Why did you send primaries to schools you wouldn't receive a secondary from? Just curious.
Becuase some schools dont just send secondaries to everyone!? I can't tell if you are actually being serious with this question?
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Why did you send primaries to schools you wouldn't receive a secondary from? Just curious.
Schools send secondaries to everyone that meets their minimum requirements (GPA, MCAT, courses). So yes, that was a serious question. You didn't research all of the schools you sent primaries to and therefore wasted your own money.Becuase some schools dont just send secondaries to everyone!? I can't tell if you are actually being serious with this question?
Schools send secondaries to everyone that meets their minimum requirements (GPA, MCAT, courses). So yes, that was a serious question. You didn't research all of the schools you sent primaries to and therefore wasted your own money.
Which schools have you already been rejected from?You dont know what you are talking about, while most DO schools only look for a minimum GPA and MCAT not all (Western). Also some of us applied to both MD and DO programs and it is the norm for MD programs to do a screening of applications before sending out secondaries. I have gotten secondaries from schools with high ave GPA and MCAT scores then some of the schools that have not given me secondaries.
You dont know what you are talking about, while most DO schools only look for a minimum GPA and MCAT not all (Western). Also some of us applied to both MD and DO programs and it is the norm for MD programs to do a screening of applications before sending out secondaries. I have gotten secondaries from schools with high ave GPA and MCAT scores then some of the schools that have not given me secondaries.
What is your TMDSAS GPA? I bet it will be different from your AMCAS and AACOMAS since they only take whole letter grades into account. My AACOMAS cGPA is a 3.41, sGPA 3.21 but my TMDSAS cGPA is a 3.69, sGPA 3.51. Nice job on the MCAT.MCAT: 11 P.S 9 VR 11 B.S Total 31
GPA: sGPA 2.89 cGPA 3.09 (AMCAS) sGPA 3.01 cGPA 3.13 (AACOMAS)
I'm a Texas resident, I have about 300 hours worth of shadowing, 120 hours volunteering at a hospital, 600 volunteering in a lab, 200 working in a lab.
Do y'all think I have a chance?
What is your TMDSAS GPA? I bet it will be different from your AMCAS and AACOMAS since they only take whole letter grades into account. My AACOMAS cGPA is a 3.41, sGPA 3.21 but my TMDSAS cGPA is a 3.69, sGPA 3.51. Nice job on the MCAT.
Still give TCOM at try! You have a nice MCAT, and your a Texan, if you can land an interview chances are great at getting an acceptance there.My TMDSAS cGPA is a 3.09 and my sGPA is a 2.91. My +'s and -'s balanced each other out, I guess.
And thank you! I was hoping my MCAT score would kind of cover up my GPA a little....it probably won't, but I'm hoping.
U don't know if GPA has many retakes or notI won't lie, last year people told me that my thread was too populated by normal people. This year this thread is legit saturated with people who can probably get into MD.
U don't know if GPA has many retakes or not
My retakes brought my sGPA up to about average accepted (3.39), my MCAT is well above average accepted (32), but my cGPA is significantly low (3.14) mainly due to poor performance in math degree over 10 years ago. I've got unique ECs and am non-traditional. I'd be thrilled to no longer be considered an underdog. I can remove my line if so.I won't lie, last year people told me that my thread was too populated by normal people. This year this thread is legit saturated with people who can probably get into MD.
My retakes brought my sGPA up to about average accepted (3.39), my MCAT is well above average accepted (32), but my cGPA is significantly low (3.14) mainly due to poor performance in math degree over 10 years ago. I've got unique ECs and am non-traditional. I'd be thrilled to no longer be considered an underdog. I can remove my line if so.
By all means remain. I think you're at least borderline in some degrees.
But people with 3.4/30s aren't underdogs are all. And not to say that they need to leave or anything, as I've said before in my post it's useful data regardless.
But yah.... I'm just saying you probably don't need to be worried much if give got a 3.3+ and a 28+.
maybe not underdogs at all schools but at their top choice
Uhh, beggars can't be choosers man. You go where you get in and you apply broadly.
Sage advice.
That said, even if you're an underdog, don't apply to a school you would hate. Examples: CCOM/AZCOM/out of state MSUCOM if you're especially debt-adverse, LECOM-B if you'd hate PBL, UNECOM if you hate cold weather, etc (just picked a few examples, nothing is wrong with those places).
Seriously, people have 35s here. Go away.Not to derail the thread here, but there's a bunch of people on this list with competitive stats...around 3.3-3.5's with high 20s, 30s MCATs? Really guys? That's not an underdog. The list is way too long because of this. I don't know about other people looking at this thread, but I'm actually wanting to see how people with below average stats are doing. Half the list have completely competitive stats for most places.