Hey everyone! I have a few questions that I haven’t been able to find much information about.
A little bit about me and my current situation: I am 24 and am living in Hawaii with my husband who is active duty army. I work full-time in a military hospital as a healthcare tech in Neurodevelopmental pediatrics, along with school full-time, and doing research with one of our pediatric infectious diseases docs. I have been doing healthcare related jobs since I graduated high school in 2016. My first two years of college were while I was still in high school, and I was able to obtain my associates degree by the time I graduated high school. Well, back then I didn’t know I was going to be pursuing med school so I totally had the C’s get degrees mindset so my GPA was around a 2.75. I then went to college for one year after and did poorly and got my first two F’s. Now for the questions…
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I’m super stressed that because of my low GPA in my past, I will need to get straight A’s. Which hasn’t been the case. My junior year GPA was a 3.75 and I am just starting my senior year. Will getting some B’s look bad at this point?
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I know a lot of schools have in-state preferences, but I was curious if they possibly look at military members/ military spouses a bit differently than just in-state or out-of-state since we kind of have to move around.
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I am extremely interested in USUHS. My husband serves, I work in a military hospital, and am extremely close to the three physicians I work under, and know I will get very very good letters of rec from them. I also do research in the military hospital. Would USUHS look favorably at this, and could it possibly help them see past my previous low GPA a bit more? Anything else I can do to increase my chances of getting accepted to USUHS?
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Sorry for the long post, but last question. I spent two years as a volunteer firefighter, but I am kind of confused on if I can count this as my volunteer experience. For one, that was 4-5 years ago. My second concern is that while I was labeled as a volunteer firefighter, I did technically get paid, just not much. We got a small stipend of $10 per call. We could spend 6 hours on a fire, and we would get $10. It clearly wasn’t much, but since there was some pay involved, I don’t know if I can count it.
Thanks so much for any advice for any of my questions above!