AACPMAS 2022-2023 & Acceptance Stats (Class of 2027)

[HatchiDawg]

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Hello all, I am shook. Never would imagine myself to be posting in an acceptance thread.. but felt needed to share. Have faith and believe in yourself! Your stats do not define who you are!

I'm a 26 yr old South East Asian URM pre-med/pod student, first-gen, took the MCAT 3 times (terrible scores btw, but didn't let that stop me from pursuing medicine), gotten a DUI once. B.S in health sciences and minored in religious studies. Went to grad school for my MPH at a MD school with a concentration in epidemiology and environmental health sciences.. took a lot of biostats/epidemiology/toxicology grad level courses.

1. GPAs (both cumulative & sci)
undergrad sci: 3.00
undergrad cumulative: 3.20
grad sci and post bacc science: 3.46
grad cumulative: 3.52

2. MCAT Score
attempt 1: 482
...attempt 2: 482 (not joking)
attempt 3: retake on 4/15/2023 - score yet to be received (FLEs 502-507ish, so I'm expecting to 100% do better than 482 lol..)

3. Shadowing hours & ECs
-70 hrs DPM shadow, 40 MD, and 20 DO shadow
-6mo HPV research, 6 mo Gout & obesity research, 1 year NIH funded child and adolescent psychiatry research at columbia university - nyspi.

-700+ hours in student leadership- LOTS of student volunteering in faculty committees: student affairs committee and evaluation committee, Vice President of Student Govt (grad school), Student Ambassador (uni and grad school), tutor for grad school.

-Created a 100 page resource guide for the Puerto Rican community in The Bronx, NY. Mainly for low-income families living close to poverty or rely on government assistance. Made this in both English and Spanish text. Taught myself basic Spanish during COVID season in order to translate and communicate with participants in my research and for my future patients! (My main friend group consist of mostly Spanish speaking people, so this was helpful!)

-2k+ hours in Church related activities/volunteering- Youth Leadership conferences, camps, weekly mentorship sessions, academic advising
-5k+ hours of paid direct patient care
-1k+ hours in research
-1.5 year working w/state dept. of health w/covid - generated data for CDC
-1 year working in toxicology lab testing bio-specimens for drug abuse and pharmaceutical purposes

4. # of programs applied to
Barry, Samuel Merritt, RFU, DMU, Kent State, LECOM, AZCPM

Denied: Barry
No response: DMU, AZCPM
Interviewed: Samuel Merritt
Scheduled to interview: RFU, Kent State, LECOM


5. Programs accepted to and if any Scholarships offered

Accepted to Samuel Merritt 22.5k

edit* accepted to Kent (10k), RFU (10k), and LECOM (2k)

declined interview to DMU - they got back to me after a month of submitting my apps.

6. Attending program

undecided

 

[DexterMorganSK]

This cycle closed recently. We will make a thread for the new cycle in the coming weeks. Those accepted for the class of 2027, if you can, please post your class size. Thanks and best wishes.

 

[coyshotspur]

This cycle closed recently. We will make a thread for the new cycle in the coming weeks. Those accepted for the class of 2027, if you can, please post your class size. Thanks and best wishes.

Attending Kent - class size I’d say is in the 60s for 2027.

 

[Feli]

1. GPAs: c: 3.67 s: ~3.8
2. MCAT Score: 495
3. Shadowing hours & ECs: 100+ hrs DPM shadowing, 50+hrs MD/DO shadowing, chemistry tutor and lab TA, undergraduate chemistry research and honors thesis, division III athlete, board position on many clubs, lots of community service/volunteer hours. Was a pharmacy tech and worked retail in a sports store.
4. # of programs applied to: 6 - Kent, Barry, Temple, DMU, AZCPM, and LECOM
5. Programs accepted to and if any Scholarships offered: Interview offers from all. Only interviewed at 4 and accepted to all with scholarships - LECOM, DMU, Kent, and Barry (withdrew from Temple and AZCPM after getting acceptances).
6. Attending program: Barry!! I am beyond grateful for all the opportunities and to be in this position. So excited!

Good job... took your time and shadowed a good bit.

Have fun and work hard next month 😎

 

[deleted285117]

Attending Kent - class size I’d say is in the 60s for 2027.

