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May need to reapply...advice on gap year? Retake the MCAT?
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Sounds like California. If so, your GPA is the problem. 3.5/3.3/31 is a DO app in California.
Look into SMPs. Apply now and decide later.
Start a clinical volunteer gig and keep it up forever. Such as 4 hrs/wk in an ER. Be extremely curious about how health care gets delivered so that you can speak intelligently from experience.
Be paranoid about your LORs.
Hold off on the MCAT until you've assessed what you're going to do. Don't risk a lower score by being in a hurry.
There's a huge boatload of info in this forum and in postbac you can draw from. If you spend less than about 10 hours reading posts from those who've been in your shoes, you're wasting SDN as a resource.
Best of luck to you.
Look into SMPs. Apply now and decide later.
Start a clinical volunteer gig and keep it up forever. Such as 4 hrs/wk in an ER. Be extremely curious about how health care gets delivered so that you can speak intelligently from experience.
Be paranoid about your LORs.
Hold off on the MCAT until you've assessed what you're going to do. Don't risk a lower score by being in a hurry.
There's a huge boatload of info in this forum and in postbac you can draw from. If you spend less than about 10 hours reading posts from those who've been in your shoes, you're wasting SDN as a resource.
Best of luck to you.
