Senior (graduating in a week!), first generation high school/college student, low socioeconomic status (far below poverty level), non-URM, not from a top 100 undergrad, TX resident
Stats:
3.6 (maybe 3.7) cGPA, 3.2 or 3.3 sGPA, 501 MCAT 06/2015 (123 Chem, 127 CARS, 122 Bio, 129 Psych) - planning on retaking MCAT this summer
Leadership:
Vice president of a large organization and raised > $5000 for a non-profit charity, Academic chair, was part of a program that worked with other students around the country and gave a seminar on leadership to over 2000 people at a national convention, secretary of a council on campus
Volunteering:
Ronald McDonald house volunteer helping parents of patients in NICU/PICU (~20 hours so far, still ongoing), non-certified medical assistant for a homeless shelter taking vital signs, medical records, etc (will start in June for 20 hours a month), extensive non-healthcare volunteering over the last few years (>1000 hours)
Work:
Medical scribe in an ER (~2000 hours), computer lab assistant, pharmacy technician, tutor for elementary school kids
Research:
Will start late May, research in the GI field ~5 hours a week
I plan on getting LOR's from an MD and a DO from the ER.
I switched to pre-med one year ago, which is why all of my healthcare activities and research are so recent. My GPA was decent freshman and sophomore year and then tanked junior year when I lost all motivation for school (got a 2.4 GPA that semester...) because I didn't know what I was doing with my life. I took my MCAT without studying (I know, stupid mistake) and it was before I had really started trying in my science classes so I didn't understand anything. After I switched to pre-med, my GPA has been a 3.9+ the last two semesters and I've only been taking advanced science classes. I plan on taking this gap year to do more research and volunteering. I also plan on submitting apps by end of May.
TLDR: Decent volunteer experience, average healthcare experience, average cGPA, below average sGPA due to lack of motivation (before recently switching to pre-med), and bad MCAT due to lack of studying
Question: What are my chances are at TMDSAS schools, OOS MD schools, and DO schools?
I'm applying to all TX schools and my list for OOS MD schools so far is:
Albany
Chicago Rosalind
Creighton
Drexel
George Washington
Georgetown
Temple
Oakland
Penn state
Rush
USF
Iowa
St. Louis
Tufts (semi-strong family ties)
Tulane
Oklahoma (semi-strong family ties)
Pittsburgh
Rochester
UWashington
Wake Forest
Wayne State
Are any of these schools too far of a reach for me? Which schools should I add? and which DO schools should I apply to? Being new to the application process, I just recently learned that the DO schools have a totally different system and I don't know anything about any of the schools. Thanks so much in advance for any advice!
Stats:
3.6 (maybe 3.7) cGPA, 3.2 or 3.3 sGPA, 501 MCAT 06/2015 (123 Chem, 127 CARS, 122 Bio, 129 Psych) - planning on retaking MCAT this summer
Leadership:
Vice president of a large organization and raised > $5000 for a non-profit charity, Academic chair, was part of a program that worked with other students around the country and gave a seminar on leadership to over 2000 people at a national convention, secretary of a council on campus
Volunteering:
Ronald McDonald house volunteer helping parents of patients in NICU/PICU (~20 hours so far, still ongoing), non-certified medical assistant for a homeless shelter taking vital signs, medical records, etc (will start in June for 20 hours a month), extensive non-healthcare volunteering over the last few years (>1000 hours)
Work:
Medical scribe in an ER (~2000 hours), computer lab assistant, pharmacy technician, tutor for elementary school kids
Research:
Will start late May, research in the GI field ~5 hours a week
I plan on getting LOR's from an MD and a DO from the ER.
I switched to pre-med one year ago, which is why all of my healthcare activities and research are so recent. My GPA was decent freshman and sophomore year and then tanked junior year when I lost all motivation for school (got a 2.4 GPA that semester...) because I didn't know what I was doing with my life. I took my MCAT without studying (I know, stupid mistake) and it was before I had really started trying in my science classes so I didn't understand anything. After I switched to pre-med, my GPA has been a 3.9+ the last two semesters and I've only been taking advanced science classes. I plan on taking this gap year to do more research and volunteering. I also plan on submitting apps by end of May.
TLDR: Decent volunteer experience, average healthcare experience, average cGPA, below average sGPA due to lack of motivation (before recently switching to pre-med), and bad MCAT due to lack of studying
Question: What are my chances are at TMDSAS schools, OOS MD schools, and DO schools?
I'm applying to all TX schools and my list for OOS MD schools so far is:
Albany
Chicago Rosalind
Creighton
Drexel
George Washington
Georgetown
Temple
Oakland
Penn state
Rush
USF
Iowa
St. Louis
Tufts (semi-strong family ties)
Tulane
Oklahoma (semi-strong family ties)
Pittsburgh
Rochester
UWashington
Wake Forest
Wayne State
Are any of these schools too far of a reach for me? Which schools should I add? and which DO schools should I apply to? Being new to the application process, I just recently learned that the DO schools have a totally different system and I don't know anything about any of the schools. Thanks so much in advance for any advice!
