D.O. school chances..Please.

[eagle311]

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Hi, I need an idea of what my chances are for D.O. schools such as Western, DMU, or PCOM. I am a Cali resident/female. I also am a non-trad student. Graduated with B.A. 2012 and hope to enter medical school in 2015. Thanks all!

High School:
-ALL of high school stuff-150 hours (2004-2008)
Community College:
-Sunday School Teacher at Church for 2 years-80 hours (2007-2009)
-Community College Honors Program (2008-2010)
-Worked at Court House for 2.5 years (2008-2011)
-Secretary of Honors Society (150 hours) (2009)
UCLA:
-VP of Sorority/Member of AMWA one year (2010-2012)
-Patient Transport Volunteer/ER Volunteer for 2 years- 300 hours (2011-2014)
Post-UCLA:
-Part-time paid tutor & Food Service Job (2012-2013)
-Planned Parenthood Volunteer twice a month(2013-2014)
-Hospice Volunteer (2013-2014)
-Advocate/24 hour hotline volunteer (2013-2014)
Plan to attend a couple of trips to Mexico for my church as well..

-A.S. Math/Science RCC, B.A. Psychology UCLA, extra science courses at Cal Poly after I graduated. I also retook 3 science classes I received a C in post-graduation. Mind you, I took most of my science pre-reqs at my community college. Plan to shadow docs this summer.
-URM. Apply in 2014
-cGPA 3.5 sGPA 3.4 MCAT 30

 

[Temperature101]

Hi, I need an idea of what my chances are for D.O. schools such as Western, DMU, or PCOM. I am a Cali resident/female. I also am a non-trad student. Graduated with B.A. 2012 and hope to enter medical school in 2015. Thanks all!

High School:
-ALL of high school stuff-150 hours (2004-2008)
Community College:
-Sunday School Teacher at Church for 2 years-80 hours (2007-2009)
-Community College Honors Program (2008-2010)
-Worked at Court House for 2.5 years (2008-2011)
-Secretary of Honors Society (150 hours) (2009)
UCLA:
-VP of Sorority/Member of AMWA one year (2010-2012)
-Patient Transport Volunteer/ER Volunteer for 2 years- 300 hours (2011-2014)
Post-UCLA:
-Part-time paid tutor & Food Service Job (2012-2013)
-Planned Parenthood Volunteer twice a month(2013-2014)
-Hospice Volunteer (2013-2014)
-Advocate/24 hour hotline volunteer (2013-2014)
Plan to attend a couple of trips to Mexico for my church as well..

-A.S. Math/Science RCC, B.A. Psychology UCLA, extra science courses at Cal Poly after I graduated. I also retook 3 science classes I received a C in post-graduation. Mind you, I took most of my science pre-reqs at my community college. Plan to shadow docs this summer.
-URM. Apply in 2014
-cGPA 3.5 sGPA 3.4 MCAT 30

You are a shoo-in for DO.

 

[Aerus]

As long as you don't have a bad personality and can communicate your EC's, you're good at just about any DO.

 

[eagle311]

Thank you. But what do you think of my ECs? Does it look like i'm an application stuffer or that there are too many activities for short periods of time? It took me a while to figure out what I was passionate about. I also couldnt involve myself in activities for too long because I did not stay in one city for more than two years (home-Riverside-LA-back home).
Thanks guys!

 

[Goro]

As a URM you're competitive for many MD programs, not just DO. You're definitely fine at the programs you listed, and more.

Hi, I need an idea of what my chances are for D.O. schools such as Western, DMU, or PCOM. I am a Cali resident/female. I also am a non-trad student. Graduated with B.A. 2012 and hope to enter medical school in 2015. Thanks all!

High School:
-ALL of high school stuff-150 hours (2004-2008)
Community College:
-Sunday School Teacher at Church for 2 years-80 hours (2007-2009)
-Community College Honors Program (2008-2010)
-Worked at Court House for 2.5 years (2008-2011)
-Secretary of Honors Society (150 hours) (2009)
UCLA:
-VP of Sorority/Member of AMWA one year (2010-2012)
-Patient Transport Volunteer/ER Volunteer for 2 years- 300 hours (2011-2014)
Post-UCLA:
-Part-time paid tutor & Food Service Job (2012-2013)
-Planned Parenthood Volunteer twice a month(2013-2014)
-Hospice Volunteer (2013-2014)
-Advocate/24 hour hotline volunteer (2013-2014)
Plan to attend a couple of trips to Mexico for my church as well..

-A.S. Math/Science RCC, B.A. Psychology UCLA, extra science courses at Cal Poly after I graduated. I also retook 3 science classes I received a C in post-graduation. Mind you, I took most of my science pre-reqs at my community college. Plan to shadow docs this summer.
-URM. Apply in 2014
-cGPA 3.5 sGPA 3.4 MCAT 30

 

[touchpause13]

you fine

 

[skais595]

Your app looks good, just want to point out that high school stuff is basically irrelevant/ignored unless you continued it in college. 🙂

 

[huskydock]

Definitely don't include any of your high school stuff unless you continued in college, ADCOMs won't care about your high school activities.

You would actually be fine in applying to MD schools as well. Again, apply broadly and don't get hung up on just applying to Ivy Leagues and UCs and I'll bet that you'll find yourself at a MD school. You're actually in VERY good shape for DO programs.

You have great clinical experience (I absolutely loved hospice, I think everyone should be exposed to that side of medicine honestly). However, if you do decide you want to apply to some MD schools, you may want to find some research experience. By no means is it absolutely necessary, but you'd definitely raise your chances at the research-heavy MD schools by gaining some valuable experience in a lab.

Otherwise, you look golden for the upcoming cycle! Good luck.