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So, I received my first II last week but had a few questions to calm my neuroticism. 1. How much does interview date matter? I had my wallet stolen an hour before i got the email, so I was busy cancelling my cards and getting new student ids (medcenter and student and drivers license) that I...

Hey everyone! Mods feel free to remove if I shouldn't be posting this here. So, I'm an older applicant (I will be 29 when I apply next cycle). After a really rocky start, I'm currently in the last quarter of my liberal arts BA. I'll graduate with a 3.0-3.1 GPA and a GPA of around 3.9 in my...

Was very fortunate to have just completed my first interview at a local school. I felt like it went very well. One of my talking points was how my father owns a practice nearby. The interviewer (who is a PA) was curious and asked for my fathers name. I gave him his name, and that was that...

Hello everyone! So I have already applied to AMCAS and have been pushing off my MCAT bc I haven't felt prepared. I am taking it in a few days, but l'm not very confident. I'm assuming l'll get a 498-500 range. I just give up, l've been studying for months and need to just take it. I want to...

Hope everyone's journey is going smoothly, would love some feedback on mine if you have the time to spare-- I'm an URM non-trad in TX with an undergrad cGPA of 3.2 and sGPA 3.1 (far from an ideal gpa, but a strong upward trend) Spent the last five years as a high school physics teacher...

School: UC Davis (Quarter System) Major: Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior UC Davis Cumulative GPA: 3.409 (Upwards Trend) AMCAS Cumulative GPA: 3.178 (Upwards Trend) AMCAS sGPA: 3.058 AACOMAS sGPA: 3.068 MCAT: 512 (The difference in the two cumulative GPAs is because UC Davis does not...

I landed a whopping 78.2% sessional average my first year. That would translate to a high 3.3x OMSAS-wise. I got a D in Calc II (final didn't go well and a I got the highest grade for my benchmark bracket). For the rest I landed a lot of A-'s and B+'s. Couple of A's. Without the D, my GPA...

I have a 510 MCAT, 3.42 cGPA, and 3.47 sGPA. Should I retake the mcat or retake some science courses that I received B/C's in? Any advice would be great thank you

Life was complex right out of high school. I joined the Marine Corps, enrolled in college, and also applied for and was accepted to Marine Officer Candidate School and contracted as a pilot for the Marine Corps. This was January of 2018 when I started college. My obligations to the Marines were...

Hello, I was wondering whether I could get some advice about what school list I should have going into the upcoming cycle GPA: 3.8 C, 3.73 BCPM (Strong Upward Trend, 4.0 J/S years) Major: Biology, Biochemistry Minor: Chemistry, Philosophy MCAT: 524 School: T5 Clinical Experience: - 800 hours...

Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone can help me decide between SMPs. I recently got accepted to both Georgetown 1-year SMP and NYMC 1-year accelerated SMP, and was wondering if anyone has any insights to these programs. I will be applying to medical schools this upcoming cycle, and just...

I got 2 D's in my entire college career, I was young and didn't know what I was doing. I got ONE C which I retook at another university for an A. Everything else is A's and B's, majority A's. Most of the science courses are A's (and I replaced the 2 D's with A's). Needless to say, the math of it...

Currently attend T20. H in all rotations, but HP in medicine. Step1 250-255. Research with 3-4 first author publications, 3-4 later authors, 5-6 abstracts. Assuming I can H sub-I/electives, how much of an issue will the HP in medicine be to match at competitive programs (Top 15 or so not just...

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Hello! My family is not supportive of medical school and is pushing hard for me to stay home and help take care of the family business. They aren't supporting me financially in applying to medical school, so I've been saving up and I am deciding to apply this upcoming cycle. Ideally, I would...

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Hi everyone! I'm looking to apply to the upcoming cycle and was wondering of my chances of applying to the following schools given I have a cGPA of 3.15? I think my science gpa will be the same because I study in a full science program with only 1-2 electives. The schools I'm interested in...

I only applied to two MD schools last year, so not too much of a re-applicant. I know my MCAT is low, but what other MDs should I apply to? 3.8 cGPA, 3.55 sGPA - management major 507 (126, 125, 124, 132) CO resident white CO state university 3000+ hours hospital CNA, 100+ hours volunteer ER...

