A serious what are my chances thread

[trauma_junky]

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Hello SDNer's. I love this site and you all have provided valuable insight to this anxiety filled process. So, here's my situation.

I am 26 y/o caucasion male with a wife and a 13 month old. I am currently finishing my masters in Biology. I have a 4.0 and there are plenty of classes that the profs awarded C's, D's and F's. I currently work full time in a pediatric ER and I am doing research as a grad research assistant. With any luck I will be published and later on have a pharmaceutical on the market as a result of my research. I am a licensed paramedic with 4 years of 911 experiece with one of the nation's top EMS. Now the bad stuff. My undergrad sux! I had to work too much and choose to get to envolved in a volunteer EMS where I worked as a staff member. I graduated from Texas A&M with a 2.5 and my first MCAT i scored a 23 (SUX). I worked at Baylor College of Medicine as a Research Assistant while i was trying to study for the MCAT, this did not work out well. So a year later while working as a paramedic (72 hour weeks and and my wife was due any day. And I thought i had it bad the first time) I retook the MCAT and scored a 27 (ok better) I have excellent LOR's (but who doesn't) and TONS of clinical experience (I've worked in ICU's and ER's all throughout my undergrad).

So, My question is, to those of you that may have or are currently in the same situation, do you think I have an snowball's chance in hell (assuming it's not Dante's inner circle) at getting accepted.

 

[dcpark74]

Get that MCAT score up to 30 or above.

You have excellent EC's and LORs (not all have good letters believe it or not). You have an excellent gGPA and research experience.

I had a ugpa of 2.97 (U WI chem), a ggpa of 3.92 (top 10 chem program), 5 yrs of research (1 pub, 2 nat posters, 2 patents), NO clinical experience, NOT a URM! (Korean Male-fiercer competition), community volunteer (homeless shelter), took care of my grandmother with my family (home care for 2 yrs-she had cancer).

My first MCAT 27 (8v, 10p, 9b)
second 34 (9v, 12p, 13b)

You have an excellent chance of getting in if you get your MCAT score at or above 30.

Good Luck!🙂

 

[VienneseWaltz]

Based on what I've seen on this board, I would think you could get into a state school right now (unless your state schools are very hard to get into, like California's). If you can work out a time to take the MCAT when you can actually prepare for it and then do well, I would say you would have good choices for med school. Good luck!

 

[FutureDoctor19]

I would say apply to UT-Houston u have a good chance there🙂

 

[beanbean]

My stats:

Undergrad Gpa: 2.5
Biomedical Engineering
Boston University, 1990
(low GPA due to a chronic illness)

Clinical Engineer (7 years) at large hospital

EMT-I and EMS- Instructor - active EMS volunteer since 1986

Married with 2 daughters, ages 5 and 7.

Post-Bacc GPA: 4.0
University of Connecticut

MCAT: Aug 2003 11V, 11PS, 11BS, S Total: 33S

Starting medical school at UCONN in 1 month!!!


You sound like a very good non-traditional candidate! One question, how old is your last MCAT score? That 27 is the only thing which might hold you back. You have put several years of success between your undergrad GPA and your application.

Talk to the admissions people at some schools you might be interested in attending and get their advice on the weaker points of your application. You may want to take some undergrad post-bacc classes to boast your undergrad GPA. Graduate program classes are sometimes thought to be less academically rigorous and easier to obtain high grades in. I would also talk to some physicians who know you and your clinical/EMS background. Network with them, get their advice, and ask for LORs form them. It was very helpful for me to have LORs from not only professors who knew my academic abilities, but also letters from physicians I had worked with inthe clinical environment.