2.9 sGPA 510 MCAT

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Michigan Resident
Ethnicity: Indian
2.9sGPA, 3.0cGPA, 510 MCAT
50 hours of tutoring
50 hours of MD shadowing
250 hours of CNA
500 hours of volunteering at family business
Any chances?

 

[precisiongraphic]

I'm assuming that by ethnicity, you mean Indian/Asian not Indian/Native American. Given everything you've listed, you might have an outside chance at DO. Definitely not MD.

What are your grades for higher level science classes like OChem, Neurobiology, Cell Bio, Biochem? Getting As in these classes is paramount.

You could try a self-directed post-bacc and with a full year of A grades you might be able to sell yourself as a someone who has figured out why they previously got lower grades and now have what it takes to do A level work. You might also apply to an official post bacc at a school with a direct or partial conduit to medical school admission. It's obvious from your MCAT score that you can master some/most of the pre-med concepts but you haven't demonstrated that you can handle medical school classes.

Also, "volunteering" at a family business is worth zero in the application process. Get 200-300 hours in a nursing home or a hospital or other clinical setting.

Michigan Resident
Ethnicity: Indian
2.9sGPA, 3.0cGPA, 510 MCAT
50 hours of tutoring
50 hours of MD shadowing
250 hours of CNA
500 hours of volunteering at family business
Any chances?

 

[Faha]

I suggest taking science courses at a local college (community college is fine) in order to raise your sGPA above 3.0. Then you could apply next June to DO schools. With a sGPA and cGPA over 3.0 and with a MCAT of 510 you have a chance for DO interviews at some schools including:
MSUCOM
ACOM
ARCOM
BCOM
WCU-COM
LMU-DCOM
UP-KYCOM
WVSOM
UIWSOM
VCOM (all 3 schools)
LUCOM
NYIT-Arkansas
RVU-Utah
any new schools that open by 2019.

 

[pinkpurple123]

I'm assuming that by ethnicity, you mean Indian/Asian not Indian/Native American. Given everything you've listed, you might have an outside chance at DO. Definitely not MD.

What are your grades for higher level science classes like OChem, Neurobiology, Cell Bio, Biochem? Getting As in these classes is paramount.

You could try a self-directed post-bacc and with a full year of A grades you might be able to sell yourself as a someone who has figured out why they previously got lower grades and now have what it takes to do A level work. You might also apply to an official post bacc at a school with a direct or partial conduit to medical school admission. It's obvious from your MCAT score that you can master some/most of the pre-med concepts but you haven't demonstrated that you can handle medical school classes.

Also, "volunteering" at a family business is worth zero in the application process. Get 200-300 hours in a nursing home or a hospital or other clinical setting.

Which post bacc problems should I apply to? Which ones will get me into their med school if i do well in post bacc?

 

[Goro]

Michigan Resident
Ethnicity: Indian
2.9sGPA, 3.0cGPA, 510 MCAT
50 hours of tutoring
50 hours of MD shadowing
250 hours of CNA
500 hours of volunteering at family business
Any chances?

Lethal for MD and most DO schools. You need to ace a DIY Post-bac or SMP. For MD school, retake the MCAT and ace that as well (513+).

 

[precisiongraphic]

Which post bacc problems should I apply to? Which ones will get me into their med school if i do well in post bacc?

I'm not a post bacc expert but check the forum here. Postbaccalaureate Programs Temple, Columbia, EVMS - a lot of schools have programs.

 

[pinkpurple123]

I'm assuming that by ethnicity, you mean Indian/Asian not Indian/Native American. Given everything you've listed, you might have an outside chance at DO. Definitely not MD.

What are your grades for higher level science classes like OChem, Neurobiology, Cell Bio, Biochem? Getting As in these classes is paramount.

You could try a self-directed post-bacc and with a full year of A grades you might be able to sell yourself as a someone who has figured out why they previously got lower grades and now have what it takes to do A level work. You might also apply to an official post bacc at a school with a direct or partial conduit to medical school admission. It's obvious from your MCAT score that you can master some/most of the pre-med concepts but you haven't demonstrated that you can handle medical school classes.

Also, "volunteering" at a family business is worth zero in the application process. Get 200-300 hours in a nursing home or a hospital or other clinical setting.

Does neighborhood community service count for Hours?

 

[Walter Raleigh]

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[Goro]

Two years of DIY postbacc followed by a 515+ MCAT might bring him into competitive range for MD schools. Top 20 is out of the question unless he gets a 520+ and tops it off with stellar ECs like military service, Teach for America, or Peace Corps.

As I wrote above, 513+ on MCAT, and a single year of post-bac with 3.7+ GPA should suffice. SDNers who have done this have gotten into the likes of UCSF, Columbia, Mayo, Pitt, and Duke.

EDIT: counting volunteering at th family business is auto-reject material. You're supposed to show altruism...that means, people not related to you, OP. Especially people less fortunate than yourself.

 

[Walter Raleigh]

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[sammiesings]

Damn...This Indian dude has a shot at Columbia with only a 515 MCAT and a single year of 3.8 DIY postbacc?! It doesn't look like he has anything close to stellar ECs or unusual life experiences to compensate for his decent MCAT and low GPA...Wouldn't a 3.2 even with postbacc be seen as subpar? I've seen you recommend formal SMPs to guys like this, not a single year of DIY postbacc.

Lol "this Indian dude." Don't do this to yourself, dude. You look like an assmunch.

 

[Goro]

Damn...This Indian dude has a shot at Columbia with only a 515 MCAT and a single year of 3.8 DIY postbacc?! It doesn't look like he has anything close to stellar ECs or unusual life experiences to compensate for his decent MCAT and low GPA...Wouldn't a 3.2 even with postbacc be seen as subpar? I've seen you recommend formal SMPs to guys like this, not a single year of DIY postbacc.

I haven't discussed ECs. I was merely mentioning the stats needed. I think it is incumbent upon SDNers to realize that the higher one want's to climb, the better your app needs to be, and stats are only one part of the package.
The whole purpose of reinvention is to not focus on cGPA. It is to focus on proving that the you of now is not the you of then. And yes, for the Top Schools, like Columbia, MCAT needs ot be int her 516+ range (not 520). But Case, Duke and BU will be happy with a 513+