Hello. Im currently a California post bac student, finishing up my last semester.
My GPA is very low (3.36 as an undergrad, managed to pull it up to 3.39 after first semester of post bac because I got a 3.9 GPA that semester... hoping ill pull it up to 3.42/3.43 by the end of May 2018)
I took the MCAT thrice, got a 501, 503, and a 508.
Attempt 1: 128/124/124/125 (yeah... definitely should have voided-very emberassed)
Attempt 2: 128/122/129/124 (CARS and P/S major problems)
Attempt 3: 127/126/127/128 (pretty balanced, down in some sections)
my EC list is pretty solid, I have extensive volunteering and shadowing hours. Ive volunteered at hospitals, clinics, and a private practice, and have community based worked and volunteering as well along with teaching/tutoring, and working with the elderly and disabled. Extracurriculars also include 3.5 years of research, an independent research project for which I wrote a paper (not published yet), poster presentations for research proposals, and even some outlandish stuff like dance, etc
My LORs list is from my undergrad professors, 2 physicians thus far (hoping to make it to 3), my PI, one of my post bac professors.
That was a lot!
So I was wondering what a decent list of schools should be for someone like me? Ive inputted my data onto the wedge spreadsheet and see that I should be applying to the low tier schools, but upon further researching those schools, I see their average GPAs and MCATs are pretty up there too (with lots of 3.6-3.7 average entering class GPAs and 510-512 MCATs)
I know my GPA and MCAT are really going to hold me back, and Ill also be applying to some DO schools, but what other schools can I add to my list which are good for a student like me? Schools that might value clinical work, shadowing volunteering, community involvement and such?
Also what schools would not look down upon me taking the MCAT 3 times? What schools superscore?
UConn
Quinnipiac
Albany
New York Medical College
Temple
Jefferson
GW
Georgetown
Eastern Virginia
Miami
Tulane
Creighton
St. Louis
Loyola
Rosalind Franklin
Rush
Medical College Wisconsin
Oakland Beaumont
Penn State
Hofstra north well school of medicine
coopeer medicals school of rowan
baylor
Any others I should look at?
thank you so much!
My GPA is very low (3.36 as an undergrad, managed to pull it up to 3.39 after first semester of post bac because I got a 3.9 GPA that semester... hoping ill pull it up to 3.42/3.43 by the end of May 2018)
I took the MCAT thrice, got a 501, 503, and a 508.
Attempt 1: 128/124/124/125 (yeah... definitely should have voided-very emberassed)
Attempt 2: 128/122/129/124 (CARS and P/S major problems)
Attempt 3: 127/126/127/128 (pretty balanced, down in some sections)
my EC list is pretty solid, I have extensive volunteering and shadowing hours. Ive volunteered at hospitals, clinics, and a private practice, and have community based worked and volunteering as well along with teaching/tutoring, and working with the elderly and disabled. Extracurriculars also include 3.5 years of research, an independent research project for which I wrote a paper (not published yet), poster presentations for research proposals, and even some outlandish stuff like dance, etc
My LORs list is from my undergrad professors, 2 physicians thus far (hoping to make it to 3), my PI, one of my post bac professors.
That was a lot!
So I was wondering what a decent list of schools should be for someone like me? Ive inputted my data onto the wedge spreadsheet and see that I should be applying to the low tier schools, but upon further researching those schools, I see their average GPAs and MCATs are pretty up there too (with lots of 3.6-3.7 average entering class GPAs and 510-512 MCATs)
I know my GPA and MCAT are really going to hold me back, and Ill also be applying to some DO schools, but what other schools can I add to my list which are good for a student like me? Schools that might value clinical work, shadowing volunteering, community involvement and such?
Also what schools would not look down upon me taking the MCAT 3 times? What schools superscore?
UConn
Quinnipiac
Albany
New York Medical College
Temple
Jefferson
GW
Georgetown
Eastern Virginia
Miami
Tulane
Creighton
St. Louis
Loyola
Rosalind Franklin
Rush
Medical College Wisconsin
Oakland Beaumont
Penn State
Hofstra north well school of medicine
coopeer medicals school of rowan
baylor
Any others I should look at?
thank you so much!
