cGPA 3.43, sGPA 3.58, MCAT 32

[stayingpositive2014]

cGPA: 3.43 (strong upward trend-- fr yr: 2.41, soph: 3.55, jr: 3.82, sr: 3.88)
sGPA: 3.58
MCAT: most recent= 32
1st attempt: 25: 6 P, 10 V, 9 B
2nd attempt: 32: 10 P, 11 V, 11 B
Research:
- Research assistant for 3 semesters and 1 summer in undergrad
- NIH Research Internship senior year of HS

Clinical Experience:
- 200+ hours of shadowing
- 60+ hrs volunteer scribe at free clinic

Extracurricular:
- President of honor society
- Head of Service Committee in Service Frat
- Work in healthcare management consulting- 1 yr
- Many tutoring/mentoring programs throughout college
- Spent a month being a Resident Assistant and Teaching Assistant for outreach summer science programs through college
- Science policy internship, submitted policy paper for publication
-Volunteer Coordinator at free clinic
- 190+ non-clinical community service hours through activities organized through Service fraternity, animal shelter work, etc.

Need help with school list…

- Drexel
- Temple
- Jefferson
- Commonwealth Med College
- Albany
- New York Medical College
- George Washington Uni
- Hofstra North Shore
- Howard University
- Loyola
- Cooper
- Tulane
- Quinnipiac
- Rosalind Franklin
- Rush
- Virginia Commonwealth
- EVMS

Any suggestions?

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[Verbatim Disk]

Bumping this since I'm curious about what people think of your schools as well (slightly higher gpa/research/clinic, but less leadership activities).

 

[Doug Underhill]

Are you a URM? Howard's mission is to create URM physicians.

You should apply both MD and DO with that cGPA. The 32 MCAT is better-than-average but not better enough to overcome that GPA deficit. I'm not saying that MD is impossible, but you should definitely have some DOs in there.

 

[Faha]

You have a good list though delete Cooper unless you are a NJ resident. Schools you could add include Oakland Beaumont, Western Michigan, St. Louis, Creighton and any new MD schools that open in 2016. What is your state of residency ? Definitely apply to 10 or more DO schools since there is no guarantee of MD admission with your stats.