Hello, I am currently a nontraditional student seeking to go to medical school. I originally graduated 3 years ago with a Bachelor's in Chemistry and then went on to pursue a PhD in the Biochemistry. After the first semester of the PhD program, I decided not to pursue a PhD. Luckily, I found a job working as a technician and received on the job training to perform various Neurodiagnostic examinations on patients in an inpatient and outpatient setting with on call work. I have been working in this job for almost 2 years and I am looking to apply for Medical School this cycle. My cum GPA is a 3.8 and my science GPA is a 3.7 and this does not take into account some of the classes I have taken to get more familiar with biological sciences such as Anatomy and Microbiology. I have very little if any shadowing hours or volunteer work as my job is full time but I am looking into getting some shadowing time in before application. I also have done alot of undergraduate research, but unfortunately the lab that I worked for at the time was new and I did not get any publications in. However, I was able to become the Safety Manager of the lab for my final year of college. I recently have taken the MCAT this past October and only scored a 493 so I am currently in the process of restudying and retaking the MCAT this coming April.
Is my background sufficient(minus the MCAT score) to even get in to Med School?
What gaps should I be filling in on my application?
Thank you
