Non-trad low cgpa, decent sgpa/mcat

[chiefroyal]

White, Male, KS resident, non-trad (will be 29 upon matriculation). Originally a business major, graduated in 2010, worked in healthcare consulting for several years before deciding to pursue medicine. Completed pre-reqs via a formal postbac this year and took MCAT.

Stats:
cGPA ~ 3.2 (uGPA ~3.1, pbGPA 4.0)
sGPA - 3.83 (4.0 in all prereqs)
MCAT - 516

ECs are as follows:

Paid Clinical:
-Currently employed as medical scribe in ED (worked while in PB ~15 hrs/week in this position)

Research:
-Currently employed as a bioinformatics researcher in a translational genetics research lab at a local medical school. No publications likely by the beginning of the cycle unfortunately though several are in the works. (worked while in PB ~20 hrs/week in this position)

Volunteering:
-Pediatric hospital volunteer for 2 years
-Free clinic volunteer for 1 year, patient intake.
-Various urban farming organizations steadily for 3-4 years.

Shadowing:
~100 hours across 4 specialties

Miscellaneous:
College Athlete for 4 years during UG, Captain for last 2, All-American for 2 years, played professionally abroad for a year before starting to work.

List (open to suggestions):
-University of KS
-UMKC
-Loyola
-RFU
-Northwestern
-Rush
-Creighton
-Boston
-Tufts
-Tulane
-Case Western
-Dartmouth
-St. Louis
-EVMS
-VCU
-VT
-Miami
-Vanderbilt
-Wake Forest
-USF
-Western Michigan
-University of Colorado
-MCW
-Oakland

Apologies for the lengthy post, sincere appreciation for any feedback.

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[Faha]

Colorado, USF, UMKC mainly accept their own state residents. Case Western, Vanderbilt and Northwestern are very competitive and are reaches. Otherwise you have a good list. You could add these schools where you have a chance for an interview with your stats:
Hofstra
Quinnipiac
Albany
New York Medical College
Roseman (new school for 2017)
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson

 

[chiefroyal]

Thanks, Faha, for the reply! I agree on the reaches and understand the feedback on the public schools. In your opinion I am competitive for allopathic or is my uGPA/cGPA such that MD is unlikely and I should be considering DO? I'm not sure how adcoms will view the uGPA in a non-science major from 5+ years ago vs the sGPA made up of pre-reqs taken this past year.

 

[Faha]

Thanks, Faha, for the reply! I agree on the reaches and understand the feedback on the public schools. In your opinion I am competitive for allopathic or is my uGPA/cGPA such that MD is unlikely and I should be considering DO? I'm not sure how adcoms will view the uGPA in a non-science major from 5+ years ago vs the sGPA made up of pre-reqs taken this past year.

Your situation is a bit unusual because of your low uGPA from years ago but I believe the schools will focus more on your recent MCAT score and sGPA. To be on the safe side you could apply to at least 5 DO schools. You probably do not want to reapply next year if you are not accepted to a MD school this year.

 

[chiefroyal]

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