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Yikes. You've got to come up with a story as to why you withdrew from the DO school. You should also find someone on the faculty of the school who will write a strong letter of recommendation leaving out the drama. Frankly, you were wrong to advance date your departure from the building and I'm rather surprised that no one every told you that such an action bordered on fraud. You are really lucky that the school changed the dismissal to "withdrawal in good standing".

You'd have no chance, as you know, in the top 20 research schools-- if you could make a strong case for choosing some specific schools based on your newly discovered interest in X which was not well covered in your previous school, then a school with X as part of its mission (e.g. rural health, service in a particular location, etc) could work but you may need to put in a few years doing X to show that you are really serious about it and apply after one year of effort with X.
 
To be honest, probably not great.

I’m guessing most schools would still want something from your Dean and whatnot.
 
Many MD schools will not seriously consider those who have withdrawn from another professional school.
As you might imagine, this is not something that will appear on the website or MSAR.
Your only strategy is to apply to every MD school with a median MCAT around 508/509 that considers OOS (except mission-based schools where you don't fit the mission).
You should also apply to your state publics, of course (if you are from a "good" state).
 
Something seems off here to be honest. Schools don't just email you accusations. They should all have formal processes for dealing with the student conduct code. Meeting with a dean---> talking about it---> referral to a hearing. These processes are designed to protect the school, so I'm really hesitant to think that a school would accuse you of something like that for absolutely no reason.

The whole "I hired a lawyer and the school panicked" also doesn't really seem realistic. Most institutions have an army of lawyers on standby. Just my thoughts, but I guess we'll never know the full story.


Also one question: Why did you "Put the hours ahead of time with your signature"?
 
euphoria801 said:
Mainly due to the bad experience I would rather attend an established school. Also improved my MCAT significantly (was originally waitlisted at 2 MD schools).
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If you already applied MD and only achieved 2 waitlists, it’s going to be an serious uphill battle with a withdrawal on your record. There are many well-established DO schools, so if you’re worried about that then don’t go to one with accreditation issues.
 
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