Hello all, I am a white male, Washington resident.
I have been accepted into an Optometry school this year but now I am deciding if I want to put off a year and go for a MD/DO acceptance. At this point, I am not sure if I want to do optometry or family medicine.
How hard is it to match for family medicine with a DO degree? Sorry for being so ignorant, I am very new to the med school path.
My stats are 3.59 cumulative/~3.45 science. Somewhat of an upward trend: 3.2 Fresh/3.78 Soph/3.83 Jr/ 3.6 Sr.
I have not taken the MCAT but I scored 80 percentile on the OAT studying for about 3 weeks.
I have fairly good ECs, 500+ hours of clinical work and patient care but no research.
I went to a state university. Took a couple of my prereqs at a CC.
So realistically, what are my chances at a MD/DO school? I know its hard to tell without an MCAT, but if I can score 28+, would I have a shot? And do Med schools account for trends in your grades?
I am not sure if putting off a year of Optometry school is smart either, so any advice on that would be helpful.
Thanks for reading.
I have been accepted into an Optometry school this year but now I am deciding if I want to put off a year and go for a MD/DO acceptance. At this point, I am not sure if I want to do optometry or family medicine.
How hard is it to match for family medicine with a DO degree? Sorry for being so ignorant, I am very new to the med school path.
My stats are 3.59 cumulative/~3.45 science. Somewhat of an upward trend: 3.2 Fresh/3.78 Soph/3.83 Jr/ 3.6 Sr.
I have not taken the MCAT but I scored 80 percentile on the OAT studying for about 3 weeks.
I have fairly good ECs, 500+ hours of clinical work and patient care but no research.
I went to a state university. Took a couple of my prereqs at a CC.
So realistically, what are my chances at a MD/DO school? I know its hard to tell without an MCAT, but if I can score 28+, would I have a shot? And do Med schools account for trends in your grades?
I am not sure if putting off a year of Optometry school is smart either, so any advice on that would be helpful.
Thanks for reading.