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Hey guys, long time lurker.
So I took my Mcat recently in Jan, and I got a 31 (B12, P10, V9, god damnit verbal...). My GPA so far (I am in my 4th year) is hovering right under 3.5, but will be 3.5-3.6 by the end of the year (my first two years were 3.15 (76%), my 3rd was a big jump to 3.84 (84%), and last semester I had a 3.9 (87%), with higher level science courses my last two years).
Now I know I am out of the running for Canada unfortunately, since I am from Ontario, which is one reason I am looking at the US.
However, I have a strong connection to Michigan. My fam lived there for 12-13 years, I did kindergarten to the end of grade 9 in Troy (Red Hawks, represent!). For whatever reason my family didn't apply for PR/citizenship in that time (my mom, an RN working in Detroit, found the TOEFLs a bit too difficult at the time? I unno).
Additionally, I have a strong desire to move back to the states and practice Family Med/Psych. I am up for MD or DO, either is fine (I actually dig the DO philosophy a bit more, but that's irrelevant to this post). Anyway I am going to be applying for the coming cycle starting this summer. I was wondering if you guys could give me a general idea of my "chances", if you will. I schools I am mainly looking at the the Michigan ones, WesternU over in Cali, Virginia Commonwealth, and some NYC schools (though they generally trend pretty high, so maybe not).
So I took my Mcat recently in Jan, and I got a 31 (B12, P10, V9, god damnit verbal...). My GPA so far (I am in my 4th year) is hovering right under 3.5, but will be 3.5-3.6 by the end of the year (my first two years were 3.15 (76%), my 3rd was a big jump to 3.84 (84%), and last semester I had a 3.9 (87%), with higher level science courses my last two years).
Now I know I am out of the running for Canada unfortunately, since I am from Ontario, which is one reason I am looking at the US.
However, I have a strong connection to Michigan. My fam lived there for 12-13 years, I did kindergarten to the end of grade 9 in Troy (Red Hawks, represent!). For whatever reason my family didn't apply for PR/citizenship in that time (my mom, an RN working in Detroit, found the TOEFLs a bit too difficult at the time? I unno).
Additionally, I have a strong desire to move back to the states and practice Family Med/Psych. I am up for MD or DO, either is fine (I actually dig the DO philosophy a bit more, but that's irrelevant to this post). Anyway I am going to be applying for the coming cycle starting this summer. I was wondering if you guys could give me a general idea of my "chances", if you will. I schools I am mainly looking at the the Michigan ones, WesternU over in Cali, Virginia Commonwealth, and some NYC schools (though they generally trend pretty high, so maybe not).
