TYJC16
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Hi everyone! I would love some opinions on my situation. I was super fortunate to be accepted into 5 medical programs (4 DO and 1 MD). My top choices right now are KCU and LCOM at the University of Vermont (both are super incredible, and I'm so excited to have the option to even choose!). My application, excluding my MCAT, is fairly strong. I have 1000+ hours of clinical volunteering and non-clinical volunteering and have a 3.9 science GPA. I also am URM so that likely contributed to my success too.
Keeping that all in mind, I am hesitant to accept the MD offer (I got accepted off of the WL) because of my lower 500 MCAT. I already know that I'll be starting at the bottom, and likely will struggle a lot more than my classmates. Noting that at LCOM the average MCAT is 513 and KCU is 507. Ultimately, I'm afraid of failing at LCOM and not graduating. My parents really want me to go to KCU because they feel that I'll be more comfortable there and do better, but I'm worried that I'll regret not going for the MD. I should also mention that I'm not interested in a competitive specialty - probably family medicine so that doesn't affect my decision.
If anyone has any insight into this, I would really appreciate it (as neither of my parents are in medicine so I feel a bit alone in this decision-making process!).
Keeping that all in mind, I am hesitant to accept the MD offer (I got accepted off of the WL) because of my lower 500 MCAT. I already know that I'll be starting at the bottom, and likely will struggle a lot more than my classmates. Noting that at LCOM the average MCAT is 513 and KCU is 507. Ultimately, I'm afraid of failing at LCOM and not graduating. My parents really want me to go to KCU because they feel that I'll be more comfortable there and do better, but I'm worried that I'll regret not going for the MD. I should also mention that I'm not interested in a competitive specialty - probably family medicine so that doesn't affect my decision.
If anyone has any insight into this, I would really appreciate it (as neither of my parents are in medicine so I feel a bit alone in this decision-making process!).
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