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Hi all, I'm a 3rd year osteopathic medical student who fell in love with Internal Medicine as a field but did not do so hot on COMLEX 1 and Step 1. COMLEX 1 = 480 Step 1 = 204 I know these are not solid scores, but I want to do IM and ideally in a bigger city. I have no interest in pursuing...

Hello! I just recently finished my interview with UHCO. I quite like the school with its myriad of research opportunities and plethora of clinical chances. I was overall surprised that I got an interview for this school since my numbers are slightly below their expectations - my work experience...

Can you give me an idea of what my chances are looking like? Top Choice: University of Maryland With a 3.6 oGPA, 3.5 sGPA, 20 AA, 21 TS 20 PAT 18 QR 20 RC 22 BIO 20 GC 20 OC I was given a free DAT retake because of technical issues and time lost during the exam. Am planning on retaking...

How much will not going to a top residency hurt me for fellowship applications?

Hey guys, I'm a nontraditional 28 yo applicant, graduated class 2014 with biological sciences degree. Here are my stats: MCAT: 517 undergrad cGPA: 3.09 (including the postbacc "undergrad" courses) 2.92 (if I didn't include the postbacc) undergrad sGPA: 2.87 (including the postbacc "undergrad"...

I'm an FMG working in the UK who is unhappy with the system,training and low pay (starting consultant/attending pay is 75k usd after taxes{82k before}, incrementally builds up to a max of 95k after 19 years as a consultant) here. I haven't taken the steps yet, but I was wondering if I should...

Hey guys - just realized I may have screwed my chances at medical school. I applied to queens and western. My third and fourth years are the 3.88 and 3.87 respectively. I did a fifth year in 2020 and took three courses, which was my biggest, dumbest mistake because I ended up with a calculated...

Hello, I am currently a pre-med student, and I wanted to gain some perspective on my situation. During my freshman year, I lost motivation and unfortunately ended my first semester with a 1.6 GPA... I know. My second semester was 3.91. Ever since then, I have had a 4.0 throughout my sophomore...

Hi everyone, I have 4.00 GPA, a lot of activities and I’m in my junior. I’m taking my mcat in mid August and I already submitted my application. I know I’m not gonna do good on the Mcat because I’m a really bad test taker. What is the minimum mcat that i need? I don’t mind moving out of state...

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-Overall GPA is 3.14 (higher on sciences but unsure exactly by how much.) -Let's imagine I pull out a 20 on DAT -Humanitarian service mission for 1.5 years (helping people give up addictions, find direction in life, learn English/Spanish, make other habit changes ) -Member of Dental Society in...

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So i graduated from Georgia State University in 2020 and i just took the GRE i got 157 V and 152 Q. I have applied to the MS preclinical sciences program at mercer and the MS biomedical sciences at PCOM. Do you guys think ill get in?? open to other program suggestions as well!! anything will help

Hi all, First time poster long term lurker here! Hope anyone who sees this is doing well and safely hiding out in quarantine. I applied last cycle unsuccessfully (cGPA3.56, sGPA3.3, MCAT 511 with decent volunteering, ECs, and full time work in clinical research) to allopathic schools with 0...

Hi! I'm planning on applying this cycle, but I don't currently have any shadowing experience. I'm about to graduate undergrad and so I'm taking one gap year, and I was planning to scribe in order to gain more clinical experience, but ScribeAmerica currently isn't hiring due to COVID-19. As soon...

Hi guys I'm currently a junior at a top 15 university, applying to pharm school next year (Jan 2021). I'm only applying to schools in Boston, and yes I understand it's a saturated job market, I'm from Korea so I'll be going back there after graduation (pharmD is respected especially from the...

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I'm currently a DO third year wanting to apply for general surgery this September. I arranged my schedule to stupidly have my two general surgery rotations this April and May ( I decided to try for general surgery mid of third year). It looks like worse case scenario I will not get to do a...

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Hi! I am applying next cycle. I will have my masters in economics with a minor in biology. My GPA is 3.76, my DAT score is a 23, I have 200 hours of shadowing experience, I volunteer every Sunday at my town's family service bureau, I have volunteered at my local dental school (Rutgers Dental...

Hello, after studying for the OAT this summer and taking it, I plan on applying to SCCO, Western, and SUNY in September. I'm studying with the Kaplan OAT book and Chad's videos so I hope to do well/ above a 300. However, I have a UC (University of California) gpa of 3.1 and I believe my...