I'm getting antsy

[TexasTriathlete]

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I have applied to 9 DO schools and 10 MD schools (mostly the TX schools). I am going to add about 5 more of each.

My application is pretty weird. I'm about to be 30, and I basically bartended my way to a 2.2 GPA the first time through college. I went back after graduation, got treatment for ADHD, and I've got about a 3.4 in 80+ hours of post-bac science courswork.

So I've got a 2.62 (will be slightly higher when ap services calculate it) overall. About a 3.30 science GPA overall. And I got a 33 on the MCAT. I also have tons of clinical volunteer experience, and life experience. I also occupy the lowest spot on the affirmative action totem pole. And I'm middle-class: family makes too much money for me to be disadvantaged, and not enough for me to have an advantage.

So I've got some nice things about my application, and some not-so-nice things. But I've done my homework, and I've been careful to apply mostly to schools who are big on the non-traditional applicant.


So I'm pretty sure I will get a lot of interviews. But I'm a little later than I'd like, so I'm worried that they're all going to be bunched up, and I'm going to have to lay down a bunch of jack at once for travel expenses.

Anyway, I just wanted to talk to someone that understands. Hold me.

 

[JaggerPlate]

Don't let anything/anyone get you too down. Positives: you are a non-trad, you applied broadly (you could add more schools, never hurts), you did a solid post bacc to make up for the undergrad gpa, you have a great MCAT score, and you seem to have a lot of very interesting ECs (your athletics). So, put your best foot forward and don't look back. Also, go check out the non-trad forums, I think you will find more people in your type of situations in there.

 

[TexasTriathlete]

What my big worry is that I will get interviews at lots of places, and accepted to few. I'm almost certain I will get in somewhere. Just not sure where. Hence the shotgun approach.

If I was the standard 3.5, 30 MCAT, I'd just apply in TX and be done with it. But this is going to end up costing me a fortune. Oh well.

 

[JaggerPlate]

What my big worry is that I will get interviews at lots of places, and accepted to few. I'm almost certain I will get in somewhere. Just not sure where. Hence the shotgun approach.

If I was the standard 3.5, 30 MCAT, I'd just apply in TX and be done with it. But this is going to end up costing me a fortune. Oh well.

Well, if it's really what you want, I would say that a lot of interviews and SOME acceptances is a great thing. Most people are worried about getting interviews/acceptances anywhere. If you want to go to medical school, what you are doing seems like the right thing. You gotta do what you've gotta do. I think that any acceptance will be worth the effort.

 

[PT2MD]

I'm not going to hold you, but hang in there fellow Texan...Your GPA is a weakness, but most of us have chinks in the armour. I think DO schools like TCOM definitely look deeper than the numbers and might be intrigued by your background. Remember it's a marathon, not a sprint....thought you might be able to relate to that!

Good luck.

 

[TexasTriathlete]

TCOM would be nice. The Texas schools do all their stuff early though. I hope I'm not too late. And their numbers seem to be about on-par with your average MD school. I might even have a better shot at San Antonio. I know they like some of the non-trads, and their medical center is incredible.

My overall GPA is weak, but what I've done since I've grown up is solid. Not great, but good enough that, combined with my MCAT, it can show anyone that I've got it together now. I think I'm good enough to get interviews at a lot of places, but bad enough to get rejected at most of them. [brandt]This is our concern, dude.[/brandt]

As for a marathon, I'm not sure I've got one of those in me. My best races are sprint triathlons. I'm not great because I am way too big for this sport (6'4"+, 230#), but I'm decent. A long run like a marathon would do a number on my legs. Not so much the run itself, but the training. I'd like to do one, but I really like tri training better. Once I really have my conditioning (hopefully by this time next year), I will be strong up to half-iron-distance. That's my plan, anyway.