woo000oo
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Non-trad (on 2nd gap year), CA resident, T20 ug
Planning on applying MD and DO
cGPA: 3.4, sGPA: 3.2, MCAT: 520(128/132/130/130)
GPA is low due to upper div physics courses (required for bio major, got C+/C), one bad ochem course (C+) and majority B's. My main experience is in research (2 summers in HS, 2 summers in ug, ~2 years during ug, 1 year post grad as a research assistant, spread across several different labs) with no pubs. I was previously on the grad school path before deciding against it, so my pre-med journey really only started a year ago.
My current plan until the 2021-2022 application cycle is to build on my extracurriculars, shadow, and also take a full ochem track to make up for that low grade. I don't really want to do a full post-bacc program because I've done the rest of the pre-reqs and have substantial upper div bio courses with ok grades.
Will med schools be more lenient with my GPA because my lowest grades are in physics courses? Is there anything else I could be doing to improve my application by next year or should I take another gap year? Any advice would be welcome (including school list help; as a CA resident I'm well below 10th percentile for GPA at almost all the schools). Thanks in advance!
Planning on applying MD and DO
cGPA: 3.4, sGPA: 3.2, MCAT: 520(128/132/130/130)
GPA is low due to upper div physics courses (required for bio major, got C+/C), one bad ochem course (C+) and majority B's. My main experience is in research (2 summers in HS, 2 summers in ug, ~2 years during ug, 1 year post grad as a research assistant, spread across several different labs) with no pubs. I was previously on the grad school path before deciding against it, so my pre-med journey really only started a year ago.
My current plan until the 2021-2022 application cycle is to build on my extracurriculars, shadow, and also take a full ochem track to make up for that low grade. I don't really want to do a full post-bacc program because I've done the rest of the pre-reqs and have substantial upper div bio courses with ok grades.
Will med schools be more lenient with my GPA because my lowest grades are in physics courses? Is there anything else I could be doing to improve my application by next year or should I take another gap year? Any advice would be welcome (including school list help; as a CA resident I'm well below 10th percentile for GPA at almost all the schools). Thanks in advance!