Chances of getting into med school?

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ThebigB559

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Hey all, looking to get some advice on my current application. All of these are current and final, except for of course my clinical hours which will be increasing since I'll be working at my current job until I apply in 2021. Thank you so much for any advice given, and I wish you all luck in your endeavors. :)

  • State/Country of Residence: California
  • Ties to other States/Regions: None
  • Year in School: 2nd year post bacc
  • Undergraduate Major(s)/Minor(s): Business Administration (took all pre med requirements post bacc)
  • Graduate Degrees (if applicable): None
  • Cumulative GPA: 3.3 (I played football in college so my first two years were just dumpster fires)
  • Science GPA: 3.6
  • MCAT Score(s): 513
  • Research Experience: None
  • Publications/Abstracts/Posters (include how you were credited e.g. First author, second author, etc.): None
  • Clinical Experience (paid or volunteer): 4000+ hours as an ER technician - licensed EMT.
  • Physician Shadowing: 150~ hours
  • Other volunteering and activities: 300+ hours hospice care volunteer. Football coach for over 200+ hours. College football player. Suicide loss counselor for 100+ hours.
  • School list for 2021 Cycle - MD Programs: UC Davis, UC Riverside, UC San Diego, UC San Francisco, Loma Linda, University of Arizona, UNLV. DO Schools: Touro University, Western University, California Health Sciences University (New DO program in Clovis, California).
 

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UCSF is a reach with your GPA. UNLV and Arizona Phoenix accept few non residents with your GPA and no connection to the state. You should add more MD and DO schools. For MD schools I suggest these:
California University
UC Irvine
Vermont
Quinnipiac
New York Medical College
Albany
Seton Hall
Penn State
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
George Washington
Georgetown
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
Wake Forest
NOVA MD
TCU-UNT
Creighton
Loyola
Medical College Wisconsin
Western Michigan
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
For DO schools consider these:
AZCOM
TUNCOM
KCU-COM
ATSU-KCOM
MU-COM
PCOM
LECOM (all schools)
CUSOM
ACOM
VCOM (all schools except Monroe)
 

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UCSF is a reach with your GPA. UNLV and Arizona Phoenix accept few non residents with your GPA and no connection to the state. You should add more MD and DO schools. For MD schools I suggest these:
California University
UC Irvine
Vermont
Quinnipiac
New York Medical College
Albany
Seton Hall
Penn State
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
George Washington
Georgetown
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
Wake Forest
NOVA MD
TCU-UNT
Creighton
Loyola
Medical College Wisconsin
Western Michigan
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
For DO schools consider these:
AZCOM
TUNCOM
KCU-COM
ATSU-KCOM
MU-COM
PCOM
LECOM (all schools)
CUSOM
ACOM
VCOM (all schools except Monroe)
Thank you so much for replying to me. After looking it over, you are absolutely right and should consider more out of state and DO schools. I have no issue with DO either so I hope that it helps me in getting in to one of the schools. Thank you again.
 
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