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Where is your state of residence? Are you URM?
The GPA-MCAT grid shows you have a 10% to 15% chance for a MD acceptance with your stats. You could apply to the Texas MD schools but there are no schools in Florida where you could be accepted with a MCAT of 497 AND all Florida schools give preference to Florida residents to varying degrees. You have a chance for interviews at some DO schools so consider applying to all these:My state of residence is Texas and I am not URM - (Southasian male)
I cannot recommend an MD applicatin.
More than 50 shadowing hours (as long as there is some primary care) does not add to an application...
Thank you all for the input.
How do you all feel about this idea:
Apply currently to DO and in state Texas MD schools, and complete primary in June. Re-take MCAT on June 30 and complete secondaries in the time the new MCAT comes in (August 1). I strongly believe I will be able to break 503-504 by then. Do you believe that would help my case or just not make a difference at all?
Or take another MCAT late July and receive those scores in August 22 and complete application then.
So I would submit everything by mid July and complete with new MCAT on August 1. Would that be too late?
No shadowing?
No patient contact experience???
I'd reject outright just for that. A 497 is lethal for nearly all DO schools. Auto-reject at mine. Your MCAT puts you in a risk zone for failing out of med school, and/or failing Boards.
Okay. ..good eagle eyesOP stated "...>350 shadowing hours..."
Now, direct patient contact/ experience? None reported.
Okay. ..good eagle eyes
Yes, and you didn't mention clinical volunteering in your OP, hence my concerns. If you have > 100 hours of that, you're fine.I'm retaking my MCAT on June 30. If I were to perform >505 and apply once I get the results back for that (August 1). Do you believe that would make me little bit more competitive for DO school?
How would you define direct patient contact? When I volunteered in the emergency room, I interacted with patients in a medical setting. Does that suffice?