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Hi there...I have a sort of unique situation (I think) that I've landed myself into and I was wondering if anyone has any advice to get out of this one alive:
Here's my stats:
Science - 3.49
GPA - 3.59
MCAT - 8P, 9B, 10V = 27Q
EC include: Tutoring(2 years), Hospital internal medicine work (1 year), Shadowing and a recent trip to third world country to work on a hospitals plans for public health education for patients (happened this December so not part of original application), Research at Texas Medical school.
So here's the situation: I applied to Texas medical schools (all of them) and a few out of state medical schools. I did not get any interviews in Texas or out of state (because by then, I didn't finish the secondaries for out of state because I only applied to high tier schools out of state and I knew there was no chance if I couldn't make it in Texas as a Texas resident). I did however check TCOM as a choice on TMDSAS and I have been accepted into TCOM (DO school).
However, I did not (as I should have) give much importance to TCOM while applying and now since its my only acceptance, I am forced to think seriously about going there. I am skeptical about becoming a DO and taking that on as a career path because I don't want to be limited in my career choices later on (hospital administration, chief of medicine etc etc).
I want to be a doctor so badly (an MD doctor) and so I have been thinking about giving up my acceptance to TCOM and reapplying for entry in 2009.
Some mistakes that I made in my application cycle were applying later and not applying broadly enough OOS.
A few questions:
1. Would it be completely inadvisable for me to give up an acceptance at a DO school to go to an MD school?
2. Do I have any chance of making it to an MD school if I reapply?
3. Is it advisable to reapply for entry in 2009 or is that too early?
4. Would not wanting to do DO to not be limited in career choices be a good enough explanation for Adcom to reapply or you think it would be perceived as complete BS?
Let me know what you guys think. I am desperately searching for answers so any thoughts would be very helpful. I am in the process of restudying for my MCATs right now just in case I decide I want to take them in time for the 2009 application cycle.
*Let me just preface all this by saying that this post is in no way saying DO's are better than MD's or vice versa or anything...its just my personal situation and what I have heard so far from talking to people around Texas. If you have a different perspective, please feel free to share, I'd love to build up my knowledge about the DO degree*
Here's my stats:
Science - 3.49
GPA - 3.59
MCAT - 8P, 9B, 10V = 27Q
EC include: Tutoring(2 years), Hospital internal medicine work (1 year), Shadowing and a recent trip to third world country to work on a hospitals plans for public health education for patients (happened this December so not part of original application), Research at Texas Medical school.
So here's the situation: I applied to Texas medical schools (all of them) and a few out of state medical schools. I did not get any interviews in Texas or out of state (because by then, I didn't finish the secondaries for out of state because I only applied to high tier schools out of state and I knew there was no chance if I couldn't make it in Texas as a Texas resident). I did however check TCOM as a choice on TMDSAS and I have been accepted into TCOM (DO school).
However, I did not (as I should have) give much importance to TCOM while applying and now since its my only acceptance, I am forced to think seriously about going there. I am skeptical about becoming a DO and taking that on as a career path because I don't want to be limited in my career choices later on (hospital administration, chief of medicine etc etc).
I want to be a doctor so badly (an MD doctor) and so I have been thinking about giving up my acceptance to TCOM and reapplying for entry in 2009.
Some mistakes that I made in my application cycle were applying later and not applying broadly enough OOS.
A few questions:
1. Would it be completely inadvisable for me to give up an acceptance at a DO school to go to an MD school?
2. Do I have any chance of making it to an MD school if I reapply?
3. Is it advisable to reapply for entry in 2009 or is that too early?
4. Would not wanting to do DO to not be limited in career choices be a good enough explanation for Adcom to reapply or you think it would be perceived as complete BS?
Let me know what you guys think. I am desperately searching for answers so any thoughts would be very helpful. I am in the process of restudying for my MCATs right now just in case I decide I want to take them in time for the 2009 application cycle.
*Let me just preface all this by saying that this post is in no way saying DO's are better than MD's or vice versa or anything...its just my personal situation and what I have heard so far from talking to people around Texas. If you have a different perspective, please feel free to share, I'd love to build up my knowledge about the DO degree*
