I have applied to 15 schools, but..

[Sarge25]

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I have applied to 15 osteopathic schools (mainly in the south). My stats are as follows:

TN applicant (non-URM)
Biology major
3.84 GPA (3.7 BCPM)
25 MCAT (24 previous)
2 honor societies- Phi Kappa Phi and Phi Eta Sigma
Chancellor's highest honors multiple times
100+ hrs volunteer work- hospitals
Shadowed 5 physicians (2 D.O.'s)-- one D.O., a surgeon, is writing me a letter of recommendation, and I have spent over 300 hrs shadowing him.
2 non-medical mission trips- I understand that they don't hold much value
Letter of recommendation from a science professor, a non-science professor, and the pre-health committee. (soon from D.O.)

I am just wondering if I have applied to enough schools. My top schools are: PCOM, NSUCOM, MU-COM, CUSOM, ATSU-KCOM. My dream would be to go one of these schools of course, but what do you think are my chances of landing a spot at one of these schools? I know that I want to be a surgeon of some type, and I was wondering what school would best prepare me for this. I have researched so many threads, but I really cannot find what I am looking for. Thanks in advance!

 

[mathnerd88]

What's your actual sGPA for AACOMAS? sGPA does not count math.

For PCOM, I got this from another thread:

The entering class for PCOM (PA branch) has an average science GPA of 3.5, cumulative GPA of 3.4, and an MCAT of 28.

Your GPA is fine, and you have an okay MCAT score. What was the breakdown of your MCAT score? This thread should be moved to WAMC.

 

[Sarge25]

I can't seem to find where AACOMAS has calculated my GPA. They sent me an email yesterday to let me know that my application was verified and GPA was soon to be calculated. If I had to guess, I would say around 3.6 to 3.7. Sorry

MCAT was 7V, 9P, 9B (previously 8V, 8P, 8B)

Also, I don't know how to move threads. Should I just copy and paste to WAMC. Thanks

 

[Sarge25]

I just discovered where my sGPA was located. It is a 3.62. I also forgot to mention that I have been involved in research (plant science), with publication soon to be published later in the year.

 

[mathnerd88]

You should be okay. You'll probably get in somewhere if you apply broadly. With your top choice schools you should be okay if you apply early.

 

[DoctorSynthesis]

I have applied to 15 osteopathic schools (mainly in the south). My stats are as follows:

TN applicant (non-URM)
Biology major
3.84 GPA (3.7 BCPM)
25 MCAT (24 previous)
2 honor societies- Phi Kappa Phi and Phi Eta Sigma
Chancellor's highest honors multiple times
100+ hrs volunteer work- hospitals
Shadowed 5 physicians (2 D.O.'s)-- one D.O., a surgeon, is writing me a letter of recommendation, and I have spent over 300 hrs shadowing him.
2 non-medical mission trips- I understand that they don't hold much value
Letter of recommendation from a science professor, a non-science professor, and the pre-health committee. (soon from D.O.)

I am just wondering if I have applied to enough schools. My top schools are: PCOM, NSUCOM, MU-COM, CUSOM, ATSU-KCOM. My dream would be to go one of these schools of course, but what do you think are my chances of landing a spot at one of these schools? I know that I want to be a surgeon of some type, and I was wondering what school would best prepare me for this. I have researched so many threads, but I really cannot find what I am looking for. Thanks in advance!

Pcom and Nsucom might be a stretch but its possible.

I think you'll get in somewhere

 

[Goro]

You seem like a very strong candidate for any of those schools, and especially the newer ones in the south.

I have applied to 15 osteopathic schools (mainly in the south). My stats are as follows:

TN applicant (non-URM)
Biology major
3.84 GPA (3.7 BCPM)
25 MCAT (24 previous)
2 honor societies- Phi Kappa Phi and Phi Eta Sigma
Chancellor's highest honors multiple times
100+ hrs volunteer work- hospitals
Shadowed 5 physicians (2 D.O.'s)-- one D.O., a surgeon, is writing me a letter of recommendation, and I have spent over 300 hrs shadowing him.
2 non-medical mission trips- I understand that they don't hold much value
Letter of recommendation from a science professor, a non-science professor, and the pre-health committee. (soon from D.O.)

