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First II today. There's hope for us low gpa folks!
First II today. There's hope for us low gpa folks!
First II today. There's hope for us low gpa folks!
I'm guessing DO schools aren't bound by the October 15 rule lol. Congrats!Not really a high MCAT score but...
3.4 GPA, 510 MCAT.
First acceptance yesterday!
My junior GPA was like 3.1 and Senior was 2.98 lol
grats!! may i ask what school?Not really a high MCAT score but...
3.4 GPA, 510 MCAT.
First acceptance yesterday!
My junior GPA was like 3.1 and Senior was 2.98 lol
If it's an actual SMP where you took med school classes, I'm betting it helps.3.5 cGPA/3.22 sGPA in Chemical Engineering, 3.95 SMP GPA, 519 MCAT.
Primaries sent to 24 schools with secondaries returned to 23. Everything complete in last week of Aug/first week of Sep because I was waiting on my MCAT score to release. No idea how the schools would consider the SMP GPA in relation to my undergrad GPA though.
If it's an actual SMP where you took med school classes, I'm betting it helps.
Yep, took all M1 classes where the M1 average set the curve.
How did your cycles end up going?
How did your cycles end up going?
Got into my top choice, and starting in August!
How did your cycles end up going?
I would be interested in this, applying next cycle with a 3.5 and 519Do you think there would be any utility in sharing our II/acceptances on this thread for future low gpa/high MCAT applicants? I know I was super lost when I was constructing my list.
Do you think there would be any utility in sharing our II/acceptances on this thread for future low gpa/high MCAT applicants? I know I was super lost when I was constructing my list.
8 II is awesome!!! Congrats on a successful cycle, thanks for sharing your experience!I can start, with some information redacted for anonymity.
I can answer any additional questions via PM until M1 begins in August 2019.
GPA: ~3.5
MCAT ~514
8 IIs, 1 A, 1 Post-II R, 3 WL, 1 awaiting decision, 2 withdrawn post-II
I received interview invites at one state school, three schools considered "low-tier", two "mid-tier", two new schools
My school list (approximate, for anonymity):
State schools
Temple
Jefferson
Drexel
NYMC
NYU-LI
Albany
Nova
OUWB
TCU
Pittsburgh
Michigan
Brown
Tufts
Western Michigan
Wake Forest
George Washington
Tulane
Rochester
Quinnipiac
Vermont
Penn State
Wayne State
VCU
EVMS
Basically I took MD schools that @Goro and @Faha commonly recommend for borderline MD applicants.
Do you think there would be any utility in sharing our II/acceptances on this thread for future low gpa/high MCAT applicants? I know I was super lost when I was constructing my list.
+1I would be interested in this, applying next cycle with a 3.5 and 519
I’ve been on a medical school admissions committee. The exact formula we used was proprietary and changed every year...
Former professional athletes, combat veterans, accomplished nurses, and the rare foreign trained MD who is willing to go through it all again in America are all given special dispensation.
Something smells fishy to me...
Why would a foreign-trained MD go back through 4 years of grueling schoolwork in a country with the highest med student debt, when they could just retake their boards and get certified that way?
1) you are in an SMP, that is what your masters is designed as
2) applying now would be a waste of money and time as no school, repeat no school MD or DO is likely to do anything but reject you
3) getting rejected now will just lower chances if you reapply
4) and to be blunt, you need to get your head out of your A-S-S. If you want to be a doctor, then I suggest you listen to the advice you are getting.
5) if you are not going to take this advice than I ask that you start looking for whatelse you are going do with your life and please dont bother me again as you are wasting my time and more, importantly, going to waste more of your own
I know this is an old thread but I just wanna day GO YOU. Love how you stayed respectful in your reply to him, and then still went after it and succeeded. Big congrats!! Wish you all the luck<3.0 uGPA, 3.85 Graduate GPA (60 credits) got accepted into two MD schools. I asked a question about applications last year and Gonnif told me not to apply. This was what he said:
But I made it baby! Sometimes you can't listen to what people on SDN tell you as long as you've done your research. Big thanks to @Goro for the advice. Gonnif didn't have to be that rude