Any 27-29 MCAT with interviews????

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I'm hopping on this thread! I got a 507 on the new MCAT, which is ~29.5 on the old. No II or rejections yet. Hoping for one soon!!!
 
got rejected from VCU this morning, super disappointed because I somehow made it through their tough prescreen to get a secondary
 
hopeful 1st doc said:
VCU is the only place I still haven't gotten a secondary! I'm sorry though :/ not sure which is worse
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I didn't get a secondary from them either, I emailed them and it seems like they had forgotten about my app and so they just sent me one today! Was verified July 2nd
 
Every time I check my e-mail hoping I'll see an II just sitting there
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cj_cregg said:
Gandy don't you already have two IIs?
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DO school Interview Invites. 0 MD school invites.


piii said:
No he doesn't. All he talks about on SDN is how he has no IIs so how don't you know this?
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I believe this thread was made a long time ago for people who made a 27-29 whom are borderline candidates for MD schools. An upper 20 means you are good for DO schools.

This thread is referring to MD school interview invites. No need to flame or instigate here.
 
cj_cregg said:
Not trying to flame or instigate, just based on your other posts I've seen you seem extremely worried/upset about not having any MD IIs. Just pointing out that (assuming your DO interviews go well) you still have a pretty good shot at being a doctor even if you were to end up with zero MD IIs. Many people here with no IIs from MD or DO schools are in a totally different boat (although it's still extremely early and there's no need to worry at this point). Just trying to get across that you're in good shape with two early IIs to schools that will allow you to become a doctor, regardless of the letters behind your name. Hope you end up at a school that's a good fit for you.
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Well first, the flaming or instigating comment was meant towards piii's post not yours.

I'm under the impression that this thread is mostly for people vying for MD schools though. It wont be the end of the world if I only get a DO acceptance and I never gave this impression off in the first place. But there are some MD schools that I really want to go to as well. I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one applying to both MD and DO schools. There are lots of applicants on this site alone that are applying to both.

What I'm trying to say is that when you have a 27 or greater MCAT, DO schools arent exactly what make you a borderline candidate. This thread was (I'm pretty sure) originally made for applicants with no MD interview invites as a 27-29 MCAT score is considered borderline for MD schools not DO schools. Hence this thread was made. If you have a 28 MCAT, that is not a score that should worry you about concerning a DO acceptance. Now an applicant vying for a MD school spot with a 28 does have to worry.

Besides I've said multiple times that I have 0 MD II's. I've clarified it before too, and I still think this thread is for those. I'm not saying others arent welcome, but again... you dont make a thread talking about your "low" MCAT score when you have a 27 to 29 MCAT for DO schools. The concern with such a score is for MD schools since even a 29 is pretty low and a borderline score for MD schools. However, a 27 is average matriculant score for DO schools.

Edit: Also I'd be willing to bet money that many of these people who have even one MD school II will get floods of DO school II's since its simply much harder to obtain MD school II's over DO school II's for various reasons.
 
SCooFS said:
I think everyone should know by now that if you can't put up with Gandy's incessant negativity and complaining you probably shouldn't check your feeds because he posts in them constantly
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Idk why I'm being attacked by you and a few other users but I've been staying away from all the school threads for awhile now. I think your prior impression of my initial posts in 3 particular threads is making you think I post in every thread you are following. In fact, even now on this entire page all I've done thus far is defend myself. This is getting pretty ridiculous. You guys are pretty much just flaming at this point.
 
SCooFS said:
I think everyone should know by now that if you can't put up with Gandy's incessant negativity and complaining you probably shouldn't check your feeds because he posts in them constantly
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I wouldn't say its negativity, its just anxiety. I actually empathize with @Gandy741 because its really hard logging into SDN and seeing literally everyone else on thsi 27-29 mcat thread with MD IIs except you. Then people like me and Gandy start thinking all the 27-29 IIs are gone and we're screwed. Its a natural thing to be anxious while applying. Lay off Gandy. Why can't we all be friends...?
 
Dr. Stalker said:
I wouldn't say its negativity, its just anxiety. I actually empathize with @Gandy741 because its really hard logging into SDN and seeing literally everyone else on thsi 27-29 mcat thread with MD IIs except you. Then people like me and Gandy start thinking all the 27-29 IIs are gone and we're screwed. Its a natural thing to be anxious while applying. Lay off Gandy. Why can't we all be friends...?
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Exactly. Whats more, I stopped replying to or following all those school specific threads a while ago and havent posted in them since. There are some people here who already have MD II's who are hellbent on wanting me to not post and want their SDN experience fully "positive." Again, I have NOT posted in those threads for a while. I stopped following them, and yet some of the above posters still post these seething passive aggressive comments.
 
