overqualified and will leave them. I don’t have an ego like some people about what kind of job I do-I don’t mind serving food or working at a cash register, because right now, I have no money at all.

It’s really hard to do this, I can’t even think about anything else besides being a doctor when I think about the future. But I have to stop living in a dreamworld and realize that I’m 25, with a 2.7 GPA. I went on MDapplicants.com, and out of their 11,000 profiles, only 81 had GPAs less than 3.0. That is less than 1%. I was thinking that if I got an exceptional MCAT score, perhaps it would mitigate my GPA somewhat. But many of the applicants on the website had 40+ MCATs and still had difficulty getting interviews. The point is that GPAs are a much more decisive factor.

Of course I can improve my GPA by attending a post-bacc program but even then it is a gamble; I would have to take $20,000 out in loans and if I didn’t get into med school, I would have no means of paying it back.

I can’t say how sad I feel thinking about all this. If I had scored terribly on my MCATs, then it would be something different; I would take it as a sign that medical school isn’t meant for me. But I just started my practice tests, and I’m already scoring near my target range….and that KILLS me…knowing that I do have the aptitude, but I have no proof to show for it. My GPA screams lazy, but it’s a lie, as I was working full-time. Everyone says I should just enroll in pharmacy or a PA program, but I feel so heavy hearted about it. I feel like I’m going to regret things no matter what. I think I just have to pick the path of least regret now….what that is…I don’t know. I’m going to give myself until April 1st to decide.