Is mid July too late to submit primary? High GPA, low MCAT, mid ECs

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I'm planning to apply to my state MD school and DO schools broadly. This summer has been crazy, and I couldn't submit my primary as I had planned. This resulted in my primary being delayed and probably won't be submitted until mid-July. Would this significantly affect my chances? I'll pre-write secondaries, so hopefully I'll be complete by late August/before Labor Day. Thank you for helping!

  1. GPA 3.95, Bio and Chem major
  2. MCAT score(s) and breakdown. Include all (non-voided) attempts.
    1. 507
  3. State of residence or country of citizenship (if non-US)
    1. Kansas, US citizen
  4. Ethnicity and/or race
    1. Asian
  5. Undergraduate institution or category
    1. State school
  6. Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer)
    1. 800 hours - Medical Assistant; paid
    2. 1500 hours - Optometric technician; paid
    3. 800 hours - ED technician/CNA; paid
    4. 900 hours - Medical Assistant/medical scribe/screeners; volunteer
  7. Research experience and productivity
    1. 400 hours of Bio research - publication, not first author
    2. 700 hours of Bio research - posters at undergraduate symposium
  8. Shadowing experience and specialties represented
    1. 15 hours - General surgery
    2. 20 hours - Internal medicine
    3. 15 hours - Retina specialist
    4. 22 hours - Breast Oncology Surgeon
    5. 16 hours - Breast Oncology Surgeon
    6. 30 hours - Pediatrician
    7. 10 hours - multiple ED physicians (from work)
    8. 20 hours - family physicians (from work/volunteer - I'm not sure if this counts as double dipping)
  9. Non-clinical volunteering
    1. Refugee Soccer organization - 400 hours
    2. Needle Exchange program - 100 hours
    3. Vietnamese Health Fairs - 30 hours
  10. Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc)
    1. 500 hours (4 years) - President/Vice President/Social media coordinator for Vietnamese Student Association
    2. 150 hours - Volunteer Coordinator for Pre medical society
    3. 200 hours - Fundraiser Chair for Alpha Phi Omega (volunteer organization)
    4. 150 hours - Treasurer/Campaign director for GlobeMed
    5. 100 hours - Vietnamese Senior Client Advocate (volunteer --> paid)
    6. 400 hours - Peer Tutor during undergrad; paid
  11. Relevant honors or awards
    1. Dean's honor roll for 4 years in undergrad
  12. Anything else not listed you think might be important
    1. Bi-lingual (Vietnamese and English)
    2. FAP
    3. 2 gap years

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You should be fine if you submit all your secondaries by late August. I suggest these schools with your stats:
Kansas
Creighton
TCU
Loyola
Rosalind Franklin
Medical College Wisconsin
Oakland Beaumont
Belmont
NOVA MD
Wake Forest
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
George Washington
Georgetown
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Penn State
Albany
Vermont
Quinnipiac
Loma Linda (if you fit their mission)
Alice Walton (when it opens)
Roseman (when it opens)
 
You should be fine if you submit all your secondaries by late August. I suggest these schools with your stats:
Kansas
Creighton
TCU
Loyola
Rosalind Franklin
Medical College Wisconsin
Oakland Beaumont
Belmont
NOVA MD
Wake Forest
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
George Washington
Georgetown
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Penn State
Albany
Vermont
Quinnipiac
Loma Linda (if you fit their mission)
Alice Walton (when it opens)
Roseman (when it opens)
Thank you for your response! What DO schools should I apply to?
 
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