DO applicant, no II's so far, what are my chances?

[bmspirit76]

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MCAT 125/132/126/126
sGPA: 3.09
cGPA: 3.44
500 hours Medical Assistant
500 hours Clinical Research
90 hours Clinical Volunteering
1000+ non-Clinical volunteering

Is there anything that I can be doing to continue to strengthen my app during the process? No longer a full-time student and currently working as an SAT tutor.

 

[Faha]

Where did you apply?

 

[bmspirit76]

PCOM
LECOM
LECOM-Bradenton
WVSOM
NYITCOM
NY-Touro
RowanSOM
Nova
Touro-CA
UNECOM
Des Moines
CCOM

 

[Faha]

I am surprised you have not received any interviews. The interview season does last until April so it is still early. You could add some more schools this week such as:
ACOM
ARCOM
BCOM
UP-KYCOM
LMU-DCOM
VCOM (all 3 schools)
NYIT-Arkansas
UIWSOM
RVU-Utah
WCU-COM
You should receive interviews from several of these schools with your stats.

 

[MareNostrummm]

MCAT 125/132/126/126
sGPA: 3.09
cGPA: 3.44
500 hours Medical Assistant
500 hours Clinical Research
90 hours Clinical Volunteering
1000+ non-Clinical volunteering

Is there anything that I can be doing to continue to strengthen my app during the process? No longer a full-time student and currently working as an SAT tutor.

Wow... perfect CARS score?

 

[Goro]

I am surprised you have not received any interviews. The interview season does last until April so it is still early. You could add some more schools this week such as:
ACOM
ARCOM
BCOM
UP-KYCOM
LMU-DCOM
VCOM (all 3 schools)
NYIT-Arkansas
UIWSOM
RVU-Utah
WCU-COM
You should receive interviews from several of these schools with your stats.

The OP's sGPA is hurting at a number his/her schools.

 

[bmspirit76]

Would classes through University of Rochester's Nursing School be a legitimate way to raise sGPA? Looks similar to UNE online classes but significantly cheaper

 

[calivianya]

Would classes through University of Rochester's Nursing School be a legitimate way to raise sGPA? Looks similar to UNE online classes but significantly cheaper

Are you already a RN looking to go RN to BSN to raise your GPA?

I wouldn't do it otherwise. Not an adcom, but it would look shady as hell to me to take prereqs with nursing designations for the sole purpose of raising your GPA to apply to med school. How would you even address that if it came up in an interview - that you were taking courses marked nursing but have no intention of going into nursing? Just that it was the cheapest way to raise your GPA? I don't know if that would fly. Especially since many adcoms consider nursing courses to be less rigorous anyway.

 

[radian313]

I had a similar GPA, lower MCAT, but a Masters degree (3.9 gpa), and a very telling narrative that got me in....in fact got me in into a few places....