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Dr. Stalker said:
I wouldn't say its negativity, its just anxiety. I actually empathize with @Gandy741 because its really hard logging into SDN and seeing literally everyone else on thsi 27-29 mcat thread with MD IIs except you. Then people like me and Gandy start thinking all the 27-29 IIs are gone and we're screwed. Its a natural thing to be anxious while applying. Lay off Gandy. Why can't we all be friends...?
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It's still early in the process! I received interview invites well into January.
 
cj_cregg said:
I think the people getting frustrated by your posts are not upset just because your posts are negative, but because you seem to be under the impression that not having an MD II less than 1/3 of the way through the cycle is a huge issue. It's really not, especially considering you have a decent shot at DO acceptances if you don't blow your interviews. Even for MD schools, you've heard from me, f4reignbeauty, and several other posters who have actually been through the process with your same stats (and at least I am also ORM, though I can't speak for the others) that we got IIs and acceptances after the new year. Heck, I got an II at the highest ranked school in my state in March after 8-9 months of silence. It is NOT all about stats at most schools, and many, many low-stats applicants (including me) who were complete as early as possible ended up getting IIs months later. My point, at least, is that you seem to have a lot of anxiety surrounding an issue that there's no reason to be anxious about yet.

And I'm not just posting this to give you a hard time. Last year, when I read posts like yours, I would get so anxious and worked up about whether I would get in. I'm sure there are people reading your posts now that are in the same boat. I'm going to repeat what I've said multiple times: there is SO much time left in this cycle and no reason to freak out. If it gets to October, November and you haven't heard anything, you might want to consider your options, but right now it's not worth worrying, ESPECIALLY when you have opportunities for DO acceptances. Take it from someone who's been there.
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Good Points. What I am presenting to you now though is that I have not made posts in any of those school specific threads for a while now. So at this point I have literally just gotten bashed because I said "story of my life." So any comment I make now, people are ready to attack it because of my "negative" posts on a few allopathic school threads I made a while ago.
 
f4reignbeauty said:
It's still early in the process! I received interview invites well into January.
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I know its super early, but me personally, I feel "behind" seeing others getting IIs and my email account is just gathering dust!
 
Dr. Stalker said:
I know its super early, but me personally, I feel "behind" seeing others getting IIs and my email account is just gathering dust!
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Did you apply to any DO schools and have you gotten any II's from there yet?
 
Gandy741 said:
Did you apply to any DO schools and have you gotten any II's from there yet?
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Unfortunately I didn't set up to apply to any DO schools. My UG has a separate committee letter process for students who want to apply MD, DO, or both. To file to apply to DO schools would mean my school sends my materials out in October at this point -___-
 
Dr. Stalker said:
Unfortunately I didn't set up to apply to any DO schools. My UG has a separate committee letter process for students who want to apply MD, DO, or both. To file to apply to DO schools would mean my school sends my materials out in October at this point -___-
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Actually I believe having a complete DO application in October is not too late since the DO cycle is much longer. If you are like me and cant afford to go through another application cycle, I would consider applying DO just in case.
 
Gandy741 said:
Actually I believe having a complete DO application in October is not too late since the DO cycle is much longer. If you are like me and cant afford to go through another application cycle, I would consider applying DO just in case.
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Good tips but with all the extra cash and the fact that I'd irritate the hell out of my UG (they really told me to apply DO and I didn't...) I think it'll be more trouble than its worth. In hindsight I totally should have checked off "both" when they asked to avoid this current situation I'm stuck in! Plus I didn't shadow any DOs...I heard a DO shadow LoR is near mandatory! Both degrees are legit the same, and with the residency fusion, I think more and more opportunities for DOs will be available to practice at some of the premier hospitals in the US in some of the most competitive residency programs!
 
Gandy741 said:
Exactly. Whats more, I stopped replying to or following all those school specific threads a while ago and havent posted in them since. There are some people here who already have MD II's who are hellbent on wanting me to not post and want their SDN experience fully "positive." Again, I have NOT posted in those threads for a while. I stopped following them, and yet some of the above posters still post these seething passive aggressive comments.
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I think the vast majority of your "negative" posts are expressions of completely valid feelings, and I think you absolutely have the right to be frustrated and disappointed that the only MD news you've received has been bad news. I don't think it's fair for others to tell you that you have no right to be frustrated or disappointed because EVERYONE naturally feels this way when they receive bad news, and it is a completely valid and justified feeling.

