DO Help With DO School List- 3.3 uGPA, 3.6 gGPA, 510 MCAT

[allanMED15]

---

Members do not see this ad.

I applied MD only for the 2015-2016 cycle and am currently waitlisted. Hoping for some luck, but I want to figure out my DO school list for this cycle.

Stats:
3.3 uGPA
3.6 gGPA-grad school is a most memorable experience for me!
510 MCAT (127, 128, 130, 125)

State of Residence: TN
Ethnicity: White
Undergrad Institution: Belmont University
Graduate Institution: Johns Hopkins University

Clinical:
Direct patient care experience as a surgical assistant for a skin cancer surgeon over the last year.
Promoted to team leader, acted as scribe, gained immense amount of knowledge in normal skin histology and dermato-pathology as a result (over 2,000 hours of experience)
This experience is the highlight of my application and an incredible LOR comes from it. My PS is all about it.

Clinical volunteering- Worked at a hospital in the chest pain network, helped them in their office and prepare for a conference for 4 months
Probably the weakest part of my app honestly.

Research Experience:
As part of degree, completed a research project in a year. Presented a talk at a Regional conference. Presented my poster at another conference.
Experience in many molecular techniques and analysis.

Shadowing Experience:
Lots of time spent in Orthopaedic surgery (~50 hours)
Before being employed with skin cancer surgeon, I shadowed for about 20 hours.
Shadowed DO PCP for 8 hours

Non-clinical Volunteering:
Tutored ESL students in English (10 hours)
Various cleanup projects around Nashville (~100 hours)
Bucket drummed on Broadway in Nashville, money went to a charity in Nashville (20 hours)
Volunteered as a new student orientation leader for 3 years (several hundred hours here)

Other:
Member of World Class Performance ensemble- competed in World Championships for 4 years (placed 14th, 11th, 8th, and 7th in respective years)
Worked full time throughout college (over 4,000 hours)
SCUBA diver
ran a marathon

Leadership:
Member of SGA For 2 years
Member of Fraternity (committee chairmen of various committees)
Mentor to fraternity brothers in scholarship
Mentor to new pre-med students as part of AED
Volunteered in new student recruitment (several hundred hours)

Here is the list I have so far. I will probably end up apply to 15 DO schools I think.


PCOM
UNECOM
LECOM-Erie
LECOM-Bradenton
VCOM-VC
VCOM-CC
VCOM-Auburn
LMU-DCOM
UP-KYCOM
CUSOM
UIWSOM

Thanks for the help everyone!

 

[AlteredScale]

Moving to WAMC.

 

[Faha]

You have a good DO list and should receive several interviews with your stats. It would also be worth applying to your 2 state MD public schools.

 

[allanMED15]

You have a good DO list and should receive several interviews with your stats. It would also be worth applying to your 2 state MD public schools.

Ok great!
Are there any schools that you think I could add to my list of DO schools?
I am applying pretty broadly to MD schools as well.

 

[allanMED15]

I guess a better question is are there any schools that you think I should stay away from in the DO category?

 

[Faha]

I guess a better question is are there any schools that you think I should stay away from in the DO category?

LUCOM seems unpopular on SDN. The new schools have a potential small risk of not receiving final accreditation.

 

[allanMED15]

LUCOM seems unpopular on SDN. The new schools have a potential small risk of not receiving final accreditation.

Thanks! I have already gone through an AMCAS cycle and am not completely familiar with the DO process just yet, but I will get there!