Making a school list

[deleted812153]

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Graduated August 2016
White male
Resident of Best Jersey
cGPA: 3.22, decent upward trend (Y1 2.5, Y2 3.66 Y3 3.25, Y4 3.45)
sGPA: 3.37
MCAT: Waiting for score, likely 503-508

ECs:
125 hours shadowing, 5 different specialties
1.5 years research, 1 pub 5th auth
~100 hours clinical volunteering in psych hospital
~40 hours nonclinical, probably won't even include in app
VP of hiking club
Father MD if that helps

LOR: 2 science, 1 from professor, one from professor who taught me micro and did research with, 1 from DO.

Schools

ACOM
ARCOM
AZCOM
BCOM
CCOM
KCOM
LECOM
Liberty
LMU-DCOM
MUCOM
Rocky Mountain
Rowan
RVU-UT
Touro (all)
TUNCOM
UIWSOM
VCOM

Thoughts?

 

[deleted244469]

Graduated August 2016
White male
Resident of Best Jersey
cGPA: 3.22, decent upward trend (Y1 2.5, Y2 3.66 Y3 3.25, Y4 3.45)
sGPA: 3.37
MCAT: Waiting for score, likely 503-508

ECs:
125 hours shadowing, 5 different specialties
1.5 years research, 1 pub 5th auth
~100 hours clinical volunteering in psych hospital
~40 hours nonclinical, probably won't even include in app
VP of hiking club
Father MD if that helps

LOR: 2 science, 1 from professor, one from professor who taught me micro and did research with, 1 from DO.

Schools

ACOM
ARCOM
AZCOM
BCOM
CCOM
KCOM
LECOM
Liberty
LMU-DCOM
MUCOM
Rocky Mountain
Rowan
RVU-UT
Touro (all)
TUNCOM
UIWSOM
VCOM

Thoughts?

Take off Liberty and Touro-NY, and add CUSOM amd DMU. I'd also suggest you add KCU. Submit applications NOW and you'll have a great chance!

Looks good. FYI, don't call it "Rocky Mountain Vista" in your secondaries, unless you want to be auto-rejected.

 

[zukunft195]

Graduated August 2016
White male
Resident of Best Jersey
cGPA: 3.22, decent upward trend (Y1 2.5, Y2 3.66 Y3 3.25, Y4 3.45)
sGPA: 3.37
MCAT: Waiting for score, likely 503-508

ECs:
125 hours shadowing, 5 different specialties
1.5 years research, 1 pub 5th auth
~100 hours clinical volunteering in psych hospital
~40 hours nonclinical, probably won't even include in app
VP of hiking club
Father MD if that helps

LOR: 2 science, 1 from professor, one from professor who taught me micro and did research with, 1 from DO.

Schools

ACOM
ARCOM
AZCOM
BCOM
CCOM
KCOM
LECOM
Liberty
LMU-DCOM
MUCOM
Rocky Mountain
Rowan
RVU-UT
Touro (all)
TUNCOM
UIWSOM
VCOM

Thoughts?

With that GPA, your MCAT score will either make you or break you.

 

[djtallahassee]

Take off Liberty and Touro-NY, and add CUSOM amd DMU. I'd also suggest you add KCU. Submit applications NOW and you'll have a great chance!

Looks good. FYI, don't call it "Rocky Mountain Vista" in your secondaries, unless you want to be auto-rejected.

Is NOW important? I was planning on submitting in 2 weeks but may up it to 1 week if absolutely necessary. I have similar stats with a good MCAT. I was under the impression DO could wait a little later due to less verification time.


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[deleted244469]

Is NOW important? I was planning on submitting in 2 weeks but may up it to 1 week if absolutely necessary. I have similar stats with a good MCAT. I was under the impression DO could wait a little later due to less verification time.


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Sorry, I didn't literally mean "right now". Within the next month would be extremely beneficial. AACOMAS verification starts to take longer come July/August.

 

[deleted812153]

I'm not going to get the MCAT back till the 6th of July - does that make a significant impact?

Can I get verified before the MCAT comes back without shelling out a ton of money?

 

[deleted244469]

I'm not going to get the MCAT back till the 6th of July - does that make a significant impact?

Can I get verified before the MCAT comes back without shelling out a ton of money?

Nope. You'll be OK. Late July starts the rush of applicants.

 

[AlteredScale]

I'd also suggest you add KCU.

GPA might be a bit low for KCU. The average accepted cGPA was around a 3.7 this last cycle with an MCAT average around a 505-510 (29-30).

 

[deleted244469]

GPA might be a bit low for KCU. The average accepted cGPA was around 3.6-3.7 this last cycle with an MCAT average around a 505-510.

Wow. Didn't realize stats shot up that much. Those are low tier MD stats.

Good to know!

 

[JB50]

Wow. Didn't realize stats shot up that much. Those are low tier MD stats.

Good to know!

Those are low to mid, I think (507+ MCAT)