Help with med school

[dganaden]

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Does it help to have Recommendation letters from Alumni for some of the schools. I am a KC resident and am going through a career change. Im really wanting to go to KCUMB because it is close to home and I have my wife here. I am going to need all the help I can get. My GPA is only about 3.3 science and 3.34 undergrad. What would you suggest for me?

Dave

 

[kaikai128]

I think the most important thing is to have a very strong letter of rec., regardless of what school that DO went to. However, I am sure a LOR from an alumni could not hurt--ant at most it could help. Given the choice between a mediocre letter from and alumni and a good letter from another DO, I would choose the better letter.

...I have been told that physicians calling admissions directors of certain schools and directly addressing an applicant can be helpful. A physician I know has done this, and the person he was trying to help is now in medical school.

 

[Ypo.]

Yes, what Kai said

 

[docbill]

EVERYTHING HELPS. You can even have additional letters.
I would say keep in touch with the school.. make sure they know you are interested.

I am sure that they will notice you live in the same city or close or something like that.
Most know how important location is for applicants.

And as MEDIC170 sais "If you don't apply, your chances are Zero"

 

[dganaden]

I just my MCAT scores back and blew it. I worked really hard on it to. I was doing in the mid 20's on the practice tests and pulled a big 13 on the test. What should I do. I have a good GPA my EMT License and quite a few doctor shadows. Any help would be great.

 

[kaikai128]

I don't want to be a pessimist, but with a 13 on the MCAT I am afraid that you are not going to have much of a chance of getting in unless you have a REALLY good reason that you got a 13. I would suggest starting NOW with a review class and work hard from now until april in order to improve your score and therefore improve your chances of getting into medical school next year.

 

[dulcinea]

I agree, that score will be nearly impossible. But I'm sure that you know you can do better. Check into review classes. KU offers them and so does Kaplan which is closer to you. Examcrackers are supossed to be a great series. Basically, your GPA proves that you are a bright person and I know that you can improve your scores. Good luck! KCUMB is a great school and I'm sure they would want someone like you who really wants to go there.

 

[cooldreams]

a great way to get some LORs would be to call the state AOA office and tell them what is going on and that you need to do some shadowing.. they will be happy to set you up, there are many kcumb alumni in town right this very moment actually...

a 13 on the mcat will basically keep you out, just by itself. the lowest i have heard ever was a 17, and the 17 had a lot of other stuff that made him look reallllllly exceptional. u really need to study up for the test before you take it again, if you repeat a low score, it will look even worse than a low score by itself, what you want to do is make the 13 look like a fluke. i am assuming you have had the basic organic chem, biology, anatomy, chemistry, physics, and english reading classes in college, so you should go back and review that stuff very hard; a review class like another posted suggested would be very beneficial but try to start as early as you can with it so you get to go to the class for a longer period of time instead of trying to cram it all.

kcumb is a great school and very friendly. if you are serious about going there, i would also suggest talking to them about things you could do.

good luck.