Any 27-29 MCAT with interviews????

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mickeymed said:
I found this thread and I love it. I know I was very nervous going into applying because most of my friends had better mcat scores, but it worked out just fine so far....hopefully it keeps going well and everyone ends up with boatloads of interviews!

I have 7 MD interviews thus far, a DO one, and 1 DO acceptance.

Anyone who has just started applying, I hope this gives you hope and a little bit of comfort!🙂
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Congratulations!!! Thats absolutely amazing, best of luck on your interviews and I hope you get many more!!!
 
28R with one DO interview set up (Texas) - so yay, still hoping for more. Despite that number I know I will make an amazing doctor! 🙂
 
jadealer said:
I applied really late last year... secondaries in Nov and Dec and got 3 interviews but they all amounted to WLs
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if you don't mind me asking.. the interviews you got, were they MD or DO? i'm still working on some of my secondaries and feel like there's no pt cause it's too late.. so just wondering..
 
g3grl said:
if you don't mind me asking.. the interviews you got, were they MD or DO? i'm still working on some of my secondaries and feel like there's no pt cause it's too late.. so just wondering..
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They were three MD interviews...
 
Update:
MD Interviews: WVU, Penn State University (YESS!!!)

3.93 GPA , 27P

Didn't send out secondaries until early/mid september.
 
Last year I only had 3 weeks to prepare for my MCAT due to a miscommunication with my advisor and was less than excited about my 29Q (8P/9B/12V) as I didn't think it would be very competitive with my 3.54 gpa. I applied to the only two med schools within my state whose deadline I had not missed yet. My application was not complete for both of them until December. To my amazement I still received interviews for both of them and was WLed for the more competitive one. Unfortunately I did not get in over the Summer. But, after meeting with counselors from both schools they encouraged me to apply again and to apply early and that nothing more would be needed for my application to be competitive. I took their advice and this year did an EDP with the school I did not even get WLed, and as of last week I have been accepted to their class of 2015! 🙂 The point is, I really didn't change much on my application but rather just applied early.

They told me that around 30-40% of their acceptances come from EDP. From there, they become more picky with who they are going to choose in order to fill their class appropriately in diversity and academics. Intuitively, the later you wait the worse your odds of competing will be with a low score. So, if you have waited late this year and don't get in, don't give up, as you can always just apply early next year and put yourself in a much better position.

Good luck! 🙂
 
I have received an interview invite with a GPA between 3.3 and 3.5 and a 29 on my MCAT for this cycle. So exciting to get after months of silence and rejections, the feelings of despair were starting to set in at the thought of having to retake the MCAT.
 
It's kinda crazy when people say you have NO chance of getting in to medical school with a sub-30 MCAT score.

I have 5 D.O. interviews and 1 M.D. interview. Already got in to 1 D.O. program.

3.71 cumulative GPA.
3.62 science GPA.

Don't get discouraged!!!
 
Oh and furthermore... after interviewing at 3 D.O. schools and checking out several M.D. schools (with an interview to come) I am actually convinced that D.O.'s are equal to if not MORE HIGHLY TRAINED to become physicians.

So if you feel like you're going to get get a second-rate medical education at a D.O. school, think again and do some serious research and talk to osteopathic medical students.

Just my two cents though.
 
eimaise said:
Oh and furthermore... after interviewing at 3 D.O. schools and checking out several M.D. schools (with an interview to come) I am actually convinced that D.O.'s are equal to if not MORE HIGHLY TRAINED to become physicians.
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Your conclusion is nonsense. Do you really think it is valid to assess the quality of training from your impressions during an interview visit?
 
29 MCAT cGPA 3.8 sGPA 3.73 (Lowest section was 8 in PS)

5 invites now! drexel, nymc, wake forest, WVU, and TCMC.
 
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jadealer said:
29 MCAT cGPA 3.8 sGPA 3.73 (Lowest section was 8 in PS)

5 invites now! drexel, nymc, wake forest, WVU, and TCMC.
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wow congrats!! i applied to the same schools. i'm wondering when you were complete at those schools, generally?
 
Musclemass said:
Your conclusion is nonsense. Do you really think it is valid to assess the quality of training from your impressions during an interview visit?
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My point is that I have heard way too many people griping about "having to apply to D.O. schools" because they're not good enough to be M.D.'s.

After spending some good time talking with D.O.'s, and visiting their schools (which I don't see why this would not be a good reason to gauge the quality difference), I have come to see the value of that degree.

I think they are more highly trained because they receive hours and hours of OMT which many primary care & sports medicine M.D.'s wish they had gotten.

Bottom line - if your MCAT and GPA are low, consider D.O. schools as they are a wonderful option.
 
28O, 3.8 GPA and interviewing at Iowa next week
 
CC3 said:
28O, 3.8 GPA and interviewing at Iowa next week
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I'm so jealous! Iowa is my top choice, hands down. Good luck!

