Hello, I just feel that I need to talk to some people about this who understand whats going on, and could give me some honest advice. Anything is helpful, thanks.
I'm a California resident, and a graduating senior right now. I haven't calculated my AMCAS GPA yet (does it do it automatically somewhere for you?) but based on my college transcript, I have a 3.3 sGPA and a 3.4 cGPA and a 30 MCAT.
I have somewhere upwards of 1000 research hours (I don't know if more matters after a certain point, but i've been doing it for roughly 3 years now) and one publication, but not 1st or 2nd author
~250 hours just volunteering at the hospital
~50 volunteering with autistic children
~100 volunteering at old-persons home
~50-75 hours shadowing
I know my GPA is low, and my MCAT doesn't really make up for it. I don't have any delusions of getting into any of the top medical schools, or even a middle tier one. But what are my chances of getting into a med school period? Applying is very expensive (obviously) so how many schools do you think a person in my position should reasonably apply to and have a chance of getting in? I am also applying DO, but I havent started the process of finding schools for that yet, are there any general ones that you guys would recommend with my stats?
Thank you so much!
I'm a California resident, and a graduating senior right now. I haven't calculated my AMCAS GPA yet (does it do it automatically somewhere for you?) but based on my college transcript, I have a 3.3 sGPA and a 3.4 cGPA and a 30 MCAT.
I have somewhere upwards of 1000 research hours (I don't know if more matters after a certain point, but i've been doing it for roughly 3 years now) and one publication, but not 1st or 2nd author
~250 hours just volunteering at the hospital
~50 volunteering with autistic children
~100 volunteering at old-persons home
~50-75 hours shadowing
I know my GPA is low, and my MCAT doesn't really make up for it. I don't have any delusions of getting into any of the top medical schools, or even a middle tier one. But what are my chances of getting into a med school period? Applying is very expensive (obviously) so how many schools do you think a person in my position should reasonably apply to and have a chance of getting in? I am also applying DO, but I havent started the process of finding schools for that yet, are there any general ones that you guys would recommend with my stats?
Thank you so much!