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2018-2019 Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences (Kansas City)

Discover Your Odds of Getting into Medical School
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verified 5/24. Maryland resident.

undergrad: cGPA 3.19/sGPA 2.95
graduate (40 credits): cGPA 4.0/sGPA 4.0
overall: cGPA 3.39/sGPA 3.28

MCAT: 508 (126/124/129/129)
 
Verified 5/21

Good luck to everyone applying this cycle!
 
Verified 6/11. Anxiously waiting for secondaries to drop, would love to go to this school.
 
Just a heads up-- Make sure you're all checking your spam folders during the cycle especially for KCU. A few people last cycle (including myself) received secondary/interview invites in their spam folder.
 
Coltuna said:
Just a heads up-- Make sure you're all checking your spam folders during the cycle especially for KCU. A few people last cycle (including myself) received secondary/interview invites in their spam folder.
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Mine definitely landed in the spam folder, Glad I found it!
 
pgswimmer said:
Wait, did you already receive a secondary for this year?
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Talking about last years. I returned it, got an interview invite for 6 days later, attended it and was accepted a week later
 
Did you guys answer the question in their prelim question about gpa/ Mcat scores? I might just put not applicable. What about campus selection?
 
Hey all! I'm applying here, and I heard they have strict cut-offs for stats. I was wondering if anyone knew the cut-off for each subsection of the MCAT? I'm worried that my 124 in the CARS section might get me screened out lol
 
Waiting for secondary's!
3.82 cum / 3.76 sci 507 MCAT
Good luck all!
 
Hey all! Applying here this cycle. I visited the campus and really enjoyed it. I am also very excited about the new medical education center they are building!! I believe the C/O 2023 will be the first to use it! Anyway, I think we can only pre write 2 of their secondary essays. It looks like they have one that changes every year. Good luck everyone!
 
Anyone get a secondary yet? This is one of my top DO schools
 
Blanky said:
Waiting for secondary's!
3.82 cum / 3.76 sci 507 MCAT
Good luck all!
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Still waiting. This was my top pick.
TUNCOM might be a more favorable location for me.
RVU I also have family in Colorado
DMU may also be less stressful curriculum than KCU.
 
Got an email today saying they received primaries and will be evaluating for secondaries soon


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rubyrose said:
Should I be worried I am not receiving these emails.....

also second question... what were those questions about which campus is better on the primary application then? I thought those were the secondary questions.
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I wouldn't worry. They haven't even started sending out secondaries yet.

Those werent the secondaries
 
I received the "application received" email yesterday. I submitted 6/5 and verified 6/11. Hoping for a secondary next week sometime!
 
It took me weeks to get a secondary last year and it landed in my spam folder.
 
Not sure I'm going to get through the screening --> 3.19cGPA, 3.11sGPA. Got a pretty good post-bacc, not sure they will overlook the sci/cum GPAs. Will wait and see :whistle:
 
Magus5454 said:
It took me weeks to get a secondary last year and it landed in my spam folder.
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Thanks for the input! Were you still able to get an interview and get accepted before December 14th? I only set aside $6K for the cycle and I'm already $2K in. My interview in a couple weeks will set me back another ~$800. Just trying to figure out this $2K deposit situation. Lol
 
CJhooper123 said:
Not sure I'm going to get through the screening --> 3.19cGPA, 3.11sGPA. Got a pretty good post-bacc, not sure they will overlook the sci/cum GPAs. Will wait and see :whistle:
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I got through with a 3.0 cGPA - I had a 3.6 sGPA and 36 MCAT to make up for it. If you have a good post-bacc GPA and good MCAT to make them happy, you will be fine.

Blanky said:
Waiting for secondary's!
3.82 cum / 3.76 sci 507 MCAT
Good luck all!
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I really hope DO is a backup for you, and that you applied to plenty of MD schools.
 
Pharmd2MD92 said:
Thanks for the input! Were you still able to get an interview and get accepted before December 14th? I only set aside $6K for the cycle and I'm already $2K in. My interview in a couple weeks will set me back another ~$800. Just trying to figure out this $2K deposit situation. Lol
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I got a secondary in November, returned it, II less than a week later, interviewed Dec 7th, accepted Dec 15th. Only 1k is due, other half is march 1st.
 
sab3156 said:
I really hope DO is a backup for you, and that you applied to plenty of MD schools.
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I have 25 MDs that im at the 75% percentile for GPA and 25% for MCAT. Vermont requires a committee letter so that makes 24. I can afford at least 20 secondarys plus my 7 DO schools.
 
Blanky said:
I have 25 MDs that im at the 75% percentile for GPA and 25% for MCAT. Vermont requires a committee letter so that makes 24. I can afford at least 20 secondarys plus my 7 DO schools.
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Ive also had pretty decent exposure to medicine and think im 80-90% sure on EM and 10-15% on gas. Should be fine for DO plus im willing to move for training.
 
How do they determine who gets secondaries and when? I have not gotten anything and don’t think I’d below any cut offs.
 
marine12 said:
How do they determine who gets secondaries and when? I have not gotten anything and don’t think I’d below any cut offs.
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Just be patient. KCUs stated cutoffs are 3.25 and 501. People get secondaries under that after they review
 
Magus5454 said:
Just be patient. KCUs stated cutoffs are 3.25 and 501. People get secondaries under that after they review
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Do they have a history of sending out secondaries to people under the cutoff?? I'm a Kansas City resident with a c3.82 s3.91 but a 498 mcat (retaking August). I'm really hoping that 6 years as a combat medic in the army helps me out here.
 
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68wdogdad said:
Do they have a history of sending out secondaries to people under the cutoff?? I'm a Kansas City resident with a c3.82 s3.91 but a 498 mcat (retaking August). I'm really hoping that 6 years as a combat medic in the army helps me out here.
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^^^ I am wondering the same thing. Does anyone know by chance?
 
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