Right now, I have 4 MD interviews (Wayne State, Virginia Commonwealth, Oakland, Rosalind Franklin) and 1 DO acceptance with a 27Q, 3.7. I've only been rejected by a handful of schools so hopefully the interviews will keep coming in. :xf:
 
eimaise said:
My point is that I have heard way too many people griping about "having to apply to D.O. schools" because they're not good enough to be M.D.'s.

After spending some good time talking with D.O.'s, and visiting their schools (which I don't see why this would not be a good reason to gauge the quality difference), I have come to see the value of that degree.

I think they are more highly trained because they receive hours and hours of OMT which many primary care & sports medicine M.D.'s wish they had gotten.

Bottom line - if your MCAT and GPA are low, consider D.O. schools as they are a wonderful option.
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You should stop thinking.
 
mfrizzo3 said:
You should stop thinking.
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Or, start thinking. Or, at least try to be a bit less gullible.

The comment that many primary care and Sports Medicine MDs pine for OMT knowledge is laughable. Take your own unscientific survey by asking some, see what you find out.
 
29Q, 3.5 cGPA
3 interviews: Case, Wayne State, Wright State
1 DO acceptance at MSUCOM

a bunch of rejections but also still waiting to hear back from lots of places!:xf:
 
2 interviews thus far, but have only been complete for about a week and a half at all schools.

MD: UCF
DO: UMDNJ-SOM

Equally as happy for both! Everyone have faith. If your story is compelling, you have a great chance 🙂
 
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29T / 3.5 GPA...3 interviews so far (Albert Einstein, Cleveland Clinic, and New York MC)
 
28/3.64GPA. interview & acceptance to Medical College of GA. good luck to everyone reading this post, never give up.
 
Congrats, myu!

29S, 3.78 - accepted to Wright State! Anything is possible! :luck: to everyone else!
 
Musclemass said:
Or, start thinking. Or, at least try to be a bit less gullible.

The comment that many primary care and Sports Medicine MDs pine for OMT knowledge is laughable. Take your own unscientific survey by asking some, see what you find out.
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Just a comment, as I do not think that either program is far superior than the other - the DO I shadowed was the chief resident at his family medicine/OB MD residency program and said that many of his fellow residents said that they wish they had more training in the musculoskeletal system. He said despite working with all of the MDs in his residency and where he is now, he still would have went the DO route. I think a lot of it depends on where you go and how hard you work while you are there.
 
wiscRD said:
Just a comment, as I do not think that either program is far superior than the other - the DO I shadowed was the chief resident at his family medicine/OB MD residency program and said that many of his fellow residents said that they wish they had more training in the musculoskeletal system. He said despite working with all of the MDs in his residency and where he is now, he still would have went the DO route. I think a lot of it depends on where you go and how hard you work while you are there.
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You're making the same mistake as eimaise, passing along what a DO has said about MDs rather than the other way around.

To try to present some impressions in the right direction, many MDs are accepting of DOs as colleagues in a common private or institutional mainstream medical practice. Not all are. And if they are accepting, it's rarely not without harboring some thoughts about "here's someone who got here with lower scores and lower achievement", does it or does it not matter?

In some parts of the country, DOs are still not considered broadly as in the mainstream of medical practice.

As far as MDs accepting the validity of core osteopathy, you won't find many. If any. Younger docs tend to be more open to consider the possibilities of alternative and nontraditional therapies, but not without establishing validity with normal scientific rigor. Which is what osteopathy is viewed to be lacking.
 
28/3.6 with blah EC's
1 MD interview, 1 acceptance, pumped about Wright State!!
stay confident everyone!
 
Okay, 27Q, 3.86 cGPA, im not even sure abt my science GPA, but 3 interview offers so far, 1 attended, 1 acceptance 😀
fingers crossed as i attend my other interviews, and still waiting to hear back from 4 schools.
There is hope!!
Oh yeah, IM INTERNATIONAL!! So all those people out there saying how its impossible for internationals to get accepted without 35 plus MCATs are not entirely accurate...
again 😀
 
Musclemass said:
You're making the same mistake as eimaise, passing along what a DO has said about MDs rather than the other way around.

To try to present some impressions in the right direction, many MDs are accepting of DOs as colleagues in a common private or institutional mainstream medical practice. Not all are. And if they are accepting, it's rarely not without harboring some thoughts about "here's someone who got here with lower scores and lower achievement", does it or does it not matter?

In some parts of the country, DOs are still not considered broadly as in the mainstream of medical practice.

As far as MDs accepting the validity of core osteopathy, you won't find many. If any. Younger docs tend to be more open to consider the possibilities of alternative and nontraditional therapies, but not without establishing validity with normal scientific rigor. Which is what osteopathy is viewed to be lacking.
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I guess I should have added that some of the MDs I shadowed asked if I was also thinking about DO school or just MD. They said that most of the DOs at the hospital at just like the MDs - some are great physicians and some are not so great and that you wouldn't know the difference unless you looked at their titles.

