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  1. dtugadawg

    Chances of admission

    home state Georgia UGA Junior: 3.91 GPA 3.97 non science and 3.86 Science , 515 MCAT Clinical Shadowing 100 Peds, 40 Ortho, 20 ENT Clinical Volunteering: 1 year: 3-4hours a week (60+ hours, but will continue this next year so around 110 or so on app) In addition, committee leader for large...
  2. Wayfinder

    WAMC: gpa3.82, MCAT 508 strong service peds

    Hi SDN, thanks for any help you can give me! Degree: Biomedical Sciences @ local FL university Cumulative GPA: 3.82 Science GPA: 3.81 MCAT Score: 508 (127:124:127:130) Cars killed me if I need to retake I plan to invest in cars tutoring, and build more stamina was exhausted during bio :(...
  3. C

    URM late applicant, am I done for? Advice needed

    Would anyone care to give me honest feedback about me as a late applicant? I've been kind of down lately because I know I'm late in the game. I'll be taking a late MCAT (Aug 17) and I'll be sending in my AMCAS app for verification at the end of July. This means I'll be complete (MCAT and AMCAS...
  4. D

    Advice for when to apply, school list, and what to highlight in application

    Hey all, I am a first-time applicant from small-town South Dakota, URM (25% Hispanic), I have around 500 hours of lab research (1 pending paper that I will be on, poster at ACS national meeting and regional meeting), multiple leadership positions (See resume link below), 70 hours of diverse...
  5. LindaAccepted

    Medical How Your Academic Statistics Should Influence Your Medical School Choices

    The most reliable source of information about allopathic medical schools is provided on the Medical School Admissions Requirements (MSAR) website, offered by the AAMC. It is worth purchasing access to this database because the statistics it contains can be extremely valuable in helping you...
  6. lohwey1210

    Please help me make a decision... Oregon or Washington residency status?

    I live in Portland, OR, and I plan on applying MD and DO in a couple of cycles. I am about to move into a new apartment with my partner, and we don't know if we should make the move to the Washington side of the river, or stay in Oregon, so to claim residency in the state where I would be most...
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  7. N

    What Should My School List Be?

    What is everyone's school list like?
  8. G

    3.9 GPA, 512 MCAT

    Hi, everyone- I'm currently kind of anxious about whether I'm going to get in anywhere or not. Dream school is CWRU or CCLCM but I'd be happy just about anywhere tbh. Where should I apply/where could I reasonably get in? Current stats: Nontrad, would be applying 2 years out of undergrad, but...
  9. R

    Where to apply? MCAT 523, cGPA 3.3, sGPA 3.5

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