DO school chances/reccomendation

[premedhusky18]

Can anyone help me decide which DO schools to apply to? Here are my credentials
-750+ hours shadowing doctors over the past two years.
-I have scrubbed in to view various surgeries and procedures.
-Held a summer internship at a NYC surgical clinic
-volunteered in a medical office for 2 years
-High school hospital volunteer
-Science GPA ~ 2.8 cGPA! 2.9 from a difficult undergrad university
-500 MCAT (I plan on taking it again)

I am currently doing volunteer cardiac research during my gap year and have submitted a research abstract for publication. I have great letters of recommendation and come from a family of doctors if that helps. I know the GPA and MCAT are low but are there any DO schools anyone would recommend applying to. Thanks for all responses

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[workaholic181]

Can anyone help me decide which DO schools to apply to? Here are my credentials
-750+ hours shadowing doctors over the past two years.
-I have scrubbed in to view various surgeries and procedures.
-Held a summer internship at a NYC surgical clinic
-volunteered in a medical office for 2 years
-High school hospital volunteer
-Science GPA ~ 2.8 from a difficult undergrad university
-500 MCAT (I plan on taking it again)

I am currently doing volunteer cardiac research during my gap year and have submitted a research abstract for publication. I have great letters of recommendation and come from a family of doctors if that helps. I know the GPA and MCAT are low but are there any DO schools anyone would recommend applying to. Thanks for all responses

You could maybe be competitive at some of the newer schools but frankly OP your chances of an acceptance With your mcat and gpa as low as they are are pretty bad. I would advise a post bacc and/or MCAT retake.

 

[Coltuna]

Can't recommend applying anywhere with your current GPA and MCAT.

 

[de Ribas]

Can anyone help me decide which DO schools to apply to? Here are my credentials
-750+ hours shadowing doctors over the past two years.
-I have scrubbed in to view various surgeries and procedures.
-Held a summer internship at a NYC surgical clinic
-volunteered in a medical office for 2 years
-High school hospital volunteer
-Science GPA ~ 2.8 from a difficult undergrad university
-500 MCAT (I plan on taking it again)

I am currently doing volunteer cardiac research during my gap year and have submitted a research abstract for publication. I have great letters of recommendation and come from a family of doctors if that helps. I know the GPA and MCAT are low but are there any DO schools anyone would recommend applying to. Thanks for all responses

what is your cGPA?

 

[Coltuna]

what is your cGPA?

I don't see where OP mentioned cGPA but it stands for cumulative GPA

 

[de Ribas]

I don't see where OP mentioned cGPA but it stands for cumulative GPA

the question was not what cGPA stands for. everyone knows that. Question was what OP's cGPA is

 

[rufflev]

A majority of DO schools pre-screen applications at 3.0 and MCAT at 500. You'll have to do your own research to figure out which schools don't have this kind of cutoff, but my personal advice would be to defer applying for 1-2 cycles, work on that GPA and then retake the MCAT.

 

[AnatomyGrey12]

Science GPA ~ 2.8 from a difficult undergrad university

Until this gets a lot higher then none. You are not competitive for medical schools at this point and need to do some academic remediation before you can consider applying. Consider a DIY post bac.

Also, you will not get bonus points because you went to a "hard" university. It's impressive if you do well, but you don't get bonus points if you don't.

 

[premedhusky18]

cGPA is 2.9

 

[Goro]

Can't recommend applying anywhere with your current GPA and MCAT.

agree 100%. OP, you need to show that you can handle med school. You're in a big red zone for failing out.