3.46 GPA, 3.4 sGPA, 507 and 506 MCAT. Not sure whether to apply anymore, what do you think?

[TFredrick]

Took the MCAT August Sept 2015 and scored a 507. Retook it April 22nd scored a 506 and am very disappointed. Not sure whether its worth it to apply now, only considering MD as I haven't shadowed DO doctors yet. I'm a caucasian male from the suburbs of Chicago.

I've added my background, what do you think?

Year in schooll

Recent graduate of University of Maryland

Country/state of residence

IL

Schools to which you are applying

Albany, Commonwealth, Creighton, Drexel, East Virginia, Georgetown, George Washington, Loyola, Marshall, Medical College of Wisconsin, NY Med, Quinnipiac, Rosalind Franklin, Rush, Temple, Thomas Jefferson, Central Michigan, North dakota, South Dakota, U of I-Chicago, Southern Illinois

Cumulative GPA

3.456

Science GPA

3.4

MCAT Scores

507 (126/125/128/128;73%) 506 (127/126/127/126;72%)

Research

2.5 years animal sciences lab - no publications

Physician shadowing – include hours/specialties

Ophthalmology ~ 30 hr

ENT ~8 hr

Thoracic Surgery ~ 20 hr

Cardiac ~10 hr

Hematology/Oncology ~ 10hr

Non-clinical volunteering

Volunteer youth baseball coach ~100 hr

Extracurricular activities

Club Sport - 2 years treasurer, 1 year VP, 2 years assistant captain

Society of Green Business - 2 years VP of marketing

Employment history

U Chicago Research Assistant - Summer

Optometry assistant - Summer/Winter

Ophthalmology Technician/Photographer - Last semester and will work during gap year full time

Golf Course Attendant - 4 different summers

Immediate family members in medicine?

N/A

Specialty of interest

Ophthalmology but not sure

Graduate degrees

N/A

Interest in rural health (y/n)

Possibly

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[Faha]

Your chances for a MD acceptance are 33% according to the GPA-MCAT grid. However, that includes applicants with graduate degrees and from states that accept many of their own resident so your odds are less than that. You could try some MD schools such as Loyola, Rosalind Franklin, Rush, U of I-Chicago, Oakland Beaumont, Western Michigan, Creighton, EVMS, Medical College Wisconsin, New York Medical and Quinnipiac. Avoid the OOS public schools such as North and South Dakota and Central Michigan. You are competitive for most DO schools so find out which ones do not require a DO LOR and apply to at least 10. You could also shadow a DO in the next 2 months and apply DO in August which is not late for DO schools.

 

[docturooooo]

Your chances for a MD acceptance are 33% according to the GPA-MCAT grid. However, that includes applicants with graduate degrees and from states that accept many of their own resident so your odds are less than that. You could try some MD schools such as Loyola, Rosalind Franklin, Rush, U of I-Chicago, Oakland Beaumont, Western Michigan, Creighton, EVMS, Medical College Wisconsin, New York Medical and Quinnipiac. Avoid the OOS public schools such as North and South Dakota and Central Michigan. You are competitive for most DO schools so find out which ones do not require a DO LOR and apply to at least 10. You could also shadow a DO in the next 2 months and apply DO in August which is not late for DO schools.

Where is this GPA/MCAT grid, the only one I found was for 2012
Thanks!

 

[AnatomyGrey12]

You are a good DO candidate and marginal for MD in general.

 

[Goro]

Any clinical volunteering, OP? If none, you app is lethal.
As a teaching moment, you need to show Adcoms that you know what you're getting into, and that you really want to be around sick people for the next 30-40 years.

You have no business applying to the Dakota schools anyway, or SIU.

Took the MCAT August Sept 2015 and scored a 507. Retook it April 22nd scored a 506 and am very disappointed. Not sure whether its worth it to apply now, only considering MD as I haven't shadowed DO doctors yet. I'm a caucasian male from the suburbs of Chicago.

I've added my background, what do you think?

 

[augmentedgoose]

Where is this GPA/MCAT grid, the only one I found was for 2012
Thanks!

Here you go: https://www.aamc.org/data/facts/applicantmatriculant/157998/factstablea24.html