Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Would I have a chance of acceptance in Medical School with a 20 year old felony?

I know its possible I may get some rude answers but hopefully I can get a good one out of this. Does anyone know of anyone else that have been accepted to medical school with a felony? The awful part of my situation is that this was and is the only mistake I have ever made. My child's father at the time we were 19 yrs old. He became a drug dealer I didn't know because I was kicked out of my parents home when I became pregnant. He found out about it and came to get me from off my parents porch. I wasn't sure how he was getting his money because he went to work everyday with his uncle whom worked at a place for many years. So eventually I found out he was a drug dealer because of over hearing his friends talk. I confronted him and the physical abuse started. I became some type of slave I forgave him every time and felt he loved me but it was stress. He promised to stop but about 1 week later him and what turned out to be another drug dealer fought at a store near our home. He called me to get him I didn't realize anything was wrong until I seen he was a little hurt by the way he moved. He told me to get us out of there because I was pregnant and he just finished fighting with another drug dealer. I l started freaking out and he threatened me with a weapon at that point. Not knowing where the other person was I did what he asked. I was a mess and was sick with preeclampsia and wasn't eating because I was so sick all the time. It was the worst part of my life to date. Anyway when the cops first asked me I denied knowing anything because my boyfriend told I would have our child and jail and get in trouble. I had no money for a defense neither did he offer any either. Eventually I told what happened and I got hit with accessory after the fact to robbery with a dangerous weapon. I had no idea he had even robbed the guy. My parents said to take a plea so the the court appointed attorney or risk jail for 5 years. All this happened while my child ended up premature being born 1lb and 3 oz. He barely survived we both almost died because of my blood pressure. Today Im a biology major with a 3.8 GPA, I took a practice MCAT and got a 30 (I dont graduate until 2013) no trouble since and not even before. Also I did tell my current University my situation and they accepted me when I applied. Everyday is more of a struggle because if I could only rewind the time to that day I wouldve hung up the phone and rather lived on the street. It was a rural area and I ended up roomating with someone I was in jail with when they first arrested me. She turned out great had trouble but married with children and I met my husband through her husband(we ended up moving to another state). Im an older woman yes my child is older and study is all I know. I love medicine and the thought of practicing it. Do you think I should have hope?

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