MD & DO Chances including a gap year

[Member911911]

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I am finishing up my first semester of junior year and everything that I list is based on the completion of this current semester.

cGPA=3.62
sGPA=3.71
(Both are upward trending)

I have been a volunteer EMT/Firefighter for the last 3 years and plan to continue refreshing those cert's and actively participating for the foreseeable future.
I have been a Medical Scribe (part time due to full time student) since September and will remain with that until after graduation.
I am a member of the Pre-Health Society Executive Board and will be President of the organization during my senior year.
I showed anesthesiologists in and out of surgery for two weeks out of one of my summers.
One summer as a Research Assistant at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories
Was a peer and student athlete tutor for two semesters, although stopped once I got a more serious job as a scribe. Tutored in Orgo I&II, Intro Bio courses, Biostatistics, Research Methods I&II, etc.

Relevant Courses: Intro to Cell and Molec Bio, Organismal Bio, Ecology & Evolution, Gen Chem I & II, Orgo I & II, Physics I & II, Biostatistics, Research Methods, Biochemistry, Biopsychology

Registered for next semester: Endocrinology, Biochemistry II, Genetics, Tests and Measures (Psych Class), and one core.

I have not taken the MCAT yet. I plan to take a prep course this summer and take the test in August/September. I also plan on taking one year off after graduation to continue scribing.

Really thinking MD, open to DO. Would love to get some feedback for both.

Thank you.

 

[Hassm1990]

I think you stand a good chance if you get 30 or above on the MCAT. I have similar stats like you: volunteer firefighter/EMT for 3-4 years, recently became ALS, research and so on. I only received 5 DO interviews and 3 acceptances to DO schools. I applied to around 15 MD schools with 4 rejections which I think was due to my MCAT score (28). I will keep you updated if I receive MD interviews but it seems like that window is closing. In the end, MD or DO does not matter to me. I have been to conferences where MD's and DO's contribute their knowledge on a certain topic. The dean at my DMU interview was chief of space medicine at NASA and also worked in Washington D.C. as a DO, so you are only limited by the way you present yourself to others. Wish you the best of luck.

 

[pyrrion89]

Your EC's are much better than average. Your GPA is average for students who get into medical school. Get a good MCAT and you're competitive for the top schools. Basically you have all your ducks lined up and only the MCAT could hobble you now. Good luck!