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Go longhorns!
Anyway, your GPA is on the lower side for all med schools in Texas, while your MCAT is higher than the average for Tech/A&M/San Antonio.
Have you thought about taking even more classes? A jump up to a 3.4 would get you into a few medical schools for sure. With your stats though, I think only DO may be possible.
Edit: What is your ethnicity? If you're black, your chances of being accepted are 79%. If you're asian, your chances drop to 24%.
Anyway, your GPA is on the lower side for all med schools in Texas, while your MCAT is higher than the average for Tech/A&M/San Antonio.
Have you thought about taking even more classes? A jump up to a 3.4 would get you into a few medical schools for sure. With your stats though, I think only DO may be possible.
Edit: What is your ethnicity? If you're black, your chances of being accepted are 79%. If you're asian, your chances drop to 24%.
I am asian-indian.
I have so many hours in undergrad that were C that even with 50 more hours my GPA jumps to a 3.31 only. I was told by my pre-med advisor that GPA wise I had already proven myself. However I do understand that the number is still low.
Is there any schools outside of texas that are more lenient to Post-Bacc that do well later and will look at the entirety of the application?
I have so many hours in undergrad that were C that even with 50 more hours my GPA jumps to a 3.31 only. I was told by my pre-med advisor that GPA wise I had already proven myself. However I do understand that the number is still low.
Is there any schools outside of texas that are more lenient to Post-Bacc that do well later and will look at the entirety of the application?
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Don't listen to your pre-med advisors - they're hardly ever right.
Plenty of people are in the same situation as you - high MCAT, low GPA. Like I said, you're below the bottom tenth percentile for Texas matriculants. Being asian just makes things worse. Have you thought about DO?
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I would apply to all Texas schools and some osteopathic schools. You may get some love in state with your recent performance and your MCAT is good. Also, consider retaking a few of those Cs to get As to bump your gpa up a bit higher for the osteo application.
Yeah I have but I have heard about the bias against DO for Residency matching. If I knew I was set on primary care I would have no problem but if I do want to go for a more competitive residency I do not want anything holding me back. I would rather compete from an even platform.
I am a re applicant. I interviewed at Tech and Southwestern and I am waitlisted at both right now
I am a re applicant. I interviewed at Tech and Southwestern and I am waitlisted at both right now
I also feel my LOR are solid and I have 450 scribe hours at the ER and will be in the 500 hour range for research hours. Does any of this matter. Or do my grades from 6 years ago always going to hold me back?
hook 'em
Anywyas, there are some out of state private schools in Washington, DC that have low stats. I would say check out the MSARs for those schools to begin with.
Also try looking at DO schools as a backup. Your MCATS are great, and your GPA is suffecient for a DO program, however MD would be tough. I am in a situation similar to yours, actually a little worse and I have accepted that MD is probably out of the question for me.
Also the pre med advisors suck at UT. When I went the person looked at my file, and was straight up rude from that point on. She didnt offer any advice or anything. It might be because of my low GPA, but she could have atleast suggested something that I could have done.
Anyways, Good Luck.
Anywyas, there are some out of state private schools in Washington, DC that have low stats. I would say check out the MSARs for those schools to begin with.
Also try looking at DO schools as a backup. Your MCATS are great, and your GPA is suffecient for a DO program, however MD would be tough. I am in a situation similar to yours, actually a little worse and I have accepted that MD is probably out of the question for me.
Also the pre med advisors suck at UT. When I went the person looked at my file, and was straight up rude from that point on. She didnt offer any advice or anything. It might be because of my low GPA, but she could have atleast suggested something that I could have done.
Anyways, Good Luck.
I really cant ans. the bias question. I was a prey to it, and somewhat still am. But I have seen many DO physicians in ED, OB/GYN, Pain Management through the anesthesiology route. So its hard to say whether the bias prevails generally in other states as well or not.
But personally I think what I have heard from family friends that are indeed physicians, is that there is no bias when hiring for a job between DO and MD. There are diff. residencies for DO, and DOs can always give USMLEs and apply for MD residencies which therefore just finishes off the bias right there. I would say just apply DO, and hope for the best. Good thing is that you have an instate DO school.
But personally I think what I have heard from family friends that are indeed physicians, is that there is no bias when hiring for a job between DO and MD. There are diff. residencies for DO, and DOs can always give USMLEs and apply for MD residencies which therefore just finishes off the bias right there. I would say just apply DO, and hope for the best. Good thing is that you have an instate DO school.
