2.7 GPA, 3.8 Post bacc; 510 MCAT

[VascoDaGama]

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[Faha]

Apply broadly to both MD and DO schools. I suggest these MD schools with your stats:
Your 3 NJ state public schools
Hackensack
Howard
Meharry
Morehouse
Charles Drew
Vermont
Albany
Drexel
Temple
George Washington
Eastern Virginia
Belmont
Alice Walton
Tulane
Rosalind Franklin
Medical College Wisconsin
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
For DO schools I suggest these:
RowanCOM
LECOM (all schools)
NYITCOM
Touro-NY
PCOM (all schools)
DUQCOM
WVSOM
UP-KYCOM
ACOM
WCU-COM
LMU-DCOM (all schools)
OCOM
BCOM (both schools)
UIWSOM
KCU-COM
MU-COM
TUNCOM

 

[VascoDaGama]

Apply broadly to both MD and DO schools. I suggest these MD schools with your stats:
Your 3 NJ state public schools
Hackensack
Howard
Meharry
Morehouse
Charles Drew
Vermont
Albany
Drexel
Temple
George Washington
Eastern Virginia
Belmont
Alice Walton
Tulane
Rosalind Franklin
Medical College Wisconsin
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
For DO schools I suggest these:
RowanCOM
LECOM (all schools)
NYITCOM
Touro-NY
PCOM (all schools)
DUQCOM
WVSOM
UP-KYCOM
ACOM
WCU-COM
LMU-DCOM (all schools)
OCOM
BCOM (both schools)
UIWSOM
KCU-COM
MU-COM
TUNCOM

Thanks for the list. What can I do to boost my MD chances? I'm willing to delay my app btw.

 

[Faha]

Thanks for the list. What can I do to boost my MD chances? I'm willing to delay my app btw.

More clinical and non clinical volunteering hours (homeless shelter) are always helpful.

 

[candbgirl]

Does your 2.7 GPA include your post bac grades?

 

[VascoDaGama]

Does your 2.7 GPA include your post bac grades?

No. My new cGPA after post bacc is a 2.93.

 

[Faha]

No. My new cGPA after post bacc is a 2.93.

If you take enough additional undergraduate level science courses this semester to raise your cGPA to 3.0 it would help significantly.

 

[VascoDaGama]

If you take enough additional undergraduate level science courses this semester to raise your cGPA to 3.0 it would help significantly.

Noted. I believe that I need 3-4 courses at 4.0 to accomplish this. I am not in a rush either. I can take all of next year to get this done instead of rushing things.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

I agree with Faha in general. Your profile screams for public health but not for "physician." You only shadowed a surgeon, but medicine is more than that. I'm presuming you have a lot of insight on the healthcare system from your employment and clinical experiences with patients, but it's not clear how much you have had with observing doctors with patients. (What did you do as a scribe?)

Have you connected with mentoring organizations for aspiring Black physicians? We post about that in the URM subforum here.

 

[candbgirl]

No. My new cGPA after post bacc is a 2.93.

That’s actually good news. Before applying, take a few additional courses and get your GPA up to over 3.0. You have no idea how much that would help.

 

[VascoDaGama]

I agree with Faha in general. Your profile screams for public health but not for "physician." You only shadowed a surgeon, but medicine is more than that. I'm presuming you have a lot of insight on the healthcare system from your employment and clinical experiences with patients, but it's not clear how much you have had with observing doctors with patients. (What did you do as a scribe?)

Have you connected with mentoring organizations for aspiring Black physicians? We post about that in the URM subforum here.

Thanks for taking the time to read my profile.

I scribed for a neurologist. I am also in talks to shadow some neurologists at the clinic I scribed at for 20 hours - not much but they have medical students coming in so I can't have much time with them.

 

[VascoDaGama]

That’s actually good news. Before applying, take a few additional courses and get your GPA up to over 3.0. You have no idea how much that would help.

Thanks for the reassurance. According to a GPA calculator, that would mean 3-4 courses at 4.0. My last semester of post bacc was 15 credit hours (5 courses) with all As leading to a 4.0. I believe I can get a 4.0 in 3-4 more courses over this summer and next year.

Again, thank you for taking the time to review my WAMC post.