bad grades, good mcat

[madmen2010]

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i have a 2.7 GPA and a 36 MCAT. What are my chances at getting into an MD program in the US? I applied to a whole handful of med programs... and have received 27 secondaries back. (with 2 rejections so far).

 

[Danlee07]

stat wise you have a minimal chance, but that's the extent that i can tell you...

but my question is, were you just lazy???

 

[Doctor Poetry]

@madmen

I feel that your gpa is limiting your potential of being admitted into some good medical programs. If i was in your shoes, i would take a bunch of science courses in order to increase my gpa. You dont have to get your gpa to like a 3.8, but a 3.4 science gpa with a 36 mcat score (nice job), great EC's and LOR's your chances of being admitted into some good med programs would be pretty well (pretty confident you would be accepted into some of your choices). I think right now you're wasting your time. Just some food for thought.

 

[b2sun]

EC's plox.

 

[madmen2010]

stat wise you have a minimal chance, but that's the extent that i can tell you...

but my question is, were you just lazy???

no, i wasn't lazy. i went through some personal difficulties that i'm addressing in my essays, and i was also double majoring in two difficult concentrations (math & biophysics)

 

[madmen2010]

@madmen

I feel that your gpa is limiting your potential of being admitted into some good medical programs. If i was in your shoes, i would take a bunch of science courses in order to increase my gpa. You dont have to get your gpa to like a 3.8, but a 3.4 science gpa with a 36 mcat score (nice job), great EC's and LOR's your chances of being admitted into some good med programs would be pretty well (pretty confident you would be accepted into some of your choices). I think right now you're wasting your time. Just some food for thought.

i don't know if it's necessarily a waste of time as much as it is a waste of money. i'm using 5 LOR's and I have very solid ECs. I'm hoping that by applying to colleges early, I will have a better chance of being accepted.

 

[ronaldo23]

i don't know if it's necessarily a waste of time as much as it is a waste of money. i'm using 5 LOR's and I have very solid ECs. I'm hoping that by applying to colleges early, I will have a better chance of being accepted.

You have about an 18% chance of getting into an MD school (http://www.aamc.org/data/facts/applicantmatriculant/table24-mcatgpagridall2007-09.pdf)

I would take some post-bac classes for a year to raise your gpa to a 3.0+, and/or do an SMP, and then I think you would have decent odds, especially if you applied MD and DO (you may even have a chance at DO now). If you don't have an unlimited bankroll, I'd wait a year or two...

 

[muhali3]

Special Masters Program.

 

[ThaliaNox]

I doubt a 2.7 GPA is going to get much of a look at any med school without a darn good story. Like, "I'm 35 and previously flunked out of school at 22 due to my girlfriend getting pregnant with triplets. Ten years later she's my wife and after a rewarding career as a (fill in the blank) I went back to school and got a bachelor's degree with a 4.0 GPA and decided to pursue medicine."

 

[Doctor246853]

no, i wasn't lazy. i went through some personal difficulties that i'm addressing in my essays, and i was also double majoring in two difficult concentrations (math & biophysics)

Why do you guys take to painfully hard double majors at a top school and kill your gpa's. Play smart not hard. You should have taken one major and got a 3.9 or so instead of that route. Whats done is done, I recommend taking alot of science while your mcat is still good.

 

[Doctor246853]

Not everyone wanted to be a doctor since they came out of the womb. I can't speak for the OP but medicine was a plan I developed in the last year of undergrad. The GPA killing double major that I got would have been perfect for all the various careers I was considering when I got it.

LOL "Out of the womb".??? Im a nontrad so of course I wasnt planning on being a doc. Im a 26 year old premed. Most my age are MDs already. Im pretty sure alot of the premeds take double majors because it looks impressive on their app. Not saying you or the OP but I sure alot do.