iamthekhaleesi
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This is a unique but not so unique story so thank you in advance.
I have been offered an acceptance to a DO program and have been waitlisted at 2 MD programs. I graduated from Ohio State in 2018 with a 3.59 GPA and a 510 MCAT. I have around 120 hours volunteering in a syringe access program and hospital, 100 shadowing hours, 1400 hours in a cancer lab with two publications, 1600 hours working in a gastroenterology office as a study coordinator, 115 hours tutoring, and around 600 hours in a leadership position of a club I started at OSU.
I finished majority of my secondaries late September/October because my anxiety was off the charts- and the next week after I finished my apps, I was diagnosed with an aggressive form of thyroid cancer (which was making me super hyperthyroid explaining the anxiety). I am now thankfully cancer free but am not happy with my application outcomes.
I know my GPA is on the lower end and I believe I could score better on the MCAT (was averaging 516s on my practices- CARS threw me for a loop on my test day). I am debating looking at some post-baccs and restudying for my MCAT while getting some more volunteer hours. I don't want to go into FM/IM and would much rather specialize (so I can do research too) which I am nervous about going DO.
Any advice on this would be wonderful.
I have been offered an acceptance to a DO program and have been waitlisted at 2 MD programs. I graduated from Ohio State in 2018 with a 3.59 GPA and a 510 MCAT. I have around 120 hours volunteering in a syringe access program and hospital, 100 shadowing hours, 1400 hours in a cancer lab with two publications, 1600 hours working in a gastroenterology office as a study coordinator, 115 hours tutoring, and around 600 hours in a leadership position of a club I started at OSU.
I finished majority of my secondaries late September/October because my anxiety was off the charts- and the next week after I finished my apps, I was diagnosed with an aggressive form of thyroid cancer (which was making me super hyperthyroid explaining the anxiety). I am now thankfully cancer free but am not happy with my application outcomes.
I know my GPA is on the lower end and I believe I could score better on the MCAT (was averaging 516s on my practices- CARS threw me for a loop on my test day). I am debating looking at some post-baccs and restudying for my MCAT while getting some more volunteer hours. I don't want to go into FM/IM and would much rather specialize (so I can do research too) which I am nervous about going DO.
Any advice on this would be wonderful.