Help in deciding schools.

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[gmcguitar4]

get rid of morehouse and howard.

A lot of people will be hesitant to give advice without an MCAT score though.

 

[Goro]

I think your list is still too ambitious, especially without an MCAT score. Your GPAs are fine for DOs chools, but your best luck will be with the low-tier private schools. From what I've seen state schools prefer in-state or neighboring state residents.

Thanks for the heads up about Morehouse and Howard, checked the MSAR and they are HBC. As for the MCAT, im fairly confident it would be a 30. So hopefully people can still give me advice.

Virginia Tech Carilion
Chicago Medical at Rosalind Franklin University
Drexel
Hofstra
New York Med Coll
Georgetown possibly

 

[Temperature101]

Well According to the MSAR, the school list I have are lower-tier schools in terms of GPA of those accepted. A lot of them are private and have fairly high OOS acceptance. As for Georgetown, I was thinking my GPA might be too low for that.

Do you have any advice as to which DO schools would be best in my situation? (I do have a DO LOR)

Avoid DO schools that are unfriendly to OOS applicants. Let me name a few for you:

Pikeville
WCU
Philadelphia
OHIO
RVU
That school in LEBANON (forgot the name)
TCOM
There are probably a few more. Cant seem to remember them now.
As far as your chances for DO with an mcat score
< 24 (almost no chances)
24-27 (Some chances)
28-31 (Excellent chances)
31+ ( You should apply to some low-tier MD).

Anyting less than 30, you should not spend your money on MD.