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First off, I know what you were trying to say, but DO schools ARE medical schools.

I'm set to take 18 semester units at my community college next semester (physio, humanities (dev psych and psych, socio) and Spanish (as I want to work in SoCal and that's a highly recommended requirement for some SoCal schools)). If I get all As again this semester, I would boost my GPA to 3.6cGPA and 3.44sGPA, and take English req I don't have completed, as well as Spanish semester 2 in the Spring.

Very good plan

I'm doing this as well as gaining clinical experience and doing community volunteering, so I need this semester for application purposes.

My question is for after that, should I:

  • Focus on the MCAT and more volunteering/experience (apply in 2018)
You need to be able to walk and chew gum at the same time; hence, you need to do both
  • Go to a local state school to do some upperdivision science courses such as immunology, upperdivision genetics and cell biology, and biochemistry for another year, to both raise science GPA and gain a more broad knowledge in the field of biology, and then take the MCAT. (this would raise my GPA to 3.7cGPA and a 3.55 sGPA and I don’t think I can get it any higher than that at that point) (apply in 2019)
Recommend this as well, or simply go for an SMP
And read this:
 
I'd say if you do both ( volunteer at study) this upcoming year, and crush the MCAT, you'd be all set to apply in 2019 ( I'd work as a scribe or something for an additional year, assuming you have no medical related EC's). Honestly, if you hit a strong MCAT ( 515+) you'd be all set for almost all MD schools in the country, and DO if you so choose.
 
NotNAH said:
in California.
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No matter what you will have a very difficult time of getting into a medical school in CA. Your best bet is to either:
1. Do well on the MCAT (like 508ish) and focus on Western or Touro
2. Kill the MCAT (520) and be a little lucky for a California MD.

Either way you will need to do well on the MCAT, and also be prepared for the fact that California is a net exporter of med students because there are so many qualified applicants and you will most likely not be attending school in California.

You have a good plan and will most likely end up with an acceptance (assuming you do well on the MCAT and the rest of your courses), it just might not be in California.
 
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