extensive research experience (all semesters of college).
How about grad school instead of med school?
No clinical or leadership experience.
To me that says you're going after med school like 8 year old girls go after unicorns. You have no idea what you're doing until you've got clinical exposure.
I will not go back to college next semester because of lack of funds, so technically I have graduated.
You realize that the calendar and your checking account don't get to grant degrees, correct? If you didn't get a degree before the clock & funds ran out, that's a problem.
Somehow, I think Dr. Midlife is going to throw another Robin Williams video my way after saying this, but...
"please don't eat me" made me laugh, so I'll make fun of Robin Williams instead. His embarrassing television past:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bnwbwrOM6g
If you score really well on the MCAT, you should have no trouble getting into an SMP. They'll average your GPAs, so as long as you have above a 3.0 and a 27, you should qualify for all of the SMPs that I know of.
To add some fire to robflanker's comments, a 27 isn't a great MCAT score, and what gets you into an SMP doesn't necessarily get you into med school. If you get into an SMP with a 27, plan on not applying to med school until you up that to 32+. 27 is 5 points below average matriculant score,
2 standard deviations down. Add that to a below average GPA, and no, you don't have a chance at a good SMP.
The SMPs that publish their results (EVMS, Cincy, Tulane ACP, Gtown, maybe Loyola, etc) are extremely competitive, and you need to be above the minimum qualifications to get a seat. The SMPs that
don't publish their results (Drexel, Boston?, RFU, Tufts, etc.) are easier to get into. Getting into an SMP that is easy to get into doesn't mean you're getting into med school. And getting into a program that isn't hosted at a med school (Barry, Mississippi college) means you are a marketing victim.
2) a 27 on the MCAT is not good enough for anything. never ever take the MCAT until you ready to get a 30+. Schools penalize to a degree for multiple attempts, and it does hurt to take multiple MCATs
For the love of god, people, please follow this advice. There are so many people around here who seem to think the MCAT is like a hard video game level where you can just keep dying and trying again and dying and trying again.
And I have solid reasons for my downward trend
Don't hug those solid reasons too tight. Doctors don't get to stop performing well when they have solid reasons not to. You'll be judged against applicants who continued to perform well in school when life threw them under the bus.
, I am thinking that doing well on the MCAT will be beneficial and count as upward(?).
Absolutely not. The MCAT demonstrates your ability to do well on a difficult standardized test, which predicts performance on boards. Undergrad GPA demonstrates your ability to do well across multiple difficult years of standardized academics, which predicts performance in multiple wicked difficult years of fairly standardized med school academics.
Best of luck to you.
