MCAT Goal?

[surgeryalltheway]

Hi, I'm the process of studying for my MCAT, my initial Kaplan diagnostic was a 497, so pretty unnerved at the moment. What's a good score to aim for MD acceptances in Texas (and DO if MD chances are slim sounding)?

• GPA = 3.75, sGPA = 3.61
• US Citizen, TX Resident
• Asian female
• Undergraduate Institution: Texas A&M University
  • Major: Biomedical Sciences
  • Minors: Business and Neuroscience
• Clinical Volunteering: 145 hours, plan on going back this summer.
• Shadowing: 124 hours
  • Sleep Medicine, Oculofacial Plastics, OBGYN, Orthopedic Surgery, Bariatric Surgery, General Surgery, ENT Surgery
• Non-Clinical Volunteering: 70 hours
  • Volunteered 3 hrs/week at the Food Bank, on a pause because I was using this last semester to handle my 18 hour workload while studying for the MCAT
  • Volunteered with local elementary school's first grade class - worked on reading skills. Also currently paused for the semester.
• Research:
  • RA in a lab for two semesters (8 hrs/week) before the lab was relocated to a different state
  • Currently RA in a lab at TAMUHSC's Neuroscience Dept (12 hrs/week)
  • Currently working with Aggie Research Scholars as a primary author for a manuscript that is being written (~10 hrs/week)
• Leadership:
  • Team Leader of my manuscript team
  • Trained new employees at Starbucks when they joined
  • Mentored high school students through 2 different programs (1 that was affiliated with TAMUHSC)
  • Was a job site leader for The Big Event (annual volunteer project at TAMU)
• Extracurricular:
  • Violinist in the University Philharmonic Orchestra
  • President of Alpha Epsilon Delta - Premedical Honors Society
  • Fundraising Liason - Students for Advancing Neuroscience Discovery and Innovation
• Employment:
  • Barista at Starbucks freshman and sophomore year

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[esob]

Last years stats for Texas matriculants were 3.75/3.65 cum/science GPA and 509 MCAT, so you would want to aim for a 509 if you want to be in the middle of the pack.

 

[CyrusHabs7695]

508+

 

[SpoiledMilk]

No more shadowing hours needed if you are still doing that. Transition those to increasing your clinical volunteering hours to 200+.

As an ORM, your GPAs are competitive, but shoot for 512+ on your MCAT.

 

[surgeryalltheway]

Thanks for the feedback! Should I look into DO, or would I be safe applying to all instate MD schools?

 

[SpoiledMilk]

When you apply to TMDSAS, you should also include TCOM.

Lets wait until you get your MCAT score back before deciding whether you should consider DOs...

 

[Gilakend]

Aim as high as you can