There have been a very few posts, however, that you've been called out on that I think were problematic. These posts (there were really not many of them) seemed aggressive or accusatory of people who are in or seem to be in a better situation than you are. Maybe it was not at all your intention to come down hard on these people, but it kind of came off that way. I know it is everyone's tendency to be frustrated when they see someone who seems to have a better situation who is complaining about things, but please realize that anyone who has received bad news or who has not received any good news has every right to feel disappointed.

To reiterate, I think the vast majority of your posts have been totally fine and justified, there were just a very small number that I found off-putting. It is entirely possible that you didn't mean to come off so strong in these few posts, but please do be careful in the future not to take out your frustration on other people who are also experiencing the anxiety of this process and feeling rightly frustrated.
 
nwts said:
I think the vast majority of your "negative" posts are expressions of completely valid feelings, and I think you absolutely have the right to be frustrated and disappointed that the only MD news you've received has been bad news. I don't think it's fair for others to tell you that you have no right to be frustrated or disappointed because EVERYONE naturally feels this way when they receive bad news, and it is a completely valid and justified feeling.

There have been a very few posts, however, that you've been called out on that I think were problematic. These posts (there were really not many of them) seemed aggressive or accusatory of people who are in or seem to be in a better situation than you are. Maybe it was not at all your intention to come down hard on these people, but it kind of came off that way. I know it is everyone's tendency to be frustrated when they see someone who seems to have a better situation who is complaining about things, but please realize that anyone who has received bad news or who has not received any good news has every right to feel disappointed.

To reiterate, I think the vast majority of your posts have been totally fine and justified, there were just a very small number that I found off-putting. It is entirely possible that you didn't mean to come off so strong in these few posts, but please do be careful in the future not to take out your frustration on other people who are also experiencing the anxiety of this process and feeling rightly frustrated.
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Right, well I have never posted on SDN with the outright intention of offending anyone. But I always consider what other people post, and your post is no exception.

I think the particular post you might be talking about though is the guy or gal with a 32 MCAT and a 3.8 GPA complaining about not having any II's yet. My post was meant to tell that person that they dont have anything to worry about with a 32 MCAT and a 3.8 GPA lol
 
golfman7 said:
Lake Erie, Atsu Kcom, Cusom, Atsu Soma and Western NW. Very surprised at the early positive feedback.
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Ah I see. Western NW eh? I had no idea they were sending out II's yet. I still need to turn in my secondary for them.
 
Gandy741 said:
I think the particular post you might be talking about though is the guy or gal with a 32 MCAT and a 3.8 GPA complaining about not having any II's yet. My post was meant to tell that person that they dont have anything to worry about with a 32 MCAT and a 3.8 GPA lol
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That post was in my mind when I was posting. While I appreciate that your intention was to reassure the person, a particular thing you said seemed a little accusatory. Specifically, "Imagine, in this hypothetical scenario, how bad you would feel after you read this comment," implies that the person should feel bad for expressing concern and frustration when others have it worse. I don't think people should feel bad because they are concerned and frustrated about not getting good news, even if it is true that others have it worse. I'm glad that your intention was to reassure this person, but I'd be careful how you communicate that in the future.

Regardless, I mean no harm to you. I just offer these comments in an effort to offer helpful advice, not to flame you. I wish you all the best in your applications and hope that you receive good news from an MD school soon.
 
nwts said:
That post was in my mind when I was posting. While I appreciate that your intention was to reassure the person, a particular thing you said seemed a little accusatory. Specifically, "Imagine, in this hypothetical scenario, how bad you would feel after you read this comment," implies that the person should feel bad for expressing concern and frustration when others have it worse. I don't think people should feel bad because they are concerned and frustrated about not getting good news, even if it is true that others have it worse. I'm glad that your intention was to reassure this person, but I'd be careful how you communicate that in the future.

Regardless, I mean no harm to you. I just offer these comments in an effort to offer helpful advice, not to flame you. I wish you all the best in your applications and hope that you receive good news from an MD school soon.
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I can see your viewpoint, but I think that this thread needs to be stop being about one person now.
 
@Gandy741, I am pulling for you and I am sure your MD IIs are on the way. In the meantime, the "Charlie Brown, the rain will follow me everywhere no matter what I do" motif may be tiresome for some. The bigger issue isn't whether it is tiresome for anyone else, but whether the heavy pessimistic overlay on how you handle anxiety leaks out in your application materials and/or when and if at your interviews. It is human nature for others, including med schools, to be inclined to avoid a really chronic run of bad luck with storm clouds of negativity that might seem viral/contagious on contact.
 
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