Like to add more DO schools of lower end with Mcat 27, any advice.

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My gpa 3.6, Mcat 27, already got denial from RV COM, still waiting from DMV , WCCOM and Kirksville. Desperately trying to get another interview after KCU rejected after interview. Any advice to add more low end DO schools .
 
Lol DMV!

I would add TUNCOM, CUSOM, WVSOM, MUCOM, NSU, LECOM, LECOM-B, KYCOM, LMU-DCOM, ACOM, BCOM
Ideally with your stats, you want to lengthen your list and apply broadly.
 
You pretty much can apply to all the schools excepts for the regionally biased ones, such as ROWAN, NYIT, and especially DMV.
 
That damn DMV, they always take forever when I go there. Well what schools have you already applied to? If it is just the ones on the list I would add all the Touros Midwestern, Campbell, MUCOM, AZCOM ATSOMA WVCOM
Thanks
 
That damn DMV, they always take forever when I go there. Well what schools have you already applied to? If it is just the ones on the list I would add all the Touros Midwestern, Campbell, MUCOM, AZCOM ATSOMA WVCOM
You pretty much can apply to all the schools excepts for the regionally biased ones, such as ROWAN, NYIT, and especially DMV.
Thanks, too many essays writing is the only problem when you are busy in regular semester.
 
Thanks, too many essays writing is the only problem when you are busy in regular semester.

I feel you bro/sis. I work 50 hours a week, tutor 10 hours/week, and argue with my crazy girlfriend daily. If you do the research, you will know what school you want to apply for.

Stay away from MSU-COM, all of the west coast schools, and OU-HCOM. If you like religion, you can add LUCOM. I got rejected by them because I didnt have all of LORs ready. They wouldnt take my Jesus's LOR, not a science professor or D.O.
 
I feel you bro/sis. I work 50 hours a week, tutor 10 hours/week, and argue with my crazy girlfriend daily. If you do the research, you will know what school you want to apply for.

Stay away from MSU-COM, all of the west coast schools, and OU-HCOM. If you like religion, you can add LUCOM. I got rejected by them because I didnt have all of LORs ready. They wouldnt take my Jesus's LOR, not a science professor or D.O.

Why are you still with your girlfriend?
 
Because Im a nice guy........and she tried to cut her wrist yesterday when I tried to leave her.

Well, you need to figure out a way to get out of this situation. It is hurting both her and yourself. She needs some help if she can't stand up on her own.

It really sounds like a very unhealthy relationship. Med school is just going to put even a bigger strain on it.
 
Kudos to @user3 for compiling this list:

Touro-Ca: 3.49/3.42/30.4

Touro-NY: ~3.4/30.8
CCOM: 3.59/3.53/29.5
AZCOM: 3.48/3.44/29
DMU: 3.63/3.57/28.3
RVU: 3.63/3.59/28.11
UNTHSC-TCOM: 3.60/3.49/28
NYITCOM: 3.6/28 (2013)
MSU: 3.59/28
COMP: 3.58/3.56/28
UNECOM: 3.55/28
RowanSOM: 3.54/3.48/28
LECOM-B: 3.53/3.45/28
Touro-NV: 3.5/3.4/28
NSU: 3.49/3.40/28 (2013)
KCUMB: 3.63/3.6/27.6
OU-HCOM: 3.64/3.58/27.37
MU-COM: 3.62/3.56/27.33
CUSOM: 3.6/3.5/27
KCOM: 3.59/3.51/27
PCOM: 3.5/3.5/27 (?)
LECOM-E/SH: 3.48/3.35/27 (2013)
SOMA: 3.45/3.34/27
PCOM-Ga: 3.4/3.5/27 (?)
PNWU: 3.45/3.36/26.84
COMP-NW: 3.63/3.58/26.28
OSU-COM: 3.66/26
WCU: 3.5/3.4/26 (2013)
ACOM: 3.4/26 (2013)
VCOM (all): 3.6/3.5/25.36
LMU: 3.43/3.35/25-26
WVSOM: 3.4/3.4/25 (2013)
KYCOM: 3.50/3.41/24.6
LUCOM: 3.4/24
Burrell COM: ?



