cGpa 3.7
sGpa 3.9
Volunteering at hospital for past 2 years
LoR from MD, Dean of College, ochem professor
"Chemistry student of the year" for my college, voted on by the science department.
I am an ex-school teacher.......mcat 20.....I HATE THE MCAT!
From my understanding of how things work at UND, ECs don't count for much, so that's in your favor. The "Point System" for determining who gets an interview, the last time I got updated, was:
100 points if ND resident,
up to 100 points for MCAT score,
up to 50 points for cGPA,
up to 50 points for BCPM.
If point total is > 147, an interview is offered. It looks to me like you have the potential to exceed that cutoff unless they've posted a minimum MCAT that will be considered. But an interview does not translate into an acceptance 2/3 of the time.
For all other MD and DO schools, you don't have a chance with an MCAT of 20.
The problem with not being able to conquer "The Beast" is that the rest of your medical career requires passing a series of standardized tests: Parts I, II, and III of the Steps to get a medical license, then specialty boards, then recertifying boards periodically after that, not to mention all the tests in med school to pass each class and graduate.
I don't doubt that you can do this with effort, learning strategies, getting the timing down, etc, but I do think you need to figure it out before matriculating to a med school lest you end up incurring horrific debt without ending up with a usable degree. This is one of the reasons why I don't encourage low-MCAT scorers to take the easy route of Caribbean med schools, some of which don't even require an MCAT.
