MD & DO Hit me... WAMC? - Low GPA

[CJhooper123]

I get that I'm probably toast for MD, but I'm going for it. WAMC? Can I add or remove schools from the list below?


cGPA: 3.18
sGPA: 3.11
pbGPA: (23 credit hours) 3.88
-Of note; last 108 credit hours are 3.50. Last 43 credit hours are 3.66

MCAT:
(1st) 504 - 126, 122, 127, 129.
(2nd) 510 - 129, 126, 130, 125

EC:

Schools:
DO: (1 LOR from DO)
UNECOM
PCOM - PA
LECOM - PA
LECOM - FL
WVSOM
ATSU-KCOM
ATSU-SOMA
AZCOM
DMU-COM
TouroCOM-NY
ACOM
LMU-DCOM
CCOM
Nova Southeastern
NYITCOM

MD: (4 LOR from MDs)
Umass Medical
Albany Medical
Creighton
Drexel
Eastern Virginia
Frank Netter at Quinnipiac
Geisel SOM at Dartmouth
Georgetown Medical
George Washington
Hackensack Meridian SOM
Indiana University
Lewis Katz SOM
Loma Linda
Loyola University
Michigan State
Miller SOM at Miami
New York Medical College
Nova Southeastern
Rosalind Franklin
Rush Medical College
Tufts University
Tulane University SOM
Wake Forest
Wayne State
Wright State
UVM

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[Sharknad0]

MCAT?

 

[CJhooper123]

MCAT?

504 first time... 510 second time

 

[Sharknad0]

Post-bacc helps then, I'd say apply to both MD/DO as early as you can.

 

[Enzymatic21]

I am just pre-med so take this as you will, but maybe get more clinical volunteering if you can. is your pbGPA factored into your overall GPA? In a similar position as you!

 

[JohnJacobJungler]

How do you have 4000 hours of shadowing and 3000 hours of scribing? If these are the same activity, aka scribing, it not shadowing. '

Between now and the application cycle do a few things to help improve your app:
1) volunteer at an organization that serves a group who is different than you are. 2-4 hours per week. Continue this during your application cycle
2) shadow in primary care, if you haven't already
3) Begin some long term clinical volunteering, ideally 4 hours in length. I recommend a free clinic, but there a plenty of others that work just as well.

 

[Goro]

I get that I'm probably toast for MD, but I'm going for it. WAMC? Can I add or remove schools from the list below?

25 y/o, ORM, Mass resident, undergrad from top 20 LA school

cGPA: 3.18
sGPA: 3.11
pbGPA: (23 credit hours) 3.88
-Of note; last 108 credit hours are 3.50. Last 43 credit hours are 3.66

MCAT:
(1st) 504 - 126, 122, 127, 129.
(2nd) 510 - 129, 126, 130, 125

EC:
Division 1 college basketball x 4 years
Medical Scribing x 2.5 years (3000+ hours)
Surgery Department Secretary
Medical blog writer/founder
Co-author for book chapter in physician education series
Bioanalytical research x 1 year in undergrad
~4000+ hours of shadowing from scribing and going into OR w/ docs
~164 non-clinical volunteer hours
~20 clinical volunteer hours in OR

Schools:
DO: (1 LOR from DO)
UNECOM
PCOM - PA
LECOM - PA
WVSOM
UP-KYCOM
ATSU-KCOM
ATSU-SOMA
AZCOM
DMU-COM
TouroCOM-NY
TUNCOM
RVUCOM-CO
WCUCOM
ACOM
LMU-DCOM
CCOM

MD: (4 LOR from MDs)
Umass Medical
Albany Medical
Creighton
Drexel
Frank Netter at Quinnipiac
Georgetown Medical
George Washington
Loyola University
New York Medical College
Penn State University
Rosalind Franklin
Rush Medical College
Thomas Jefferson
Tufts University
Tulane University SOM
Virgina Tech
Wake Forest
Stony Brook

You're fine for any DO school. I can't recommend Touro-NY, Nova or LUCOM, for different reasons.
For MD, chances best with U MA, Albany, NYMC, and maybe U VM and Netter

 

[CJhooper123]

I am just pre-med so take this as you will, but maybe get more clinical volunteering if you can. is your pbGPA factored into your overall GPA? In a similar position as you!

Yes - pbGPA is factored into overall GPA. Was out of undergrad w/ a 3.02 cGPA

 

[CJhooper123]

You're fine for any DO school. I can't recommend Touro-NY, Nova or LUCOM, for different reasons.
For MD, chances best with U MA, Albany, NYMC, and maybe U VM and Netter

Thanks Goro - I get that I am a long shot for MD.
Just glancing, do you see any schools on my list that would be a complete waste of $$$ for me? Or perhaps I could add?

 

[Goro]

Thanks Goro - I get that I am a long shot for MD.
Just glancing, do you see any schools on my list that would be a complete waste of $$$ for me? Or perhaps I could add?

These will be donations:

Virginia
Tech
Stony Brook

Your MCAT is borderline for some of the schools on your list that historically reward reinvention, like the Philly Triplets.

 

[CJhooper123]

Thanks @Goro , much appreciation.

Different question - my volunteer hours are kind of low. Do you think this will hurt me? I would love to volunteer more but I'm kind of stuck with working 2 jobs right now

 

[Nedsson]

You're fine for any DO school. I can't recommend Touro-NY, Nova or LUCOM, for different reasons.
For MD, chances best with U MA, Albany, NYMC, and maybe U VM and Netter

Out of an excess of curiosity...why not Nova? I have heard some confidence undermining things before about the others you mentioned but not NSU.

 

[Nedsson]

504 first time... 510 second time

Bounce this one off @Goro but have you thought about any of the newer MD schools?
Carle or WMed for example? Also, if you are URM then some schools that really try to serve that population might be worth looking at...say Morehouse, Howard, etc?

 

[Goro]

Thanks @Goro , much appreciation.

Different question - my volunteer hours are kind of low. Do you think this will hurt me? I would love to volunteer more but I'm kind of stuck with working 2 jobs right now

The scribing should cover clinical hours. If you can get a little more monclinical, that will be fine

Out of an excess of curiosity...why not Nova? I have heard some confidence undermining things before about the others you mentioned but not NSU.

Several consecutive years of declining COMLEX 1st time pass rates. They're now at a level you expect from a brand new school, not a veteran one.

Bounce this one off @Goro but have you thought about any of the newer MD schools?
Carle or WMed for example? Also, if you are URM then some schools that really try to serve that population might be worth looking at...say Morehouse, Howard, etc?

OP stated that they are ORM.
Carle is for engineering majors.
I don't have any read if the newer MD schools reward reinvention.