Will medical schools consider my application?

The bad grades won’t help, that’s for sure. But schools, and professional schools in particular, are often open reconsidering a candidate who has a good, believable story. Especially one where you had problems and surmounted them.

If I were you, when I send in the materials, include a couple of paragraphs – not more than that – in a cover letter that says what you wrote above. Go big on the “I had problems but I conquered them” story.

That doesn’t guarantee success, of course, but it will help.

I think MCAT scores a very important as well. Have you taken them yet?

@janbb hello. I did, and got 512.

There are probably counselors or advisers at your college who can advise you better than we can. I suggest you talk to them.

I think you might have to score in the 90 percentile on MCAT.

I found this info on a Web site:

COMPETITIVE SCORES
These scores will put you in a highly competitive place in admissions (top 25% of all test takers)

MCAT Total Score: 508–513

Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems: 127–128

Critical Analysis and Reading Skills: 127–128

Biological and Biochemical Foundations of Living Systems: 127–128

Psychological, Social, and Biological Foundations of Behavior: 127–128

So you are in a competitive range on the MCATs. You just need to talk to someone who can advise you on your grades.

Not likely. Why would they when there are so many who haven’t even a B on their transcript?

Years ago, I worked for the registrar’s office at a very prestigious and competitive law school, one of the Top 10 in the U.S. I often had to access and use students’ files. Each file included a record of acceptance and why the review panel had chosen that student.

Students get selected for amazing reasons. I recall one guy who’d played for the prior year’s NCAA championship basketball team; the person reviewing his application was a big fan, very impressed, and recommended acceptance. Another guy had written “househusband” among the jobs listed on his resume; the reviewer scribbled “Hooray for househusbands!” in big letters across his application. A young lady had mediocre college grades and low LSAT results, but someone saw that she came from a poor, Appalachian background and strongly believed that she deserved a chance.

It really isn’t entirely about GPA and test scores. Is there something special and impressive about yourself that you can try to highlight in your application? If you’ve done something that sets you apart from other people, that might get noticed.

Of course, I’m not telling you that you’ll get accepted, just that you might not necessarily be rejected.