HELP! Any advice would be appreciated!

[lovelish]

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Ok so here is my dilemma. My GPA is decent 3.6 cum./ 3.5 science from a top 20 undergraduate school, but I rushed my MCAT to apply to medical school last year and did poorly so I'm preparing and taking it again with hopes to apply to medical school this cycle. I have been accepted to 4 programs: Georgetown CAM, Georgetown SMP, Boston MAMS, and Tufts MBS.

I don't want to take a year off and work or just do random stuff to pass time. I'd like to stay in school and do one of these programs but I can't decide on which one. I don't know much about the CAM but it seems like a resume enhancer, rather than proving I can take medical classes. On the other hand I don't know whether taking the classes with med students would help me gain acceptance to medical school since my GPA isn't terrible. So there is choosing between CAM and the other three which would narrow things down. Then there is choosing between the other 3 which are comparable.

Is there any preference in programs/ prestige that helps people gain acceptance?
Any advice is appreciated. I am SO undecided it is driving me crazy.

 

[drizzt3117]

Don't do a smp. You don't need one. Retake the mcat. Honestly getting clinical or research exp would be >>>>> smp.

 

[lovelish]

Ya but I still want to stay in school. It will give me a chance to keep my skills sharp (taking a year off then going back could be hard to get back into that focused mode) as well as get a great feel for the medical field.

Any other opinions? In other words, if you did choose to go to school which one of these would you pick in a situation such as my own? Thanks so much everyone, I do value all opinions

 

[BeachBlondie]

This probably isn't what you want to hear based upon your prior comment, but why don't you try and get a job as a researcher at one of the hospitals in your area? Go to their websites and browse for "Research Assistant Position"s. You'd probably be qualified, you'd make money, AND it beefs your resume...

ADDITIONALLY, depending upon the type of research you embark on, you'd be utilizing the skills you were taught in your premedical classes. Not only will that keep you sharp, it will burn the concepts into your mind. Besides, you're not going to be a student for the remainder of your life. Medical school students are successful doctors only when they can apply what they've learned.

And, as drizzt mentioned, it would behoove you in the eyes of the adcoms. Trust me.