My gpa 3.6, Mcat 27, already got denial from RV COM, still waiting from DMV , WCCOM and Kirksville. Desperately trying to get another interview after KCU rejected after interview. Any advice to add more low end DO schools .
 
Kudos to @user3 for compiling this list:

Touro-Ca: 3.49/3.42/30.4

Touro-NY: ~3.4/30.8
CCOM: 3.59/3.53/29.5
KCUMB: 3.68/3.63/29
AZCOM: 3.48/3.44/29
DMU: 3.63/3.57/28.3
RVU: 3.63/3.59/28.11
UNTHSC-TCOM: 3.60/3.49/28
NYITCOM: 3.6/28 (2013)
MSU: 3.59/28
COMP: 3.58/3.56/28
UNECOM: 3.55/28
RowanSOM: 3.54/3.48/28
LECOM-B: 3.53/3.45/28
Touro-NV: 3.5/3.4/28
NSU: 3.49/3.40/28 (2013)
OU-HCOM: 3.64/3.58/27.37
MU-COM: 3.62/3.56/27.33
CUSOM: 3.6/3.5/27
KCOM: 3.59/3.51/27
PCOM: ?
LECOM-E/SH: 3.48/3.35/27 (2013)
SOMA: 3.45/3.34/27
PCOM-Ga: 3.4/3.5/27 (?)
PNWU: 3.45/3.36/26.84
COMP-NW: 3.63/3.58/26.28
OSU-COM: 3.66/26
WCU: 3.5/3.4/26 (2013)
ACOM: 3.4/26 (2013)
VCOM (all): 3.6/3.5/25.36
LMU: 3.43/3.35/25-26
WVSOM: 3.4/3.4/25 (2013)
KYCOM: 3.50/3.41/24.6
LUCOM: 3.4/24
Burrell COM: ?

updated:

Touro-Ca: 3.50/3.45/30.8 (2015)
CCOM: 3.64/3.57/29.4 (2015)
KCUMB: 3.68/3.63/29 (2015)
AZCOM: 3.48/3.44/29
RVU: 3.63/3.60/28.54 (2015)
DMU: 3.63/3.57/28.3
UNTHSC-TCOM: 3.67/3.57/28 (2015)
MSU: 3.64/28 (2015)
NYIT: 3.6/28
COMP: 3.58/3.56/28
UNECOM: 3.55/28
RowanSOM: 3.54/3.48/28
LECOM-B: 3.53/3.45/28
Touro-NV: 3.5/3.4/28
NSU: 3.49/3.40/28 (2013)
Marian: 3.62/3.56/27.53 (2015)
PCOM: 3.5/3.4/27.47
OU-HCOM: 3.64/3.58/27.37
PNWU: 3.46/3.37/27.29 (2015)
CUSOM: 3.6/3.5/27
KCOM: 3.59/3.51/27
LECOM-E/SH: 3.48/3.35/27 (2013)
SOMA: 3.45/3.34/27
COMP-NW: 3.63/3.58/26.28
OSU-COM: 3.66/26
WCU: 3.5/3.4/26 (2013)
ACOM: 3.4/26 (2013)
VCOM (all): 3.6/3.5/25.36
LMU: 3.43/3.35/25-26
WVSOM: 3.4/3.4/25 (2013)
KYCOM: 3.50/3.41/24.6
LUCOM: 3.4/24
Touro-NY: ?
PCOM Ga: ?
Burrell COM: ?
 
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Not sure if this will be any help to people but I kind of added @user3 list into my excel sheet for future references.
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Please ignore the Asian percentage, that for my personal interest haha
 
My gpa 3.6, Mcat 27, already got denial from RV COM, still waiting from DMV , WCCOM and Kirksville. Desperately trying to get another interview after KCU rejected after interview. Any advice to add more low end DO schools .


Don't think you need to worry about applying to "low end" DO schools with a 27. But yeah, use the table above..but make sure you look into much more than just MCAT average.. Location, in-state preferences (pub/private), whether you actually like the school. I know it's scary to get rejected post interview but no need to panic, just find couple more schools that you have an interest in!
 