If I am an MD I am not going to look down upon DOs. It is not easy to do either MD or DO, no matter how much people try to say the DO route is "easy." I am not going to be a physician so I can say I am better, smater, or worked harder than other people. I am going to be a physician because I want to help improve the health others in my community. I guess not everyone chooses this field for the same reasons.
 
Beets said:
I haven't read the whole thread, but yeah, it's definitely more than just stats.

26P MCAT (8PS, 9VS, 9BS); 3.89 uGPA and sGPA.

2 MD interviews so far, one that I had in early September and one coming up in two weeks. 😀 I hope I'm not getting my hopes up too much, but I definitely see this as a good sign.
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I have somewhat similar stats but haven't been as lucky as you. Congrats on your interview invites. Hope things work out for you 👍
I'm a reapplicant, here are my numbers

2009 MCAT 25 M (8 PS, 7 VR, 10 BS)
2010 MCAT 26 L (10 PS, 7 VR, 9 BS)

I believe my EC's are well rounded (well may be not up to the SDN standards) and I have strong LORs
G.P.A 3.94
sG.P.A 3.95

NJ resident


This thread gives me a shred of hope.
 
DrSmday said:
29 MCAT here (b10 p10 v9)
cGPA 3.8 sGPA 3.7

just got an interview invite from Drexel! hoping it will be the first of a few!
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second interview from EVMS 🙂 makes me feel better to not rely on just one school
 
ACCEPTED for 2015
😍WAKE FOREST 😍
Reapp from last year, interviewed and WLed.
cGPA 3.8 sGPA 3.73 29P (11B, 10V, 8P)
 
Congrats to everyone! 1 is all it takes! Accepted c/o 2015!

28Q, 3.3cgpa, 3.1sgpa

Don't lose hope! Resume does matter! You are more than black and white numbers to some schools 🙂
 
jadealer said:
ACCEPTED for 2015
😍WAKE FOREST 😍
Reapp from last year, interviewed and WLed.
cGPA 3.8 sGPA 3.73 29P (11B, 10V, 8P)
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congrats jadealer! (was rooting for you especially from when you posted in another thraed 😀 )

also congrats to other acceptances and gl on upcoming interviews!:luck:
 
eablackwell said:
Congrats to everyone! 1 is all it takes! Accepted c/o 2015!

28Q, 3.3cgpa, 3.1sgpa

Don't lose hope! Resume does matter! You are more than black and white numbers to some schools 🙂
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Congrats! Where'd you get accepted at, if you don't mind my asking?
 
Genesea said:
congrats jadealer! (was rooting for you especially from when you posted in another thraed 😀 )

also congrats to other acceptances and gl on upcoming interviews!:luck:
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Thank you! I didn't think this day would ever come. Its almost shocking how being in a constant state of anxiety for almost 2 years has simply vanished by the ten short words saying I was accepted. I was especially floored because i was told i wouldn't hear back until Mid Nov.

On btw, CONGRATs on your own acceptance! We're going to be doctors! I know you're a reapp because we both had the evil 8 in PS. 😛 poo on physics who needs it. lol
 
I got a 28 and decided not to retake. I'm fine with this choice now.

2 DO acceptances - MSU-COM and CCOM (+5 other interviews which I canceled)
1 MD interview - MSU-CHM
 
Stats: 28N (11 BS, 9 VR, 8 PS); 3.72 cGPA, 3.64 sGPA

Interviews
DO: Invited 5/6 schools, attended 3, accepted to all 3.

MD: Invited to 1 school so far (Jefferson)

Crossing my fingers, praying for Jeff.
 
Honestly people getting accepted to schools like Drexel, Temple, Jefferson, is not that surprising. How about Case, Pitt, U Virginia, Ohio State? I really want to stay close to my hometown and I can't believe that a single black mark on my application might throw that plan down the ****ter.
 
saveourpens said:
Honestly people getting accepted to schools like Drexel, Temple, Jefferson, is not that surprising. How about Case, Pitt, U Virginia, Ohio State? I really want to stay close to my hometown and I can't believe that a single black mark on my application might throw that plan down the ****ter.
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Why do you need to hear someone else do it? Will that help you?
If you want it that badly, why not just try hard and get it done?
 
saveourpens said:
Honestly people getting accepted to schools like Drexel, Temple, Jefferson, is not that surprising. How about Case, Pitt, U Virginia, Ohio State? I really want to stay close to my hometown and I can't believe that a single black mark on my application might throw that plan down the ****ter.
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I know someone with a 28 who got interviews at Pitt and OSU. And someone on here with a 29 got an interview at Case. However these tend to be more the exception than the rule. So it can happen.. but oh well guess what, I only got accepted to Drexel and wake forest and I am thankful for any acceptances. Do I wish I got Top 20 interviews? yeah but I am realistic that my crappy MCAT would hold me back.. you should be more realistic too and if not, don't apply this year and wait until next year, raise your mcat, and apply to where you want to go.
 
28Q - 10P / 7V/ 11B

3.82 cGPA
3.77 sGPA

Just got my first interview invite to UMDNJ-RWJ.. So psyched!!!
 
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