Medical Is there any point in applying this cycle?

[Goro]

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What are my chances if I reapply this 2020-2021 cycle?

Stats:

• 520 MCAT
• 3.3 cGPA
• 3.49 sGPA
• IA for low grades first two years of college
• Very strong upward trend in grades, almost straight As last 3 years of college, summa cum laude
• Strong personal narrative
• 300 hours hospital volunteering done 2016-2018
• 50 hours of shadowing
• ~250 hours of non-clinical community service, including serving on a nonprofit board and serving underprivileged populations
• I tutor underprivileged youth for work
• 2-3 first-author publications, systematic reviews in low impact factor but non-predatory journals

I would be a third time reapplicant. Last year, I applied late in July, and then someone broke into my account and withdrew twice via email from all the schools I had applied to. I then explained the situation and asked to be reinstated.

To top things off, my MCAT is about to expire, so below are the only schools I'm even eligible to apply to, sorted from lowest to highest 10th percentile GPA.

I don't want to go to a DO school because of international practice rights issues, and I don't want to wait two years and retake the MCAT for other reasons I'd rather not get into. Do I stand any chance at all this cycle? Would it be a waste of money to even apply?

School	10th percentile GPA	Median MCAT	Out of state interviewed/applied	percentage of out of state matriculants	Public/private?	Applied/withdrew before?
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine	3.11	508	116/5866	25.8%	Public	No
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine	3.25	513	253/3737	79.1%	Private	No
Eastern Virginia Medical School	3.25	512	383/5284	48.3%	Public	No
Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science	3.26	512	356/13011	47.60%	Private	Yes
Wayne State University School of Medicine	3.27	511	470/7552	38.40%		Yes
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University	3.32	511	189/5572	25.20%	Public	No
Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University	3.32	513	276/7263	74.5%	Private	Yes
Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans	3.33	510	100/2985	8.10%	Public	No
Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine	3.33	509	17/667	6.3%	Public	No
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine	3.34	509	45/787	3.60%	Public	No
California Northstate University College of Medicine	3.35	512	80/1539	9.40%	Private, no in state preference	Yes
Tufts University School of Medicine	3.36	515	700/11363	79%	Private	Yes
University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine	3.37	509	82/1199	10.30%	Public	No
University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine	3.38	512	62/1469	10.60%	Public	No
University of South Carolina School of Medicine	3.38	509	127/2481	23.70%	Public	No
Medical College of Wisconsin	3.39	511	438/6725	45.20%		Yes
OHSU	3.4	512	277/540		Public	Yes
Wake Forest School of Medicine of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center	3.4	513	386/9769	69%	Private	Yes
University of Washington School of Medicine	3.4	510	314/7143	48.10%	Public	No
Albany Medical College	3.41	511	595/8376	71.90%	Private, no in state preference	Yes
Robert Larner, M.D., College of Medicine at the University of Vermont	3.41	512	519/6604	73%	Public	Yes
Central Michigan University College of Medicine	3.42	509	120/5491	17.50%	Public	No
Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine	3.43	512	124/3202	41.2%		Yes
Emory	3.44	515	503/9115	70.3%		No
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School	3.44	515	271/3331	19.10%	Public	No
University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix	3.45	515	188/5075	38.80%	Public	No
University of Minnesota Medical School	3.45	511	294/4593	14.60%	Public	No
University of New Mexico School of Medicine	3.46	506	31/1587	1.90%	Public	No
University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine	3.49	510	95/2788	14.3%	Public	No
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health	3.49	513	230/4120	33.50%	Public	No
Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell	3.49	517	510/3685	45.5%	Private	No
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences	3.5	513	1093/14286	96.70%		No
USF Health Morsani College of Medicine	3.51	516	245/3107	35.70%	Public	Yes
University of Oklahoma College of Medicine	3.51	510	32/2217	6.70%		No
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine	3.52	518	511/5877	64.60%		No
University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School	3.52	515	19/1115	6%	Public	No
Albert Eistein College of Medicine	3.53	515	752/5890	53%		No
Hackensack-Meridian School of Medicine at Seton Hall University	3.53	511	115/3478	36.30%		No
University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine	3.53	515	479/3531	35.50%		No
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine	3.53	508	209/1039	35.7%		No
Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine	3.54	512	38/1081	5.80%	Public	No
University of Nebraska College of Medicine	3.54	512	80/1278	13.6%	Public	No
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Paul L. Foster School of Medicine	3.54	512	47/765	10.60%		No
University of Utah School of Medicine	3.54	514	156/3033	20.8%	Public	No
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine	3.55	512	148/935	10.60%	Public	No
Case Western	3.56	519	905/6216	80.4%	Private	No
University of Maryland School of Medicine	3.56	515	344/4080	37.80%	Public	No
Saint Louis University School of Medicine	3.56	514	817/5924	81.10%		No
University of Massachusetts Medical School	3.58	515	456/3021	30.20%	Public	No
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry	3.58	517	504/4484	72.50%	Private	No
University of California, San Diego School of Medicine	3.6	517	181/2988	14.20%	Public	Yes
University of South Alabama College of Medicine	3.61	509	16/1112	12.20%	Public	No
Duke University School of Medicine	3.63	519	594/6110	82.60%	Private	No
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School	3.65	517	97/1313	13.60%	Public	No
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine	3.68	521	569/5311	86.60%		No
McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	3.68	514	71/1262	6.70%	Public	No
University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine	3.72	512	51/1072	3.00%	Public	No
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine	3.73	522	0	88.10%		No
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania	3.74	521	619/5610	79.3%		No

It's NOT about the cGPA, it's about that great upper trend. Rising GPA trends are always good.

You should apply as if you have a 3.9+ GPA. That said, there are med schools that will ignore you because it's a seller's market and they have thier pick of 3.9+ GPA people.

I recommend:

Columbia
Vandy
Dartmouth
BU
Duke
Pitt
Mayo
Mt Sinai
Keck
UCSF
EVMS
U Miami
Hofstra
Emory
Jefferson
Drexel
Albany
Tufts
NYMC
Your state schools
Rush
Loyola
Rosy Franklin
Tulane
Wake
MCW
SLU
Creighton
Wayne State
Netter
NYU.LI

And like it or not, beggars can't be choosy. You will need to have DO schools on your list.
So, any DO program. I can't recommend Nova, Wm Carey, BCOM, ICOM and LUCOM, for different reasons. MSUCOM? Read up on Larry Nasser and you decide. LMU has an accreditation warning, which concerns me. CUHS is too new and appears to be too limited in rotations sites. UIW refuses to post their Boards scores, which is fishy.

 

[TheBoneDoctah]

If you want to be a doctor, you NEED to apply to DO as well. You don't have to accept a DO acceptance if you get your MD, but completely closing off yourself to DO opportunities is not wise. DOs have full practice rights in 74 countries. Choose one of the 74 if you wanna be a doctor.