So I know the vast majority of medical schools require science prereqs, however I narrowed down a list of ones that do not require science or any specific prereqs at all. I'm wondering what my chances are. I have 3.8 GPA, I haven't taken the MCAT yet, but I have spent the past year self-teaching and practicing the subjects and the MCAT exams. I take the full-length 6 hour practice MCAT offered by Kaplan every 2-3 weeks, from last year my first practice score 478. These last two months i've taken the practice test 5 times I've scoring between 517-525 (520, 517, 525, 524, 525). So assuming once I take the real MCAT which will be in January 2019 (as to give myself 6 more months of studying for it, 1.5 years total) and I score on the lower end of my practice exam average score 517, what are my chances for getting into some of these no-prereqs required medical schools when I apply next year June 1st?
I know some of you are wondering why spend so much time studying for the MCAT and not taking the prereqs instead, but the reason is because I've been living and working abroad for the past 4 years and my contract will be up June 15th next year, which is when I'll be returning the states, and doing any type of prerequisites classes here would be a waste of time and money since they probably wouldn't even transfer or be counted since they would be in a different language and quality way lower than that of the States'. When I decided I wanted to go to med school 2 years ago, I knew I still had 3 more years until I would be going back to the states, but i didn't want to waste 3 years twiddling my thumbs. I couldn't do anything about the prereqs, or research, or volunteering (although I already had some volunteering from my undergrad days), but what I could do something about was the MCAT.
So I've eaten, slept, breathed that the material and the test for the past year; used a lot of online resources, textbooks, etc to teach myself Chem, OChem, Physics, Biology, Microbiology, A&P, BioChem, Soc, and Psych, and I'm confident by January I will score around 520 which is my goal. As far as the research, that I'm not sure about. I don't know if research in another country counts or how adcoms look at that, if it is looked at favorably, there may be some research I can get into here.
Plan A is to apply next June with my 3.8 GPA and ≈517 MCAT.
Plan B is to start taking the science prereqs starting next summer in the event that I don't get accepted, that way I can reapply June 2020.
So what do you guys think? Do I have a shot?
Other details: Non-Trad, California resident, 28 years old, URM (A/A)
(No-prereqs required schools: Western Michigan, University of Virginia, USC, UCincinnati, Hofstra Northwell, Wake Forest, *Medical University of South Carolina [only accepts applicants with strong ties to South Carolina] )
**This list is not conclusive, please check with the schools directly. These are my findings last year when I researched this particular topic, so these policies might have changed or more schools might have been added to the list of non-prereq requiring schools
I know some of you are wondering why spend so much time studying for the MCAT and not taking the prereqs instead, but the reason is because I've been living and working abroad for the past 4 years and my contract will be up June 15th next year, which is when I'll be returning the states, and doing any type of prerequisites classes here would be a waste of time and money since they probably wouldn't even transfer or be counted since they would be in a different language and quality way lower than that of the States'. When I decided I wanted to go to med school 2 years ago, I knew I still had 3 more years until I would be going back to the states, but i didn't want to waste 3 years twiddling my thumbs. I couldn't do anything about the prereqs, or research, or volunteering (although I already had some volunteering from my undergrad days), but what I could do something about was the MCAT.
So I've eaten, slept, breathed that the material and the test for the past year; used a lot of online resources, textbooks, etc to teach myself Chem, OChem, Physics, Biology, Microbiology, A&P, BioChem, Soc, and Psych, and I'm confident by January I will score around 520 which is my goal. As far as the research, that I'm not sure about. I don't know if research in another country counts or how adcoms look at that, if it is looked at favorably, there may be some research I can get into here.
Plan A is to apply next June with my 3.8 GPA and ≈517 MCAT.
Plan B is to start taking the science prereqs starting next summer in the event that I don't get accepted, that way I can reapply June 2020.
So what do you guys think? Do I have a shot?
Other details: Non-Trad, California resident, 28 years old, URM (A/A)
(No-prereqs required schools: Western Michigan, University of Virginia, USC, UCincinnati, Hofstra Northwell, Wake Forest, *Medical University of South Carolina [only accepts applicants with strong ties to South Carolina] )
**This list is not conclusive, please check with the schools directly. These are my findings last year when I researched this particular topic, so these policies might have changed or more schools might have been added to the list of non-prereq requiring schools
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