I am just wondering if I have applied to enough schools. My top schools are: PCOM, NSUCOM, MU-COM, CUSOM, ATSU-KCOM. My dream would be to go one of these schools of course, but what do you think are my chances of landing a spot at one of these schools? I know that I want to be a surgeon of some type, and I was wondering what school would best prepare me for this. I have researched so many threads, but I really cannot find what I am looking for. Thanks in advance!

 

[MightBeACylon439]

I have applied to 15 osteopathic schools (mainly in the south). My stats are as follows:

TN applicant (non-URM)
Biology major
3.84 GPA (3.7 BCPM)
25 MCAT (24 previous)
2 honor societies- Phi Kappa Phi and Phi Eta Sigma
Chancellor's highest honors multiple times
100+ hrs volunteer work- hospitals
Shadowed 5 physicians (2 D.O.'s)-- one D.O., a surgeon, is writing me a letter of recommendation, and I have spent over 300 hrs shadowing him.
2 non-medical mission trips- I understand that they don't hold much value
Letter of recommendation from a science professor, a non-science professor, and the pre-health committee. (soon from D.O.)

I am just wondering if I have applied to enough schools. My top schools are: PCOM, NSUCOM, MU-COM, CUSOM, ATSU-KCOM. My dream would be to go one of these schools of course, but what do you think are my chances of landing a spot at one of these schools? I know that I want to be a surgeon of some type, and I was wondering what school would best prepare me for this. I have researched so many threads, but I really cannot find what I am looking for. Thanks in advance!

Your non-medical mission trips may not hold value as far as convincing ADCOMS that you know what you're getting into medically, but if you can take the experience and use it to show that it helped you grow as a person, then the missions will hold great value for you and your application.

"Sarge"... Prior military?

 

[Sarge25]

Thanks for all the input. Sorry, not prior military. It was my first dog's name. Just easy for me to remember haha

 

[Azete]

I don't know who told you non-medical mission trips weren't worth much.

You took time out of your life to do mission work. Compare that to an applicant that committed their free time to drinking or playing video games. It shows maturity and that holds a lot of weight in the application process.

 

[AM508]

I don't know who told you non-medical mission trips weren't worth much.

You took time out of your life to do mission work. Compare that to an applicant that committed their free time to drinking or playing video games. It shows maturity and that holds a lot of weight in the application process.

It really doesn't hold a lot of weight unless someone has dedicated a long time to such causes. Adcoms are looking for long-term commitment. Actual adcom members have said a number of times that these couple week mission trips that people do are a dime-a-dozen. When you are trying to get into school, your application is competing against many applications with stellar EC's. One is not competing against people that only have dedicated their time to drinking and video games, they are competing against people who have thousands of hours in relevant fields, boatloads of research, a previous career in healthcare, people who have dedicated a number of years to a given cause they are passionate about...etc. When you look at a two week mission trip against that background, it is really not all that special.

 

[Mad Jack]

Any school will prepare you. Given the correlation between MCAT and Step scores, however, you'll have to do a whole lot of work if you want to be a surgeon. My DO school has probably 2 dozen people in the surgical club, yet we have less than 8 surgical matches per year.

You've applied to enough schools. Just be careful about going into.medical school with your stats and a surgeon or bust attitude- you need to want to be a physician first and a surgeon second.

 

[Grace184]

I don't know who told you non-medical mission trips weren't worth much.

You took time out of your life to do mission work. Compare that to an applicant that committed their free time to drinking or playing video games. It shows maturity and that holds a lot of weight in the application process.

No, it's true. Ask any adcom. Most see it as a quick resume builder and, most of the time, students make things worse for countries already in crisis. It's better do community work or at least mission work within your own country.