Give Up? What are my chances?

[biomaj1212]

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I don't know whether I should continue to pursue D.O school or throw in the towel. Here are my stats. Stony Brook Senior
Honor Chem C/C+ retake Gen Chem (A/A-)
Fundamentals of Bio: Organisms B
Fundamentals of Bio: Molecular Biology A
Fundamentals of Bio: Organ and Cellular Physiology B
Intro Bio Lab B/B+
Physics: Mechanics (calc-based) B+
Physics: Electricity (calc-based) C
Physics: Optics and waves (calc-based) C
Single Variable Calculus: Differential B+
Single Variable Calculus : Integral B+
Single Variable: Differential Equations C
Multivariate Calc w/ Linear Algebra C-
Human A and P I B+
Human A and P II A-
Upper Division Bio
Organic Chem I B
Organic Chem II B+
Cell Bio B+
Cell Bio lab (currently taking)
Bioinformatics A-
Cancer Bio B+
Immunology A
Principles of Cell Signaling C+ (due to Hurricane Sandy until grade was only based on 1 midterm early on and then one mega final)
Genetics B
Mammalian Physiology B
Math Bio B+
Nervous System Dev. B
Sexual and Behavioral Bio A
Neurobio C+
Biochem I C+
Biochem II (currently taking)
Human Anatomy (currently taking)
English Comp and Lit
Introduction to Fiction A
American Lit I A-
American Novel A-
Technical Writing A-
Overal cGPA 3.20

MCAT 26/Great SOP
EMT-B Cert
Worked Part time
1 internship for Financial Firm

Should I give up on D.O school? I don't know whether to retake Physics and Calc. I didn't study for MCAT at all before taking it because I didn't consider my chances to be that good. If I do retake Physics, I don't how to would affect my chances by that much. I can reasonably raise my MCAT score above 30+ since I didn't study at all the first time around and I am averaging 30-33 on practice MCAT tests.

My other plan is to do Masters in Molecular Bio, accumulate EMT hours and apply then after I retake Physics, Calc and possibly Biochem I.

Would retaking Physics, Calc and Biochem I help or should I give up now and just pursue Masters Degree?

 

[Goro]

Retake all C science coursework. Have you calculated your GPAs based upon AACOMAS grade-replacement schema? A 3.2 and MCAT 26 is, well, below avg now for DO programs, but I suspect that you can do better. As of right now, you'd be OK with the newest programs, like ACOM, VCOM-SC and LUCOM.

Should I give up on D.O school? I don't know whether to retake Physics and Calc.

You took a career-defining, high stakes exam without preparation because you didn't think you'd do well on it???? This raises huge questions about your maturity and ability to make good choices.

I didn't study for MCAT at all before taking it because I didn't consider my chances to be that good. If I do retake Physics, I don't how to would affect my chances by that much. I can reasonably raise my MCAT score above 30+ since I didn't study at all the first time around and I am averaging 30-33 on practice MCAT tests.