Is a 3.75 sGPA competitive for a top tier MD?

[premed12324]

Is there any way to get published is one academic year because from an academic perspective I think I will be okay. I just have 80 hours of lab research. 800 hours of pharmaceutical research work(2 internships). 30 hours of shadowing. Founder of a club that does community service in an underserved population(1000 hours). Is there something I should do from that end to make myself competitive for a top tier med schools, in terms of research and GPA? I plan to take the MCAT in the summer.

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[Goro]

A 3.75 is fine.

No clinical experience???

 

[premed12324]

I think I should start scribing soon because I do not have direct clinical experience. Perhaps hospital volunteering too.

 

[djiboutiman]

Is there any way to get published is one academic year because from an academic perspective I think I will be okay. I just have 80 hours of lab research. 800 hours of pharmaceutical research work(2 internships). 30 hours of shadowing. Founder of a club that does community service in an underserved population(1000 hours). Is there something I should do from that end to make myself competitive for a top tier med schools, in terms of research and GPA? I plan to take the MCAT in the summer.

3.75 won’t throw you out of the running for the top tier MDs, but no clinical experience = no medical school for most applicants. Prioritize that and the MCAT, then worry about publications later.

 

[premed12324]

3.75 won’t throw you out of the running for the top tier MDs, but no clinical experience = no medical school for most applicants. Prioritize that and the MCAT, then worry about publications later.

would hospital/hospital volunteering meet the requirement for clinical experience or should i scribe or try to become EMT?

 

[djiboutiman]

would hospital/hospital volunteering meet the requirement for clinical experience or should i scribe or try to become EMT?

I personally think being a scribe or EMT would be more fun and you get to earn some money, but is more of a time commitment. Hospital volunteering will get you what you need and if you love research you can keep doing that while volunteering.

 

[Rachapkis]

At a top tier medical school, a 3.75 GPA isn't disqualifying but it isn't good either. To state the obvious, with a 3.75 GPA, you will need a highly competitive MCAT score, excellent ECs, and strong interviews.

 

[Andrew Baines Bernard]

Regarding clinical experiences/volunteer, you may want to explore options outside of hospitals. I volunteered in a memory care hospice facility myself and found it to be very rewarding.

 

[ItAintEasyBeingCheesy]

3.75 is borderline for T20 schools.

 

[deleted994889]

I'd like to remind SDNers that GPA are MCAT are just one piece of the puzzle. If a schools average GPA/MCAT are X/Y, you can bet there are plenty of applicants with those specs and higher that are being rejected, even with the right ECs.

From the 2016-2019 LM Calculator: "There are 5408 total applicants that applied with a GPA in the range of 3.80 - 4.00 and an MCAT in the range of 518-528. Out of those applicants, 4795 were accepted to at least one medical school." That's 613 LM85ers who got rejected at every single school they applied to.

To the OP and applicants out there, our jobs are to present the best damn application we can and max out every spec (GPA, MCAT, ECs, essays, LORs) we possible can. Then you submit and start preparing an even better application for next cycle. No one is safe