Hey everybody, just kind of want to get some honest opinions on where I stand and what advice on what I lack or need to improve on in the following 4 months or so
cGPA: ~3.5
sGPA: ~3.4
Ohio resident
Upward trend: ~3.9 the last 50 hours
MCAT: Taking it july 6th
ECs/Volunteering/Shadowing
-Volunteered at a family physicians office taking vitals, BP, temps, pulse-ox readings etc for ~170 hours
-Shadowed a physician (DO) for ~150 hours kind of on the side while volunteering at the office
-Shadowed a PA ~35 hours (should I even include this? )
-Captain of Collegiate Varsity basketball team- 2 years
-Pre-med society, Psych club, Student Athlete Advisory Committee
-Member of Chi Alpha Sigma Honor Society and selected to Academic All-Conference team this past season
-Semester long independent study performing a deep shoulder dissection on human cadaver
-Front room supervisor at my place of work (Butcher Shop in my home town ) - 3 years
-Organized and ran summer bball camps for kids ages 11-14 and 15-18 at my high school the last 4 years
-Volunteered at Med Wish through the Pre med society - one day
-Volunteered at Nickelodeon's Day of of play hosted at my college - one day
-Camp fitch student counselor for 5th graders as a Jr and Sr while in high school - 3-4 days each (Should i include this even though it was during high school?)
LORs
-Pre-med advisor/ Science Professor
-Actual Academic advisor/ Science Professor
-Family physician (DO)
-Boss
I hope to get around a 3.7-3.9 this semester with 18 credit hours. So hopefully that will help a little. But at the beginning of summer i will continue to volunteer with my family physician along with doing a few hours a week at a retirement home while working. I am also taking a course later in March to become certified as a Phlebotomist.
So, realistically what are my chances for DO? MD? I know my MCAT is crucial to this, so what would be a baseline I would need for DO or MD? And please, any advice to strengthen my application is greatly appreciated!!
cGPA: ~3.5
sGPA: ~3.4
Ohio resident
Upward trend: ~3.9 the last 50 hours
MCAT: Taking it july 6th
ECs/Volunteering/Shadowing
-Volunteered at a family physicians office taking vitals, BP, temps, pulse-ox readings etc for ~170 hours
-Shadowed a physician (DO) for ~150 hours kind of on the side while volunteering at the office
-Shadowed a PA ~35 hours (should I even include this? )
-Captain of Collegiate Varsity basketball team- 2 years
-Pre-med society, Psych club, Student Athlete Advisory Committee
-Member of Chi Alpha Sigma Honor Society and selected to Academic All-Conference team this past season
-Semester long independent study performing a deep shoulder dissection on human cadaver
-Front room supervisor at my place of work (Butcher Shop in my home town ) - 3 years
-Organized and ran summer bball camps for kids ages 11-14 and 15-18 at my high school the last 4 years
-Volunteered at Med Wish through the Pre med society - one day
-Volunteered at Nickelodeon's Day of of play hosted at my college - one day
-Camp fitch student counselor for 5th graders as a Jr and Sr while in high school - 3-4 days each (Should i include this even though it was during high school?)
LORs
-Pre-med advisor/ Science Professor
-Actual Academic advisor/ Science Professor
-Family physician (DO)
-Boss
I hope to get around a 3.7-3.9 this semester with 18 credit hours. So hopefully that will help a little. But at the beginning of summer i will continue to volunteer with my family physician along with doing a few hours a week at a retirement home while working. I am also taking a course later in March to become certified as a Phlebotomist.
So, realistically what are my chances for DO? MD? I know my MCAT is crucial to this, so what would be a baseline I would need for DO or MD? And please, any advice to strengthen my application is greatly appreciated!!