md & do

I’ve always done well in general chemistry. I am breezing through the KAPLAN General Chemistry review book. I borrowed a friend’s but don’t know if I should purchase the book set? Leaning towards Kaplan or Princeton but KAPLAN seems too easy for me or am I good on content review for general...

Do all LORs need to be ready by September 15 of your 4th year!? I'm assuming I'll be doing a few aways after that date, can I still upload LOR after that date? What's the deal here. I don't even have a single verified and completed LOR as a third year and I'm starting to get worried. It...

I have one semester left of my undergrad. Should I do a SMP or take my chances and apply broadly to DO schools. Would I even have a shot at MD? If I do apply, it will be for the 2019 cycle. Major: Biology with chem minor cGPA: 3.3 sGPA: 2.98 (hoping to get it up to 3.0 in my last semester) - I...

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I have been considering HPSP-Navy, but am confused about the military match. There are hundreds of DO/MD HPSP scholarships every year. Does anyone know how many people enter the military match yearly? What is the process if I don’t match, do I do a civilian internship year or transition year...

Background: 1st year medical student at USMD school. I am currently barely passing gross anatomy (and have failed 3 of the 5 written exams) and am a solid SD below the average in my other two classes (though comfortably passing). I have been to talk to the professors, been to the learning...

*PLEASE DON'T QUOTE* Hi, I'm a long time lurker and a first time poster. cGPA: 3.5 sGPA: 3.3 Slight upward trend in the final 2 years. I started off with 3 straight Cs in pre-medical courses (General Chem 1 & 2 and Pre-calc) but was able to turn it around to mainly A- grades. MCAT: 512 (Fairly...

Year in school: Junior (major - biomedical sciences) Country/state of residence: US/Wisconsin Schools to which you are applying: Philadelphia College of Medicine, Midwestern COM Chicago, Loyola Chicago, Medical College of WI, Touro(all maybe?), *also need help compiling list of where to...

I'm applying next cycle, but writing a personal statement now to submit as an assignment in a course I am currently taking in undergrad. My intro focuses on one moment that initiated my interest in medicine, and then I was going to choose three most memorable experiences (pretty much two...

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Hi all, OMS1 here. I just wanted to get some clarification on ACGME vs AOA residency in regard to current trends and post-merger changes. 1) What are the specific differences between ACGME vs AOA residencies besides the fact that AOA residencies accept DO’s. How is training different, etc...

So I have 2 from MD's (one whom I've shadowed and the other who knows me super well for a long time), a DO whom I have shadowed, my Oral Communications professor who specializes in Medical Communication, and two of my Chemistry profs who know me very well. If 6 is too many, who should I leave out?

Hi all, please bear with me if this is a stupid question. I know that in most cases an MD will give you more opportunities than a DO but I have been hearing that MSUCOM ( one of the best DO schools ) is better than MSUCHM ( a mid-tier MD school). What is your take for: -Someone who wants to...

Hi everyone, I applied this cycle for admission to DO and MD schools and I was wondering how you guys would think about my chances and whether or not I should apply again. I applied late for DO (only got verified last week and just sending out secondaries now) and haven't gotten any II for MDs...

Hello everyone, I will be applying next cycle. I would love to hear some advice on my chances and list of schools. Undergrad: Top 30 school with strong science department Traditional Major: Double Major in Nueroscience and Biology Minor: Philosophy cGPA: 3.42 sGPA:3.31 (upward trend in last 2...

I got a 503 on the Aug 31 test this year (128 chem/phys, 123 CARS, 125 Bio, 127 Psych/Soc). I'm an Ohio resident who applied to all of the following schools MD: -Wright State -Northeastern -Toledo -Rosalind Franklin (Illinois) -Loyola (llinois) DO: -Ohio U -Chicago Midwestern -Lake Erie

Good afternoon everybody! My name is Ivan I am a senior graduating from University of Central Florida this December with a biomedical science degree my goal is to become a MD/DO. I wanted to ask for your opinions; I am planning after graduation joining the Navy reserves or Air Force, and while...

Hello everyone! I am takign a gap year and will be taking the MCAT in January 2020, (applying in May/June 2020), and was wondering how I should start prepping. I've done decently in the prerequisites (except Orgo 1), and am doing well in Biochemistry. I am taking sixteen-eighteen credits next...

How is an upwards trend viewed if a student graduates a semester early? I know trends are viewed by year, freshman, sophomore, junior and senior years but what if the applicant took a bunch of credits, did well and never technically had a full senior year? What if they took one semester and...

Cumulative undergrad 3.62, Science cumulative 3.55, MCAT 1st time: 500 & 2nd Time: 502 What are my chances for MD and DO schools?

Hey all, weird question here. I am hoping for lots of opinions (especially from DO graduates or physicians) regarding how being a DO really truly is. I sincerely love the philosophy and my top school is a DO. I absolutely love the school. Would picking a DO over an MD school be stupid?

