Help me make a school list! (unbalanced MCAT)

[de_mon_vivant]

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Hello everyone,

Firstly thank you for your interest in reading my thread.

I was wondering if I could receive some help with forming a list to apply.

Stats:
cGPA: 3.73, sGPA: 3.65

MCAT:
504 (128/122/128/126)

ECs:
Clinical volunteering 150 hours
Non-clinical volunteering 120 hours combined
Shadowing 55 hours (shadowed a DO physician, and received a letter)
Research with 2 symposium and presentations. Currently working in a lab during my gap year.


My main concern is the awfully unbalanced MCAT score. I am considering a retake as I think I might get screened out due to that CARS subscore... should I apply? I am not sure if I should even bother applying to my state MD school (even though I live in one of the "lucky" states). Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[dial1010usa]

What state are you from?
Are you URM?

 

[de_mon_vivant]

I feel like your stats are relatively good. Look on the school website to see if they screen for any subscores under 125 (50th %ile). I would want to say you would have a good shot at a lot of DO programs, MD not so much.

Thank you for your response. I have been googling schools regarding MCAT screening, and it seems that most schools are okay if the overall score and GPAs are acceptale? Not really sure 🙁

 

[Goro]

Hello everyone,

Firstly thank you for your interest in reading my thread.

I was wondering if I could receive some help with forming a list to apply.

Stats:
cGPA: 3.73, sGPA: 3.65

MCAT:
504 (128/122/128/126)

ECs:
Clinical volunteering 150 hours
Non-clinical volunteering 120 hours combined
Shadowing 55 hours (shadowed a DO physician, and received a letter)
Research with 2 symposium and presentations. Currently working in a lab during my gap year.


My main concern is the awfully unbalanced MCAT score. I am considering a retake as I think I might get screened out due to that CARS subscore... should I apply? I am not sure if I should even bother applying to my state MD school (even though I live in one of the "lucky" states). Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Apply to your state MD school and any DO school. I can't recommend Touro-NY, Nova, Wm Carey, LUCOM, for different reasons. MSUCOM? Read up on Larry Nasser and you decide.