Hello everybody,
I am a non-traditional physical therapist (29) who has been practicing for two years looking to apply to the 2024 MD/DO cycle. I was curious what my chances were given my stats. I am still planning on taking O-chem 1/2 next year and taking the MCAT spring of 2024 but was wondering if it would even be worth it given my current stats. I would like to go the MD route but am more than happy to go DO given my experience as a PT.
Here is a rough estimate of my current stats:
cGPA: 3.44 (still need to take o chem/possibly biochem)
sGPA: 3.2-3.5 (depending on how it's calculated AAMC vs. AACOMAS due to two C's in math freshman year of college)
Graduate GPA (DPT): 3.7
Last 60 hours GPA undergrad: 3.65
ECs:
-4,500 hours practicing as a supervising physical therapist in multiple settings
-1,200 hours working as an ER scribe
-1,000 hours working as an optometrist scribe
-Shadowing: 15 hours endocrinology, 15 hours occupational medicine, 2 hours ortho
-Undergraduate drug delivery research
-Graduate school systematic review (unpublished)
-Planning on getting 3 strong LORs (MD, DO, and PT school professor)
I am just wondering if I have a good shot at a DO school or if it would be a waste of time to try and take O chem while working full time then taking 3 months off to study for the MCAT? Should I try to take more pre-reqs to bump up my GPA or will GPA not hinder me too much because I am a non-traditional?
I am a non-traditional physical therapist (29) who has been practicing for two years looking to apply to the 2024 MD/DO cycle. I was curious what my chances were given my stats. I am still planning on taking O-chem 1/2 next year and taking the MCAT spring of 2024 but was wondering if it would even be worth it given my current stats. I would like to go the MD route but am more than happy to go DO given my experience as a PT.
Here is a rough estimate of my current stats:
cGPA: 3.44 (still need to take o chem/possibly biochem)
sGPA: 3.2-3.5 (depending on how it's calculated AAMC vs. AACOMAS due to two C's in math freshman year of college)
Graduate GPA (DPT): 3.7
Last 60 hours GPA undergrad: 3.65
ECs:
-4,500 hours practicing as a supervising physical therapist in multiple settings
-1,200 hours working as an ER scribe
-1,000 hours working as an optometrist scribe
-Shadowing: 15 hours endocrinology, 15 hours occupational medicine, 2 hours ortho
-Undergraduate drug delivery research
-Graduate school systematic review (unpublished)
-Planning on getting 3 strong LORs (MD, DO, and PT school professor)
I am just wondering if I have a good shot at a DO school or if it would be a waste of time to try and take O chem while working full time then taking 3 months off to study for the MCAT? Should I try to take more pre-reqs to bump up my GPA or will GPA not hinder me too much because I am a non-traditional?