so i'm a MA resident that graduated from tufts university with a BS in psychology and biomedical engineering in may 2007. i will finish graduate school at boston university medical school and boston university school of public health with a MA in medical sciences and MPH in health policy management in may 2009. i'm reapplying with a 36M MCAT (13 BS, 12 VR, 11 PS). i had a 3.40 undergrad gpa and my graduate gpa as of september 2008 is 3.25. i'm really freaking out because i don't want to go through the rejections i went through senior year of college. i've interviewed at DO schools, but I'm still waiting on interviews from MD schools. any perspectives about how all this will end up? thanks
Chances Getting In After Grad School - Reapplying
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Your 36 MCAT should compensate for your low undergrad GPA, but your recent grad school GPA will not help convince adcomms that you can succeed in a med school curriculum. Hopefully you have excellent extracurriculars to help convince them you're worth taking a chance on. Do you have significant ongoing clinical exposure, leadership, research, humanitarian work, etc? When was your AMCAS application complete and all secondaries submitted?
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Other than going to grad school, how is your application going to be different the second time around? Why do you think you weren't accepted before ?
yeah so since finishing undergrad i have done over 4 months of clinical work in impoverished communities in South Asia, completed a clinical research project studying sickle cell disease in children for my graduate thesis, and am currently finishing my public health practicum studying hospital financing for antibiotic administration.
the curriculum of the boston university MA in medical sciences program is designed to make students competitive candidates for medical school by having them take classes (i.e. biochem, histo, pharm, endo, physio) alongside first year medical school students. in fact the coursework is virtually the same minus some clinical courses and anatomy. although i wish i could have done better in the program, i don't necessarily feel that the experience will hold me back. with an additional degree in public health, i hope that this time around i can show medical schools that i have shown the drive, maturity, and interest that i know i didn't have a few years ago.
my amcas went out in early july, and secondaries were completed by mid Septemeber. i know it's the waiting game now. but if somebody could shed some light about how medical schools perceive reapplicants who have significantly improved there qualifications in terms of research, scores, clinical work, and graduate education that would be appreciated. thanks
the curriculum of the boston university MA in medical sciences program is designed to make students competitive candidates for medical school by having them take classes (i.e. biochem, histo, pharm, endo, physio) alongside first year medical school students. in fact the coursework is virtually the same minus some clinical courses and anatomy. although i wish i could have done better in the program, i don't necessarily feel that the experience will hold me back. with an additional degree in public health, i hope that this time around i can show medical schools that i have shown the drive, maturity, and interest that i know i didn't have a few years ago.
my amcas went out in early july, and secondaries were completed by mid Septemeber. i know it's the waiting game now. but if somebody could shed some light about how medical schools perceive reapplicants who have significantly improved there qualifications in terms of research, scores, clinical work, and graduate education that would be appreciated. thanks
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So it sounds like you applied two years ago, before your senior year in college. Since then, you got a new MCAT score. What was it before? You've added about a year of research and it sounds like a good project. Did you do any research in undergrad also? Have you done more clinical volunteering than the 4 months in S. Asia? Any shadowing? Do you have any leadership experience? I'm trying to get a complete idea of what your current application looks like. It sounds like you were complete a little late, but not excessively so.