I will be graduating in May without having taken my MCAT. I will not have the time and bandwidth to study and take the MCAT before then to have my app ready by the time submissions open. The earliest I'll be able to submit an app would be September, provided that my MCAT score is good enough. All other aspects of my app would be ready by that May.
GPA (3.9), EC (leadership clubs, initiatives relating to medicine, etc), volunteering (150hr by may), clinical (150hr scribing), shadowing (DO), LOR (1 DO, 1 PI, 1 med school committee) and research-wise (1000+ hr, 1 pub, various presentations), I think I will be a fairly competitive applicant for mid-range MD schools and a strong applicant for most DO schools. Obviously, I cannot speculate as to what my MCAT will be, nor can I guess how my primary and secondary responses would be percieved. However, I feel as though I will have a good shot getting into a DO school if apply "early" in the DO cycle (which I understand to be as late as November). At the same time, my chances of MD will be rather low if I apply in September due to the late app.
My desired specialties do not have MD bias. However, I am interested in research and this is reflected in my background.
If I apply in September and am accepted to a DO school, I will not turn down the A. I will go. However, If I wait until the next cycle and apply DO and MD, I'll potentially have more options to choose from with regards to personal preferences and research aspirations.
I'm aware of the extra year of attending salary and the security of just getting into med school that applying the first year could give me. I'm still torn on whether to apply all at once, or to apply DO and get into med school "early".
If you can comment on any of my thoughts or statements (which I don't assert as being reasonable or correct), it would be appreciated.
GPA (3.9), EC (leadership clubs, initiatives relating to medicine, etc), volunteering (150hr by may), clinical (150hr scribing), shadowing (DO), LOR (1 DO, 1 PI, 1 med school committee) and research-wise (1000+ hr, 1 pub, various presentations), I think I will be a fairly competitive applicant for mid-range MD schools and a strong applicant for most DO schools. Obviously, I cannot speculate as to what my MCAT will be, nor can I guess how my primary and secondary responses would be percieved. However, I feel as though I will have a good shot getting into a DO school if apply "early" in the DO cycle (which I understand to be as late as November). At the same time, my chances of MD will be rather low if I apply in September due to the late app.
My desired specialties do not have MD bias. However, I am interested in research and this is reflected in my background.
If I apply in September and am accepted to a DO school, I will not turn down the A. I will go. However, If I wait until the next cycle and apply DO and MD, I'll potentially have more options to choose from with regards to personal preferences and research aspirations.
I'm aware of the extra year of attending salary and the security of just getting into med school that applying the first year could give me. I'm still torn on whether to apply all at once, or to apply DO and get into med school "early".
If you can comment on any of my thoughts or statements (which I don't assert as being reasonable or correct), it would be appreciated.