Not sure if this will be any help to people but I kind of added @user3 list into my excel sheet for future references.
View attachment 196684

Please ignore the Asian percentage, that for my personal interest haha

This is quite the information sheet. I may be only commenting on it to look back on it in the spring :whistle: the only thing it lacks is if a DO letter is required
 
updated:

Touro-Ca: 3.50/3.45/30.8 (2015)
CCOM: 3.64/3.57/29.4 (2015)
AZCOM: 3.48/3.44/29
RVU: 3.63/3.60/28.54 (2015)
DMU: 3.63/3.57/28.3
UNTHSC-TCOM: 3.67/3.57/28 (2015)
MSU: 3.64/28 (2015)
NYIT: 3.6/28
COMP: 3.58/3.56/28
UNECOM: 3.55/28
RowanSOM: 3.54/3.48/28
LECOM-B: 3.53/3.45/28
Touro-NV: 3.5/3.4/28
NSU: 3.49/3.40/28 (2013)
KCUMB: 3.63/3.6/27.6
Marian: 3.62/3.56/27.53 (2015)
OU-HCOM: 3.64/3.58/27.37
PNWU: 3.46/3.37/27.29 (2015)
CUSOM: 3.6/3.5/27
KCOM: 3.59/3.51/27
PCOM: 3.5/3.5/27 (?)
LECOM-E/SH: 3.48/3.35/27 (2013)
SOMA: 3.45/3.34/27
PCOM-Ga: 3.4/3.5/27 (?)
COMP-NW: 3.63/3.58/26.28
OSU-COM: 3.66/26
WCU: 3.5/3.4/26 (2013)
ACOM: 3.4/26 (2013)
VCOM (all): 3.6/3.5/25.36
LMU: 3.43/3.35/25-26
WVSOM: 3.4/3.4/25 (2013)
KYCOM: 3.50/3.41/24.6
LUCOM: 3.4/24
Touro-NY: ?
Burrell COM: ?

Where do these stats come from?

PCOM's stats look pretty low for being a top DO school.
 
Where do these stats come from?

PCOM's stats look pretty low for being a top DO school.

I'm pretty sure he gets it from current students there or the website. @user3 ? But PCOM essentially gets to pick whoever they want because a lot of MD rejects apply here, it seems that they don't just weigh the stats of the applicants as heavy as some other schools. I've always been curious as this as well
 
I'm pretty sure he gets it from current students there or the website. @user3 ? But PCOM essentially gets to pick whoever they want because a lot of MD rejects apply here, it seems that they don't just weigh the stats of the applicants as heavy as some other schools. I've always been curious as this as well
I think I got the PCOM ones in an email awhile ago, I'm not sure they are accurate, so I have taken them down.
 
updated KCU-COM:

Touro-Ca: 3.50/3.45/30.8 (2015)
CCOM: 3.64/3.57/29.4 (2015)
KCU-COM: 3.68/3.63/29(2015)
AZCOM: 3.48/3.44/29
RVU: 3.63/3.60/28.54 (2015)
DMU: 3.63/3.57/28.3
UNTHSC-TCOM: 3.67/3.57/28 (2015)
MSU: 3.64/28 (2015)
NYIT: 3.6/28
COMP: 3.58/3.56/28
UNECOM: 3.55/28
RowanSOM: 3.54/3.48/28
LECOM-B: 3.53/3.45/28
Touro-NV: 3.5/3.4/28
NSU: 3.49/3.40/28 (2013)
Marian: 3.62/3.56/27.53 (2015)
OU-HCOM: 3.64/3.58/27.37
PNWU: 3.46/3.37/27.29 (2015)
CUSOM: 3.6/3.5/27
KCOM: 3.59/3.51/27
LECOM-E/SH: 3.48/3.35/27 (2013)
SOMA: 3.45/3.34/27
COMP-NW: 3.63/3.58/26.28
OSU-COM: 3.66/26
WCU: 3.5/3.4/26 (2013)
ACOM: 3.4/26 (2013)
VCOM (all): 3.6/3.5/25.36
LMU: 3.43/3.35/25-26
WVSOM: 3.4/3.4/25 (2013)
KYCOM: 3.50/3.41/24.6
LUCOM: 3.4/24
Touro-NY: ?
Burrell COM: ?
PCOM: ?
PCOM-GA: ?
 
