Chances to Get in? Re-app!

[bcd051]

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Hey, I am a re-applicant but I thought I'd see what people think. I am a Missouri resident, so that should at least answer that question.

Statistics
GPA: 3.5
sGPA: 3.45
GPA (including 60 hours of graduate school): 3.7 Earned a Masters of Health Administration
MCAT: 32R P:11 V:10 B: 11

Experience
- 5000+ hours in hospital lab (full-time for ~3 years), which included 500 hours of patient interaction
- 250 hours of shadowing an ophthalmologist
- 10 hours shadowing ER pediatrician
- 50 hours spent observing operations
- 30 hours volunteering at a hospice (current)
- 500+ hours as a graduate research assistant; specialty in health information technology
- Got a 15k grant to develop HIT education modules for graduate school programs
- Published twice

Going into this year, I had not finished my pre-reqs, and I applied knowing that they would be completed by the time I would start (if I had gotten accepted) in Fall 2012. In the last two semesters, I took 25 hours of classes and worked about 30 hours per week as a research assistant. Of these 25 hours, 19 were science: Physics 1/2, Organic 1/2, Organic Lab, Biochemistry. In all of these classes, I earned an A, with the Physics and Organic teachers writing me letters of recommendation. I only point this out to show the trend I have, which, if you include grad school, shows that over my last 90 hours of schooling, I have a 3.98 GPA.

Following is my list of schools:

University of Missouri
Saint Louis University (I work here and was waitlisted this past year)
KCOM
LECOM
University of Wisconsin/Minnesota/Iowa
Oregon Health Sciences University
University of Kansas
Des Moines University
Midwestern

I was just wondering what my chances were at these places, and if I had a good shot anywhere. In addition, I sent in my AMCAS app on the very first day, and sent in my secondaries for most places the very first day I was able.

Thanks!

Edit: In addition, I worked with a few individuals involved with some medical schools to develop a pretty good personal statement that reflected my upbringing and my struggles being uninsured and underinsured for the past 6 years.

 

[TheShaker]

I just wonder how you managed to not get in the first time. 😱

 

[mybubbles627]

OHSU is generally very OOS friendly. I will be a first year there this year. I would call and verify that your graduate GPA can replace your undergrad. They consider OOS applicants with a 32 MCAT and a 3.65 GPA. Your grad GPA is great and well above that. My advice would be to just make sure that your undergrad GPA won't exclude you since it is below that value. I doubt it will but its better to be safe than sorry. Good luck!

 

[bcd051]

So, the reason I didn't get in last year was because my science GPA was 3.25. I upp'd it significantly this year. Also, I wasn't even able to send in my application last year until mid-October, because I took the MCAT on the last possible day. Finally, I had no science LORs last year which KILLED me! I think this year will be different, though.

 

[0919mmk]

I just wonder how you managed to not get in the first time. 😱

agreed. you should be in good shape, but I hope your school list is longer than what you've shown us. You really need to be applying to 10 schools at the very least. 15 would be smarter. Just because it's such a numbers game/crap shoot, and each school's acceptance rate is like 5-10%. Think about expanding your list.

 

[coolingglasses]

Yep, expand your school list (MD & DO alike) and I bet you'll get in somewhere.

 

[bcd051]

Oh, my list is like 8-10 longer. Those were the schools that I applied to that I am most interested in, I applied to quite a few that I have moderate interest. I think I applied to about 18 schools overall, but the other ones I would pass on were I to get an invite from these schools.

 

[Alejandro]

Definitely expand your list. Have good reflections from all of the activities you've been engaged in. Find places that are OOS-friendly. If you simply choose schools you like without weighing them with likelihood of admission, it's totally foolish-you're wasting your money.

 

[bcd051]

Yeah, I made a point of not applying to any out-of-state state universities whose classes were made up of less than 15-20% OOS students. In addition, I made a point of applying to a fair number of private universities whose OOS enrollment was higher than in-state. I spent most of my time weighing the "like the school" vs. "likelihood of acceptance".