md 2019

Hi everyone, just got my mcat score back 510 129/123/130/128, I wanted to know my chances specifically to Long School of Medicine San Antonio and McGovern in Houston. Im URM hispanic, ESL, I have a 3.96 GPA/3.95 sGPA, 150+ hours of shadowing at a teaching hospital, 400 hours of hospital...

Good afternoon SD! I am an overrepresented minority at a small state school. Major: Biological engineering & philosophy Masters: Biomechanical Engineering (concurrent to BS) MCAT: 527 I am planning to apply to manly upper teir MD/PhD programs this coming 2019 cycle. I was wondering if anyone...

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Hi! I just applied for this 2019 cycle and I would greatly appreciate some input as to which schools to strike from my current list and which schools to add. I'm interested in going to school in California, but I know that's a pretty tough sell for OOS students. Particularly those who do not...

Hi! I just applied for this 2019 cycle and I would greatly appreciate some input as to which schools to strike from my current list and which schools to add. I'm interested in going to school in California, but I know that's a pretty tough sell for OOS students. Particularly those who do not...

Thank you for taking the time to look my post. I appreciate any input into helping with my school list. I have used a combination of WedgeDawg, Lizzy M, and the MSAR report to decide on MD schools. I will also be applying to DO schools at a later point, as an MD re-applicant. My application is...

One of the work / activities I'm writing about is the time I was deployed. I want to emphasize this as an important experience because it made me realize I can handle working under pressure easily. I would like to add a little humor and say that on a deployment everything is turned up to 11. Is...

Hi All, Graduated last year with 3.96 GPA, 523 MCAT. (By next year this time) 400 hrs clinical volunteering, 100 hrs shadowing, ~3500 hrs research between part-time data analyst and stats thesis. MA resident. I researched every private institution on MSAR with >50% out-of-state matriculants...

Hello everyone, as I'm thinking of this whole medical school process, I had some concerns and some questions I wanted to ask. Firstly, here is my background: General Information: 24 years old, white male. Academic History/Numbers: Bachelor's Degree (B.S.): Location: UC Santa Barbara. Major...

Hi All, I was a statistics major, applying this cycle. I want to treat patients (so applying for MD) but I love stats too much and want to continue to research/apply statistics to my MD work. Dream would be to work for the CDC. Does anyone know good medical schools that offer strong...

Hello everyone, I think what I understood from the AMCAS tutorial is that a class I took in Fall 2015 would be in the 2015-2016 year and a class in winter 2016 is still in the same year: 2015-2016. (Please correct me if I am wrong) Also, at the University of Michigan we do fall, winter...

Hi Everyone! I'm a long time lurker on SDN and am currently on four waitlists this cycle. I realize that the chances of getting in this year are very slim and I am prepared to re-apply for a second time (third time applicant). A little background about my app. Applied the first time with a 505...

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"PLEASE DO NOT QUOTE THIS MESSAGE" Please help me with a realistic 20-30 school list and a few reach schools that would accept a low GPA - average MCAT + good extracurricular student 3.5 cGPA and 3.10 sGPA - upward trending starting ~3.0 cGPA and graduating with ~3.8 average last 2 years 511...

Hello all! I am a re-applicant this coming cycle and I wondered if you could give me an assessment of my chances for getting into an MD school and which schools you would recommend I shoot for. I will graduate with my MS in Biotechnology in an intensive 1 year program made of many pre-meds like...

3.63/3.5 GPA 505 MCAT Score. 125 P/C, 125 CARS, 127 Bio, 128 Psych State of residence: California Ethnicity and/or race: White/Caucasian Undergraduate institution or category: State University in CT Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer): 350+ hours at the Griffin Hospital...

Hello all! I was wondering if anyone would be willing to edit my personal statement. I have had it edited once or twice, however I’d love a completely objective view if possible! Let me know if anyone would be able to lend me some help in the start of this long journey haha and Thank You all in...

Hello everyone! I am planning on applying for the 2018-2019 cycle, but I had a quick question that I need some opinions about. i have completed organic 1 and 2 and organic 1 lab at my university, but not organic 2 lab. My degree plan requires it, but the medical schools that I am applying to...

3.75 GPA 3.9 sGPA 517 MCAT Already graduated so my GPA's is not going to change. I have a first author publication and 2 co-author publications. If I do not get rejected I should have one more first author publication and two other publications. ECs Division I Athlete A lot of volunteer...

Hi All. I did poorly in my freshman/sophomore years (5-10 yrs ago) which has brought down my GPAs significantly. However, I did get As in classes like OChem and Genetics. Transferred partly due to laziness and immaturity, and finished my B.S. in public health. Tutored biostats and got great...

Hi, I voided my first MCAT exam (no score). I took it again and scored a 511. Could I take the MCAT again or will it show that I took the exam 3 times (which I heard is a major no for med school adcoms)? Thank you

So I've never been a great student and I've had a lot of trouble with depression and motivation over the years. I graduated UCSD with my B.S. in Physiology and Neuroscience. with cGPA 3.429 sGPA 3.38 and nsGPA 3.65 which is not catastrophic but when you include all the screwing around I did in...

*please don't quote--using anonymous username* tl;dr I'm in an MPhil program working on an anticancer project at the University of Cambridge under the Gates Cambridge scholarship, and I've been offered to stay for a PhD. My goal was always MD (strongly evident based on volunteering/involvement)...

Hello, I should be applying next cycle to quite a few schools but really want to stay in Florida. What are my chances with the credentials below?? GPA: 3.2. Big upward trend with a 3.9 in my last 2 years. SGPA: 3.5 MCAT: 511 EC's Played college football for 2 years Will have worked as an EMT...

Hi, I have around 800 hours of volunteer research under my belt now and am applying in Summer 2018. I most likely won't have a 1st author publication submitted in time to include on my apps, just wondering if it looks bad that I spent so much time doing research yet only produced a few...

Hello people! This is my first post although I have been looking through SDN for a couple years now. I saw my MCAT score this morning as wasn't too impressed to say the least. MCAT: 503 - 125/128/124/126 I thought I did much better but what can ya do.. I don't have the time to study or retake...