Chances with current status and any advice?

[TexasMDstudent]

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Hello I am currently a health science major with pre-medical requirements, (bio, inorganic, organic, physics). I currently have a 3.9 GPA and got a 35 on my MCAT which I do plan on retaking to get in the 40's if I can. I am currently interning at a clinic for internship hours and to gain experience. For my electives I am taking more science and bio-chem courses, I will graduate in the up coming fall. Is there anything else I can do to help my probability of getting into medical school or stay on the current track? Thank you everyone! 🙂

 

[Techmed07]

Hello I am currently a health science major with pre-medical requirements, (bio, inorganic, organic, physics). I currently have a 3.9 GPA and got a 35 on my MCAT which I do plan on retaking to get in the 40's if I can. I am currently interning at a clinic for internship hours and to gain experience. For my electives I am taking more science and bio-chem courses, I will graduate in the up coming fall. Is there anything else I can do to help my probability of getting into medical school or stay on the current track? Thank you everyone! 🙂

Getting in the low 40s on the MCAT would increase the probablity of getting into medical school. That information could be ascertained from the TMDAS/AAMC chart. I think you will be fine as long as you have significant leaderships and community service hours, which I am sure you do. Just kill the MCAT the second go around and you should be golden.

 

[Catalystik]

I am currently interning at a clinic for internship hours and to gain experience.

Is there anything else I can do to help my probability of getting into medical school or stay on the current track?

1. Get in a research experience.
2. Shadow several types of physicians, including primary care.
3. Look for leadership and/or teaching activities.
4. Develop leisuretime activities to list.
5. Strategize to get excellent Letters of Recommendation.
6. Get in some weekly nonmedical community service with a cause you care about.

 

[iniquus]

Your focus should probably be away from the numbers. A 35 MCAT score is great, the chances of scoring in the low 40s is very low...time spent studying could be used on other aspects of your application, like the ones listed above.