Nursing Student: changed my mind to MD/DO prospective student.

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  1. Being a nurse before becoming a doctor is potentially a significant advantage?

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      No -- they are completely different and fairly independent of each other
    • 6
      Yes! Nursing gives valuable insight into and experience with patient care
    • 3
      You can make it work either way.

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I am one semester away from graduating my university program with my RN, but I just made the decision to begin work on a med school application. I have been reading threads about how impractical this path is, and I am well aware of the challenges of basically switching majors from a nursing pursuit into a medical pursuit. I know they are very different, and although I have several years of healthcare experience as a CNA while I have been in college, I know I have barely scratched the surface.

I will still have to take several more upper division science courses and prepare for the MCAT, but I have a significant advantage; I am 20. This is going to be a long process.

I want any and all advice you guys can give me as far as what I have to anticipate as I work on changing my direction. I am still going to finish my RN, but should I even try to get residency, or should I just devote myself to excelling in my pre-reqs for the medical program and not work as a nurse before I submit my application? I want my grades to be as good as possible obviously since my current GPA is sitting right around 3.4 -- but I am an excellent tester so I count on my MCAT scores bolstering my application.

What can I do to make myself a stronger candidate for admission? Any tips appreciated

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