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3.28 cGPA, 3.20 sGPA - Chance at UC's?
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Submit your AMCAS ap ASAP to one school. Buy the MSAR ($22). Come up with two provisional lists ( one for 34+, another for 33-). When you get your MCAT, apply to appropriate list.
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According to the data if you are an ORM with a 3.3GPA and and a 36+ on the MCAT historically 65% get accepted. Also the acceptance rate seems to plateau at 3.3GPA for anything 36 or above so as long as you score a 36 you are sitting pretty.
Can you volunteer at a non for profit organization a lot of the next month to boost your volunteer hours? If you are able to do 25 hours a week you could have 100hrs before application.
According to the data if you are an ORM with a 3.3GPA and and a 36+ on the MCAT historically 65% get accepted. Also the acceptance rate seems to plateau at 3.3GPA for anything 36 or above so as long as you score a 36 you are sitting pretty.
Can you volunteer at a non for profit organization a lot of the next month to boost your volunteer hours? If you are able to do 25 hours a week you could have 100hrs before application.
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Thanks for the tips everyone. As soon as I am done with my lab position (which is full-time and then some) I will start doing some clinical and other volunteering. This will probably be August/September, so it's more in the realm of update letters.
gyngyn - I'm glad you brought that up. I am taking one last science class to boost my GPA. The problem is that the grade won't be released until late June. I'm planning on getting an A and if I submit my primary in early June that final class will not be factored into my GPA.
Is it worth getting verified early even though I won't have my MCAT till June 25th and that last "A" grade won't get factored in?
gyngyn - I'm glad you brought that up. I am taking one last science class to boost my GPA. The problem is that the grade won't be released until late June. I'm planning on getting an A and if I submit my primary in early June that final class will not be factored into my GPA.
Is it worth getting verified early even though I won't have my MCAT till June 25th and that last "A" grade won't get factored in?
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I agree. A late application is a cycle killer.
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Nope. Your GPAs are not competetive for the UCs, not for any MD schools. You're fine for any DO programs. High GPAs do not rescue low MCATs and vice-versa for MD schools.
1) If I end up getting my practice test score (36+), do I have a chance at any of the UC's? I can't tell if I've sufficiently made up for my low-GPA or not.
No, because you're fine for any DO program. However, if you're solely commited to getting an MD, then yes, a SMP is the way to go.
2) I was recently accepted to Rosalind Franklin's University's Masters (SMP) program with near-guaranteed admission to the Chicago Medical School if I bust my balls next year. Do you think I need the SMP?
TCOM is probably the best school for research among the COMs outside of CA. NYCOM does soem good osteopathic clinical research, as does KC-COM
3) If I'm leaving California and paying $50k+, I'd like to go somewhere ranked with decent research opportunities. Any schools come to mind? It seems like most public universities with big research budgets don't like OOS students.
1) If I end up getting my practice test score (36+), do I have a chance at any of the UC's? I can't tell if I've sufficiently made up for my low-GPA or not.
No, because you're fine for any DO program. However, if you're solely commited to getting an MD, then yes, a SMP is the way to go.
2) I was recently accepted to Rosalind Franklin's University's Masters (SMP) program with near-guaranteed admission to the Chicago Medical School if I bust my balls next year. Do you think I need the SMP?
TCOM is probably the best school for research among the COMs outside of CA. NYCOM does soem good osteopathic clinical research, as does KC-COM
3) If I'm leaving California and paying $50k+, I'd like to go somewhere ranked with decent research opportunities. Any schools come to mind? It seems like most public universities with big research budgets don't like OOS students.
