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Any DO schools that take 4 year old MCATs?
Started by Spinach Dip
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http://www.aacom.org/docs/default-source/cib/2016_cib.pdf?sfvrsn=22
The CIB for 2016 knows. Each school mentions the earliest and latest MCAT they accept.
Good luck!
The CIB for 2016 knows. Each school mentions the earliest and latest MCAT they accept.
Good luck!
I think MSUCOM also (high tuition if your OOS). Look at the CIB! Good luck spinach, shadow a DO if you can. If it's possible retake your MCAT! Don't give up.
Rowan will accept scores up to 5 years old. "MCAT scores are good for a period of five years. For instance, January 2011 is the oldest MCAT accepted for entry into the 2016 first year class."
Hey Spinach,
I've seen some of your posts before. Just remember that a very high score, like yours, will be questionable to DO schools unless you demonstrate that you are committed to attend their school. You will probably get an interview, but the adcoms will be very critical towards your devotion to the school. This is common sense as accepting someone with a 38+ MCAT is risky. I also know first hand from a dean I shadowed that these applicants can be seen as arrogant or entitled. Pride is taken in accepting those with enthusiasm towards OMM and the particular school.
If you've got a story and a purpose for that institution, you will be golden. If you are only applying to DO schools, you will be practically guaranteed a spot, given your likely qualifications.
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This may or may not help:
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/thr...ept-old-2014-mcat-in-2017-2018-cycle.1183207/
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/thr...ept-old-2014-mcat-in-2017-2018-cycle.1183207/
OP has a 3.4 GPA, which will mitigate the mythical bias that some of you think DO schools have towards people with MD caliber stats. Leave resource protection to Loyola and Drexel.
This.
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I applied with a high MCAT and sGPA, but low cGPA. My MD interviews prodded my cGPA ad nauseam, while my DO interviews focused heavily on my MCAT. One particular interview was very strange, the guy spent at least 10 minutes asking about my study methods for the MCAT. Almost like he was trying to catch me in a lie or something.
Spinach Dip, I used your guide when I was studying for the MCAT.
If you reapply I hope your cycle goes well!
If you reapply I hope your cycle goes well!
Lol.. I used his method too. It did not work well for me in VR; though English is my 3rd language 😛. Oh well, I am in med school now.
Spinach Dip should submit an application to every DO school he/she would not mind going to. DO schools are usually more lenient than MD when it comes to these rules.
Doesn't OP have a 40 mcat? Surely more than several DO schools would accept that...
OP is a MCAT rockstar and should get all the credit he's getting on his study method, and money was his major limiting factor, but not the only one (lack of recent work experience, limited ECs, and an okay-but-not-awesome GPA). I really, truly feel for Spinach as he's had a very rough go of the last few years and hope it all works out for him in the end, but his story also points to the importance of a well-balanced and strategic application.
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