Hi all, first time posting here, and could really use some advice. I'm a recent graduate from a top 50 private university who is truly unsure if med school is a feasible option (i.e. will I get in?). A little background: - I graduated with a 3.45 cGPA, 3.32 sGPA, as a Bio major. I have plenty...

Just out of curiosity, how many interview invites have you all received so far? I have 1 MD and 3 DO IIs which I'm very grateful for but also worried about not getting more MD IIs.

Hi everyone, I am a junior currently. I transferred from a two year college to a 4 year this semester. I am wondering...when I apply to med school, will my gpa from the two year school count in my gpa calculations that calculate the gpa med schools will see? Or will only my gpa for these last...

so an awkward thing happened to me this past week. I discovered podiatry. I mean, I rediscovered the path to podiatry this past week. Let me start off by saying there are so many reasons I want to be a physician. And NONE of them involve the letters at the end of my name. I have applied this...

Gender: Female Ethnicity: Asian School: Canadian GPA: Cumulative GPA: 3.25 Science GPA: 3.2 * Upward trend (2.6 1st year, 3.6 4th year) MCAT: 508 Research: 1 yr in a evolutionary biology lab, no pubs 1 semester in a pathology lab, multiple posters & abstracts 1 yr (currently) working for a...

Need some honest advice on my chances. The plan is to take the MCAT mid June 2019, and start applying in the 2019 cycle. My fear is that my ECs will drag me down, regardless of my GPA/MCAT. I'm going into my 3rd year at a state university. Currently I'm sitting at: cGPA: 3.85 sGPA: 3.82 All...

For those who studied MCAT and did well (515+), what books do you recommend and what were your study schedules like? I need to do really well on my exam. I am planning to take it for the first time in January 2019 or May 2019. I made my fall semester light deliberately so that I could study for...

Hey all, I applied to a bunch of DO schools earlier in the cycle but now I'm thinking I should've also applied MD, and people in my family are pressuring me into applying MD at this point even though it's extremely late in the cycle. With my stats (3.4 cGPA, 3.3 sGPA, 511 MCAT, ORM, lots of...

Hello All, During this gap year, I have the option of pursuing a SMP-like program (Georgetown's Regular Masters in Physiology which highly mimics its SMP program) to boost my GPA or to pursue taking the MCAT for a third time. If I were to become a re-applicant, I would like to have done...

Hey y'all, wondering how bad of a hit my app would take if I applied with around 90 nonclinical hours. I've kept myself really busy - 15 hrs of research a week the last year and a half, averaging 17 credit hours a semester, worked part-time freshman and sophomore year (15 hours a week), in the...

I’m currently 24 and I’m not that far in my undergraduate courses. By the time I finish and would apply to Anesthesiologist Assistant or MD programs, I would be 28. With that being said, I come from a completely different background than medicine, but have always held a high interest in it...

I know everyone is different but this is just to get an idea.

This may be a dumb question, but I have somehow heard that even if you attend an osteopathic medical school, you can match into an allopathic residency (although harder to do) and in the end become an MD physician. Is there any truth to this?

hi, I’m not sure if this is the correct place to post this. Anyway, I am curious about psychiatry. I am in undergrad right now, and psych is an interest of mine. What is it like? I know that is broad but any info or experiences about encounters is psych rotation would be great. Also, I’d love to...

Hi everyone! 3.21 cGPA, 3.00 sGPA, 4.00 gGPA, 515 MCAT I graduated college in '16 (Top #30 school) and enrolled in a graduate post-bacc (MS) and got a 4.0 (all classes in biomedical science). It really bothers me that my uGPA did not budge on my AMCAS even after all the hard work I put in grad...

Has anyone used Firecracker recently who can comment on how they liked it? I feel like given my learning style I would enjoy it but at the same time I have never used pre-made flashcards before and do not know if I would like that aspect. Any comments on the program would be appreciated.

Hi Everyone, Not sure whether I should retake MCAT (applying to start medical school in 2019). Just received scores back from June 21st date and here was the breakdown: 126 C/P, 128 CARS, Biological/biochemical 123, Psych/Soc 128 = TOTAL: 505. My ugrad gpa was 2.83 Did masters in public health...

cGPA: 3.75 sGPA: 3.66 (C in BIO 112, I struggled with my method of approach, but definitely learned from that) MCAT: 510 (130/126/125/129) Major: Biomedical Sciences Minors: Business and Neuroscience Research: Research assistant in a neuroscience lab at Texas A&M's medical school Working on a...

I received a very.. very strange MCAT score. DISCLAIMER I knew my cars would be the weaker section. How can an exam be that tilted. I had enough critical analyzing skills to do hard science but not enough to guess (emphasis on guess) what an author was thinking? I need advice!! I have a 3.48...