I'm still waiting on DMV as well. You need a pretty high MCAT score to get into DMV, and unfortunately they waitlist all applicants before the Interview.
 
updated KCU-COM:

Touro-Ca: 3.50/3.45/30.8 (2015)
CCOM: 3.64/3.57/29.4 (2015)
KCU-COM: 3.68/3.63/29(2015)
AZCOM: 3.48/3.44/29
RVU: 3.63/3.60/28.54 (2015)
DMU: 3.63/3.57/28.3
UNTHSC-TCOM: 3.67/3.57/28 (2015)
MSU: 3.64/28 (2015)
NYIT: 3.6/28
COMP: 3.58/3.56/28
UNECOM: 3.55/28
RowanSOM: 3.54/3.48/28
LECOM-B: 3.53/3.45/28
Touro-NV: 3.5/3.4/28
NSU: 3.49/3.40/28 (2013)
Marian: 3.62/3.56/27.53 (2015)
OU-HCOM: 3.64/3.58/27.37
PNWU: 3.46/3.37/27.29 (2015)
CUSOM: 3.6/3.5/27
KCOM: 3.59/3.51/27
LECOM-E/SH: 3.48/3.35/27 (2013)
SOMA: 3.45/3.34/27
COMP-NW: 3.63/3.58/26.28
OSU-COM: 3.66/26
WCU: 3.5/3.4/26 (2013)
ACOM: 3.4/26 (2013)
VCOM (all): 3.6/3.5/25.36
LMU: 3.43/3.35/25-26
WVSOM: 3.4/3.4/25 (2013)
KYCOM: 3.50/3.41/24.6
LUCOM: 3.4/24
Touro-NY: ?
Burrell COM: ?
PCOM: ?
PCOM-GA: ?
wow, and thats with 270 students. I said this in another thread but KCU would have solidly MD-caliber admissions standards if that class size was cut in half.
 
wow, and thats with 270 students. I said this in another thread but KCU would have solidly MD-caliber admissions standards if that class size was cut in half.

Do you think TouroCOM NY is over 31 mcat now? Seems to be higher than some MD school averages
 
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wow, and thats with 270 students. I said this in another thread but KCU would have solidly MD-caliber admissions standards if that class size was cut in half.

I think the bigger reason is the emphasis we put on applying early. Last year anyone that interviewed after December was interviewing for the waitlist, and no one that submitted a secondary after mid-October got an interview before January. So basically if you didn't get your secondary in by mid-October you were applying for the waitlist. Supposedly there were a fair number of people that applied with mid-30s MCATs that were rejected because they didn't submit secondaries until December or later and interview dates filled up.
 
I think the bigger reason is the emphasis we put on applying early. Last year anyone that interviewed after December was interviewing for the waitlist, and no one that submitted a secondary after mid-October got an interview before January. So basically if you didn't get your secondary in by mid-October you were applying for the waitlist. Supposedly there were a fair number of people that applied with mid-30s MCATs that were rejected because they didn't submit secondaries until December or later and interview dates filled up.

More like you didn't get an interview period.
 
Not sure if this will be any help to people but I kind of added @user3 list into my excel sheet for future references.
View attachment 196684

Please ignore the Asian percentage, that for my personal interest haha

I hope that is some gunner metaphor or something. Even my state school doesn't have the those percentages realistically and it is in a predominantly Asian state.
 
I hope that is some gunner metaphor or something. Even my state school doesn't have the those percentages realistically and it is in a predominantly Asian state.