Dang. Was 120 or so when I started in 2011. Hope the trend continues to improve the job market.

 

[medicinemoo]

1. GPAs: c: 3.4 s: 3.2
2. MCAT Score: 487
3. Shadowing hours & ECs:

1. 100+ DO/MD Shadowing Anesthesiology and Plastic Surgery
2. 70+ Shadowinig DPM
3. Temple Pod Internship, Be Our Guest ACFAS, SHPEP Western
4. Founder/ President Pre-Health Club, Tutor, MA @ Plastic Surgery Clinic
5. 300+ Clinical Volunteering
6. Semi-Professional Valorant/ Streamer LOL (talked about this a lot)

4. # of programs applied to: 10 (didn't apply to UTRGV)
5. Programs accepted to and if any Scholarships offered: Barry 8k/year, Western 1.5k, Scholl 20k, LECOM 10k, NYCPM.
6. Attending program Western U (didn't interview to the other 5 after getting accepted)

I am very grateful to be in this position as it didn't seem possible but don't give up hope!

when did you apply and when did Scholl get back to you?

 

[medicinemoo]

Hello all, I am shook. Never would imagine myself to be posting in an acceptance thread.. but felt needed to share. Have faith and believe in yourself! Your stats do not define who you are!

I'm a 26 yr old South East Asian URM pre-med/pod student, first-gen, took the MCAT 3 times (terrible scores btw, but didn't let that stop me from pursuing medicine), gotten a DUI once. B.S in health sciences and minored in religious studies. Went to grad school for my MPH at a MD school with a concentration in epidemiology and environmental health sciences.. took a lot of biostats/epidemiology/toxicology grad level courses.

1. GPAs (both cumulative & sci)
undergrad sci: 3.00
undergrad cumulative: 3.20
grad sci and post bacc science: 3.46
grad cumulative: 3.52

2. MCAT Score
attempt 1: 482
...attempt 2: 482 (not joking)
attempt 3: retake on 4/15/2023 - score yet to be received (FLEs 502-507ish, so I'm expecting to 100% do better than 482 lol..)

3. Shadowing hours & ECs
-70 hrs DPM shadow, 40 MD, and 20 DO shadow
-6mo HPV research, 6 mo Gout & obesity research, 1 year NIH funded child and adolescent psychiatry research at columbia university - nyspi.

-700+ hours in student leadership- LOTS of student volunteering in faculty committees: student affairs committee and evaluation committee, Vice President of Student Govt (grad school), Student Ambassador (uni and grad school), tutor for grad school.

-Created a 100 page resource guide for the Puerto Rican community in The Bronx, NY. Mainly for low-income families living close to poverty or rely on government assistance. Made this in both English and Spanish text. Taught myself basic Spanish during COVID season in order to translate and communicate with participants in my research and for my future patients! (My main friend group consist of mostly Spanish speaking people, so this was helpful!)

-2k+ hours in Church related activities/volunteering- Youth Leadership conferences, camps, weekly mentorship sessions, academic advising
-5k+ hours of paid direct patient care
-1k+ hours in research
-1.5 year working w/state dept. of health w/covid - generated data for CDC
-1 year working in toxicology lab testing bio-specimens for drug abuse and pharmaceutical purposes

4. # of programs applied to
Barry, Samuel Merritt, RFU, DMU, Kent State, LECOM, AZCPM

Denied: Barry
No response: DMU, AZCPM
Interviewed: Samuel Merritt
Scheduled to interview: RFU, Kent State, LECOM


5. Programs accepted to and if any Scholarships offered

Accepted to Samuel Merritt 22.5k

edit* accepted to Kent (10k), RFU (10k), and LECOM (2k)

declined interview to DMU - they got back to me after a month of submitting my apps.

6. Attending program

undecided

congrats! did you get accepted to RFU with the 482 or the did you apply with the MCAT you retook?

 

[GreenHousePub]

Hello all, I am shook. Never would imagine myself to be posting in an acceptance thread.. but felt needed to share. Have faith and believe in yourself! Your stats do not define who you are!

