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I'm 21-years-old. I'm a resident of Pennsylvania. I got my B.A. in English last summer from a medium-sized school on Long Island with a good reputation (I think). I'm kind of leaning towards DO school (PCOM) right now, but I was wondering if any of you of the allopathic persuasion give me some advice 🙂
My DREAM is to go to NYU med, but I'm also really interested in New York Medical College, Temple University, and Boston University? I was wondering, since I'd be happy with either MD/DO, what my chances of getting into these schools are. These are my stats:
Undergrad:
-3.97 GPA; graduated summa cum laude
-Editor-in-chief of college newspaper
-Presidential Honors List Scholar
-Listed in Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities
-Member of academic honor society
-Founder of behavioral science club
-Lead actor in the college theatre program
-Acted with a professional theatre group once
-Winner, 2001 Technical Writing Contest
-Secretary of Jewish Student Organization
-Studied abroad in Europe with NYU for a semester
-Won extremely competitive award for outstanding scholarship in English.
-Volunteered in an osteopathic free clinic in Philly last summer.
-Have a volunteer internship in a busy ER (+level-one trauma center) in the Bronx this coming summer.
Here's the bad stuff. I spent my freshman year at a school in Washington, DC, and I did TERRIBLY; I bombed Intro Bio for Nonscience Majors b/c I didn't attend class/lab or study. I have transfer credits for MANY schools, including many high-profile ones, but they're pretty much all A's (Due to the limited humanitites options at my school, I sort of had to seek out expanded opportunities--and I did a good job of it.) I'm returning this semester to do the basic post-bacc classes (bio 101-102, chem 101-102, orgo 101-102, physics 101-102). However, because of scheduling conflicts, I'm going to have to take, at the very least, the two physics classes and labs at a respected SUNY community college that's close to my school.
I plan to take the MCAT a year from this April.
So what do you think my chances are of attaining the above schools? Also, what can I do to make myself a more attractive candidate? My college has a TREMENDOUS amount of upper-level science courses I could take, by the way, as well as research opportunities (which I'm not really interested in).
What kind of MCAT and post-bacc science GPA would I realistically need?
Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!
I'm 21-years-old. I'm a resident of Pennsylvania. I got my B.A. in English last summer from a medium-sized school on Long Island with a good reputation (I think). I'm kind of leaning towards DO school (PCOM) right now, but I was wondering if any of you of the allopathic persuasion give me some advice 🙂
My DREAM is to go to NYU med, but I'm also really interested in New York Medical College, Temple University, and Boston University? I was wondering, since I'd be happy with either MD/DO, what my chances of getting into these schools are. These are my stats:
Undergrad:
-3.97 GPA; graduated summa cum laude
-Editor-in-chief of college newspaper
-Presidential Honors List Scholar
-Listed in Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities
-Member of academic honor society
-Founder of behavioral science club
-Lead actor in the college theatre program
-Acted with a professional theatre group once
-Winner, 2001 Technical Writing Contest
-Secretary of Jewish Student Organization
-Studied abroad in Europe with NYU for a semester
-Won extremely competitive award for outstanding scholarship in English.
-Volunteered in an osteopathic free clinic in Philly last summer.
-Have a volunteer internship in a busy ER (+level-one trauma center) in the Bronx this coming summer.
Here's the bad stuff. I spent my freshman year at a school in Washington, DC, and I did TERRIBLY; I bombed Intro Bio for Nonscience Majors b/c I didn't attend class/lab or study. I have transfer credits for MANY schools, including many high-profile ones, but they're pretty much all A's (Due to the limited humanitites options at my school, I sort of had to seek out expanded opportunities--and I did a good job of it.) I'm returning this semester to do the basic post-bacc classes (bio 101-102, chem 101-102, orgo 101-102, physics 101-102). However, because of scheduling conflicts, I'm going to have to take, at the very least, the two physics classes and labs at a respected SUNY community college that's close to my school.
I plan to take the MCAT a year from this April.
So what do you think my chances are of attaining the above schools? Also, what can I do to make myself a more attractive candidate? My college has a TREMENDOUS amount of upper-level science courses I could take, by the way, as well as research opportunities (which I'm not really interested in).
What kind of MCAT and post-bacc science GPA would I realistically need?
Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!