MD What are my chances? have I made up for college?

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I would like to know what my chances are for getting into medical school.

I graduated with a 2.85 from my undergrad 8 years ago (i really over extended myself with courses and extracurriculars; I also had stress and sleep issues). After I graduated I took a deep breath and started over slowly. I figured out how to deal with my stress and how to effectively manage my time. With an immense amount of postbac work I have raised my cGPA to a 3.526 and my bcpm GPA to a 3.535. I graduated with a masters in bioengineering this year with a 3.85 grad GPA as well. I scored a 42S on the MCAT, and although I know it doesn't matter too much, a 1560 on the GRE (760 verbal and 800 quant).

I have been relatively successful research wise with a first or second author position on 12 publications, a few abstracts, and a number of presentations. I will get some great letters from faculty members affiliated with some of the schools I'm interested in applying too.

In addition, over the past couple of years I have done a bit of shadowing. I have seen procedures as well as interacted with patients in clinics. I have volunteered for a couple missions working on engineering projects as well as helping other volunteering physicians. I have also volunteered in gospel choirs in poorer communities, teaching and playing music.

Extracurricular-wise I am a musician and have been playing since 2nd grade. I was first chair on my instrument in a number of ensembles in college and have continued to play after graduating. I won a couple of awards in high school (I know thats not too relevant now).

Will my overall application package will overshadow my abysmal college gpa? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

A 42? my.god. I think you're okay, that gpa is from so long ago.


btw how did you raise your cum GPA so significantly? you took as many credits in post-bacc as you did in college?

Originally Posted by jdpremed

I would like to know what my chances are for getting into medical school.

I graduated with a 2.85 from my undergrad 8 years ago (i really over extended myself with courses and extracurriculars; I also had stress and sleep issues). After I graduated I took a deep breath and started over slowly. I figured out how to deal with my stress and how to effectively manage my time. With an immense amount of postbac work I have raised my cGPA to a 3.526 and my bcpm GPA to a 3.535. I graduated with a masters in bioengineering this year with a 3.85 grad GPA as well. I scored a 42S on the MCAT, and although I know it doesn't matter too much, a 1560 on the GRE (760 verbal and 800 quant).

I have been relatively successful research wise with a first or second author position on 12 publications, a few abstracts, and a number of presentations. I will get some great letters from faculty members affiliated with some of the schools I'm interested in applying too.

In addition, over the past couple of years I have done a bit of shadowing. I have seen procedures as well as interacted with patients in clinics. I have volunteered for a couple missions working on engineering projects as well as helping other volunteering physicians. I have also volunteered in gospel choirs in poorer communities, teaching and playing music.

Extracurricular-wise I am a musician and have been playing since 2nd grade. I was first chair on my instrument in a number of ensembles in college and have continued to play after graduating. I won a couple of awards in high school (I know thats not too relevant now).

Will my overall application package will overshadow my abysmal college gpa? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

You should apply to all the MD/PhD programs at the top 25's....because you would get into most of them.

haha yea. Its at least equivalent to the credit amount from college.

With a crazy steep upward trend, a godly 42S MCAT score, a masters in your pocket, extensive research, and other various EC's, you should be fine unless you bomb your interviews (in which case you'll probably still get in with that .01% score)

Apply broadly, don't aim too high, and submit ASAP and you should be set. Best of luck!

Does anyone think i have a small shot at a top tier med school?

Originally Posted by jdpremed

Does anyone think i have a small shot at a top tier med school?

obviously

STRONGLY concur with this post! You're going places!

Originally Posted by NonTraditional3

You should apply to all the MD/PhD programs at the top 25's....because you would get into most of them.

I would actually be very interested in an md phd program. I have heard their process is more hollistic. I would like to be in a program where I could continue to do research.