I'm a 26 yr old South East Asian URM pre-med/pod student, first-gen, took the MCAT 3 times (terrible scores btw, but didn't let that stop me from pursuing medicine), gotten a DUI once. B.S in health sciences and minored in religious studies. Went to grad school for my MPH at a MD school with a concentration in epidemiology and environmental health sciences.. took a lot of biostats/epidemiology/toxicology grad level courses.

1. GPAs (both cumulative & sci)
undergrad sci: 3.00
undergrad cumulative: 3.20
grad sci and post bacc science: 3.46
grad cumulative: 3.52

2. MCAT Score
attempt 1: 482
...attempt 2: 482 (not joking)
attempt 3: retake on 4/15/2023 - score yet to be received (FLEs 502-507ish, so I'm expecting to 100% do better than 482 lol..)

3. Shadowing hours & ECs
-70 hrs DPM shadow, 40 MD, and 20 DO shadow
-6mo HPV research, 6 mo Gout & obesity research, 1 year NIH funded child and adolescent psychiatry research at columbia university - nyspi.

-700+ hours in student leadership- LOTS of student volunteering in faculty committees: student affairs committee and evaluation committee, Vice President of Student Govt (grad school), Student Ambassador (uni and grad school), tutor for grad school.

-Created a 100 page resource guide for the Puerto Rican community in The Bronx, NY. Mainly for low-income families living close to poverty or rely on government assistance. Made this in both English and Spanish text. Taught myself basic Spanish during COVID season in order to translate and communicate with participants in my research and for my future patients! (My main friend group consist of mostly Spanish speaking people, so this was helpful!)

-2k+ hours in Church related activities/volunteering- Youth Leadership conferences, camps, weekly mentorship sessions, academic advising
-5k+ hours of paid direct patient care
-1k+ hours in research
-1.5 year working w/state dept. of health w/covid - generated data for CDC
-1 year working in toxicology lab testing bio-specimens for drug abuse and pharmaceutical purposes

4. # of programs applied to
Barry, Samuel Merritt, RFU, DMU, Kent State, LECOM, AZCPM

Denied: Barry
No response: DMU, AZCPM
Interviewed: Samuel Merritt
Scheduled to interview: RFU, Kent State, LECOM


5. Programs accepted to and if any Scholarships offered

Accepted to Samuel Merritt 22.5k

edit* accepted to Kent (10k), RFU (10k), and LECOM (2k)

declined interview to DMU - they got back to me after a month of submitting my apps.

6. Attending program

undecided

Opening this back up to see how first year went?

 

[HatchiDawg]

Opening this back up to see how first year went?

In my 2nd semester of first year. I'm learning a lot, taking on 2-3 leadership positions, 2x monthly volunteering, started research, and also just attended the ACFAS conference this past weekend. Definitely not a gunner, but for sure top 1/3 of the class in terms of academics. Also manage to still go out for with friends for drinks once a week without stressing too much about studying.

Honestly, I'm having a real good time. Maybe the negatives just hasn't hit me yet and I'm just really naïve and oblivious to it all. Mostly just concerned about boards.

 

[DexterMorganSK]

In my 2nd semester of first year. I'm learning a lot, taking on 2-3 leadership positions, 2x monthly volunteering, started research, and also just attended the ACFAS conference this past weekend. Definitely not a gunner, but for sure top 1/3 of the class in terms of academics. Also manage to still go out for with friends for drinks once a week without stressing too much about studying.

Honestly, I'm having a real good time. Maybe the negatives just hasn't hit me yet and I'm just really naïve and oblivious to it all. Mostly just concerned about boards.

Sounds like you are checking all the boxes. Good stuff!

 

[aamber]

1. GPAs: cGPA 3.7 sGPA 3.4
2. MCAT Score: 491
3. Shadowing hours & ECs: 40 hours shadowing DPM, 50 hours shadowing MD; Hospital volunteer in SICU, NICU, & playing piano (100), food bank (100), crisis text line (100), hospice volunteer, children's shelter volunteer, PhiDE medical fraternity, pre-med society, sustainability committee, worked in a surgical office
4. # of programs applied to: 7; NY, Barry, Temple, MWU, RF, Kent, Western (Interview offers for all; interviewed at NY & Barry)
5. Programs accepted to and if any Scholarships offered: NY & Barry 10K
6. Attending program: NY

I have around the same mcat score! Any advice with applying? I am mainly shooting for DO with my 3.7 cGPA and 3.5 cgpa. strong ec's tho

 

[Weirdy]

I have around the same mcat score! Any advice with applying? I am mainly shooting for DO with my 3.7 cGPA and 3.5 cgpa. strong ec's tho

You'll get in any school you want.
Just make sure its what you want to do.

