How many people did your class lose? How many didn't pass boards?
Sorry to hear that. You'll just have to wait and hear from the other schools.U sure I'm going to be fine? Cuz NYCPM called me and told me to retake.
Well, applying early certainly gives you your best shot at getting in since more seats are open and schools are generally more willing to take a chance on someone earlier in the cycle. The science GPA is certainly a red flag since you're applying to a science based professional degree and the MCAT is a red flag since there are many more big tests you'll be taking before you ever make it to being a practising DPM.
I was surprised with how AACPMAS calculated my sGPA. I didn't know they included retaken classes. Not even DO schools do that. Does anyone know why We have retaken classes added against us?
I don't know about the GPAs. I do believe that should be changed. Everybody says "pod GPA stats are so low" and try to make fun of us for it, but DO and MD stats would be a lot lower too if theirs were calculated like ours. My cGPA would be .30 higher if they didn't count retakes and that's a huge difference.
Yeah I hope so. Ive been looking at the stats on the AACPMAS application guidebook, but I realized that all thier stats are from 2013.. (Also fishy).
MCAT is totally fine. Did you calculate your GPA using AACPMAS calculation methods?
No offense, but you should look a little more into podiatry.
I did go to the website and it still gives me 3.4 as my gpa!
You have to enter your grades into the application and have your university send your transcripts to them. THEN you will get your true GPA(s) once your transcript/grades have been verified. It takes about a week or two.
Undergrad without removing any retakes (failed intro bio 3 times before I got my head on straight and aced it the 4th for example) = 2.31
The cutoffs are for cumulative GPA's.
For "Overall" and "Overall Science" as AACPMAS does the GPAs, except for CSPM which uses the "Overall" and "BCP Totals" GPAs. AACPMAS sends the schools like almost 30 GPAs, but as far as I know they only screen out candidates using the ones I just mentioned. I don't think they do it by the GPA for a specific year or specific course type. Imagine if they did do it for a course type GPA like organic chemistry which for many people only includes 2 courses. If you have a single retake in there you may already be below the cutoff. That would screen way too many people.
If the course type is Biology then they probably do.
Well for most of the schools it's REQUIRED that you have two letters from science professors and one from a podiatrist. I've only gotten an interview invite from Temple so far and the email made it sound like you might not need to have your science professor LORs in before an interview but they do want your LOR from a podiatrist in before the interview. But even then it seemed like you can get offered an interview without the podiatrist LOR, you just need to get the LOR before you schedule an interview date.
Your MCAT is low, but you already know that. If you can get at least a 20 on the retake you will probably be fine. It is required that you shadow a podiatrist and get a letter of recommendation from them, although there is no minimum number of shadowing hours required.
Kent specifically has accepted lower MCATs, I'm sure they'll give you a chance to interview at the very least. Your GPAs and ECs should carry you.
Well of course not, because there is such great variability in all applications. Even if someone tells us how their application looks it's not like we know what every single application that they're competing against will look like. Probably, the most common advice given on here though is for these prospective applicants to contact the admissions departments directly and ask them these questions, which is definitely good advice. I think that the people who come here to ask us this stuff have a certain expectation and that is for opinions only. It's not like they think we're adcom. It's not like they're gonna expect to call up a school after they get rejected and say "but bobtheweazel said...". And if nothing else, I think we can at least put a lot of these students at ease, because most of their applications really are in the acceptable range. Many of them just need a little extra assurance from us because maybe they don't have friends or family who are going through the stressful situation of applying to med schools, but at least they have us. If you're not gonna be helpful in some way and you don't have a question yourself, please go away.
As Bob said, we are here to give opinions. Everything should be taken with a grain of salt. You will see that most individuals are told to call school admissions for better insight. I appreciate you giving a reminder to those who might be new that we don't know much.
I think you've got some reasonable stats there. Overall GPA is good, MCAT is average to slightly below average for all the schools, and science GPA is low. You should have a shot at places like Kent, Temple, Barry, and NYCPM. Possibly DMU, AzPod, and the two Cali schools if you absolutely destroyed the interview (assuming they'd give you one with their smaller class sizes and generally higher stats).