Nope, no metaphors at all. The stat was taken directly from AACOM and I sure hope it's an exaggerated data too lol
 
i got into KCU with similar stats. Are you lacking EC's?
My gpa 3.6, Mcat 27, already got denial from RV COM, still waiting from DMV , WCCOM and Kirksville. Desperately trying to get another interview after KCU rejected after interview. Any advice to add more low end DO schools .
 
My gpa 3.6, Mcat 27, already got denial from RV COM, still waiting from DMV , WCCOM and Kirksville. Desperately trying to get another interview after KCU rejected after interview. Any advice to add more low end DO schools .
and did you do terribly in the interview?
 
I think I got the PCOM ones in an email awhile ago, I'm not sure they are accurate, so I have taken them down.
I attended the PCOM-PA open house a few months ago and here are the most recent averages (I wrote it down during the presentation): c3.5/s3.4/27.47 (9.5/9.2/8.77). 8350 applied last year, 5556 secondaries submitted,696 II, 416 accepted, 270 enrolled.
 
I attended the PCOM-PA open house a few months ago and here are the most recent averages (I wrote it down during the presentation): c3.5/s3.4/27.47 (9.5/9.2/8.77). 8350 applied last year, 5556 secondaries submitted,696 II, 416 accepted, 270 enrolled.

Is that 8.77 Biological Science?
 
I attended the PCOM-PA open house a few months ago and here are the most recent averages (I wrote it down during the presentation): c3.5/s3.4/27.47 (9.5/9.2/8.77). 8350 applied last year, 5556 secondaries submitted,696 II, 416 accepted, 270 enrolled.

i'm quite surprised how low their overall stats are. perhaps they don't care as much about stats as other schools.
 
Great list @doit4humanity. Just wondering if you were reporting OOS tuition for all of programs, or if any of them are in-state? I'd love to add that information to my list as well and can share it after (as it contains letter requirements!).

Ah that would be an important information to be mention lol. The tuition is for CA residents so OOS =D
 
Lol DMV!

I would add TUNCOM, CUSOM, WVSOM, MUCOM, NSU, LECOM, LECOM-B, KYCOM, LMU-DCOM, ACOM, BCOM
Ideally with your stats, you want to lengthen your list and apply broadly.
Thanks for your advice . I got two interviews after i submitted more applications.
 
wow, and thats with 270 students. I said this in another thread but KCU would have solidly MD-caliber admissions standards if that class size was cut in half.

Agreed. We def have MD-caliber students here for sure. I know of a handful who had interviews to UCLA, Ohio State, Case Western, Rochester, Duke, UNC Chapel Hill.

That said, halfing the class size would be really good for the entire class. Don't think it'll ever happen though because the school relies on tuition money to function (alumni funding at KCU is meh).
 
Are people seriously using the percent of Asian students as a metric for gauging gunners? And a "predominantly Asian state" @IslandStyle808 ? Every state in the US is predominantly Caucasian... by a gigantic margin.

I'm not really offended, just wondering what makes people think/say these things.
 
Haha, classically overlooking the non-continental US, sorry about that (your username makes a lot more sense now). I still don't get why people are judging how gunner-ridden a school is based on the percentage of Asians.

I am trying to remember why I wrote that 5 months ago. I am pretty sure I was joking around about the gunner part. I think it was more to say I was amazed by the percentage of Asian in some schools. I had a hard time believing the numbers.
 
I am trying to remember why I wrote that 5 months ago. I am pretty sure I was joking around about the gunner part. I think it was more to say I was amazed by the percentage of Asian in some schools. I had a hard time believing the numbers.

I wasn't trying to single you out at all, queenjames had commented on that too and I just don't get it. I had no idea NYIT and Touro NV are half Asian, that was surprising to me too.

To keep this sort of on topic, glad OP applied more broadly and got some interviews... Asians/gunners aside
 
I wasn't trying to single you out at all, queenjames had commented on that too and I just don't get it. I had no idea NYIT and Touro NV are half Asian, that was surprising to me too.

To keep this sort of on topic, glad OP applied more broadly and got some interviews... Asians/gunners aside

lolz yeah sarcasm is kinda hard to interpret on the interwebz. As a fellow Asian, I apologize to all my asian peeps!
 
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