 

[medicineman3]

I have around the same mcat score! Any advice with applying? I am mainly shooting for DO with my 3.7 cGPA and 3.5 cgpa. strong ec's tho

You'll get in any school you want.
Just make sure its what you want to do.

I am not sure that this is the right thing to tell someone and give them false hope. A 491 will make it extremely difficult to get into any program, so I do not think that "you'll get into any school you want." No disrespect to your reply at all. aamber, your GPA is very solid and if you have great EC's, it would make a lot more sense to retake the MCAT. Even if you can get like a 496-497 you will be way better off. And this is coming from someone who has a lower score as well. But I personally have never heard of someone getting in with a score below 495. A 491 with great EC's and a good gpa will only give you like a 2-3% chance. I am telling you this because I want the best for you and am rooting for you, and would hate to see your hard work not turn into what you want because you decided to gamble with your MCAT score. Wishing you all the best. I know you have what it takes to be a great doc.

 

[aamber]

I am not sure that this is the right thing to tell someone and give them false hope. A 491 will make it extremely difficult to get into any program, so I do not think that "you'll get into any school you want." No disrespect to your reply at all. aamber, your GPA is very solid and if you have great EC's, it would make a lot more sense to retake the MCAT. Even if you can get like a 496-497 you will be way better off. And this is coming from someone who has a lower score as well. But I personally have never heard of someone getting in with a score below 495. A 491 with great EC's and a good gpa will only give you like a 2-3% chance. I am telling you this because I want the best for you and am rooting for you, and would hate to see your hard work not turn into what you want because you decided to gamble with your MCAT score. Wishing you all the best. I know you have what it takes to be a great doc.

This is a really nice message, appreciate it!! I was thinking of applying to LECOM with my AIS (1220 SAT and a 3.7 gpa) making it 119. I know a 1220 is not the best, but it is worth applying to all the LECOM locations. Probably should apply early in the cycle? Problem is I’m low on shadowing hours and and non clinical volunteering. I can submit with projected hours cause I’m currently working on getting more. But I feel like that would look bad…like yk integrity wise. I have about 700 clinical hours, good amount leadership, and research experience.

 

[aamber]

This is a really nice message, appreciate it!! I was thinking of applying to LECOM with my AIS (1220 SAT and a 3.7 gpa) making it 119. I know a 1220 is not the best, but it is worth applying to all the LECOM locations. Probably should apply early in the cycle? Problem is I’m low on shadowing hours and and non clinical volunteering. I can submit with projected hours cause I’m currently working on getting more. But I feel like that would look bad…like yk integrity wise. I have about 700 clinical hours, good amount leadership, and research experience.

Reason for my low MCAT is cause well maybe my studying habits/laziness, but also I graduated with a BA in psychology so only took prereqs on the side, my foundation is wonky…

 

[Weirdy]

I am not sure that this is the right thing to tell someone and give them false hope. A 491 will make it extremely difficult to get into any program, so I do not think that "you'll get into any school you want." No disrespect to your reply at all. aamber, your GPA is very solid and if you have great EC's, it would make a lot more sense to retake the MCAT. Even if you can get like a 496-497 you will be way better off. And this is coming from someone who has a lower score as well. But I personally have never heard of someone getting in with a score below 495. A 491 with great EC's and a good gpa will only give you like a 2-3% chance. I am telling you this because I want the best for you and am rooting for you, and would hate to see your hard work not turn into what you want because you decided to gamble with your MCAT score. Wishing you all the best. I know you have what it takes to be a great doc.

There are people who have gotten in with 487, 490, 493.
This wasn't a false hopes post.
There is a shortage of applicants vs seats and schools available.
From a numerical standpoint, it is literally to their advantage right now.