DO Chances

[drumdoc5]

3.79 cGPA/3.78sGPA/24 mcat (8/8/8)--- planning to retake test in August.
non trad.---year between graduating undergrad and applying.

-over 600 hours of undergrad research w/ poster presentations and 1 publication
-3 leadership positions in undergrad clubs (comes with lots of volunteering hours, not calculated yet)
-shadowed roughly 70 hours w/ pediatrician, internist, and radiologist
-75 hours of volunteering in ER
-300 volunteering hours on various mission trips (non-medical)- both in and out of U.S.
-40 hours volunteering in a school clinic
-1,000 hours as a pharmacy technician
-though unrelated to medicine, musician. 400 hours of shows and organized rehersal

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[fingerscrossedpremed]

If your MCAT score comes up, you've got a decent shot at DO schools. I'd be surprised if you could bring up your MCAT enough to be competitive at an MD schools, but I hope I'm wrong. I'd say that your potential to get into medical school largely rests on your next MCAT. The rest of your application looks good.

 

[candbgirl]

Are you applying now or next cycle? Your GPAs are fine but that MCAT is low for DO schools and lethal for MD. Good luck on your next test!

 

[drumdoc5]

I am applying this cycle. The MCAT score is two years old--- took it before I took a lot of upper division classes so I don't think it's a good "show" of my capabilities. I believe my next MCAT will be much stronger but we'll see!