Hello I am trying to understand if I have a shot at any MD schools with my current stats.
I have a 511 mcat with a 127,125,128,131 (low CARS is concerning, will it filter me out from schools?)
I have a 3.9+ GPA as a bioengineering major and I have about 6 months( ~ 100 hours) of clinical volunteering experience (but no shadowing).
I am in a quarter system school in a 5 year program where we coop for 6 months of the year and so I have 1.5 years of work experience at 3 big pharma companies since I am in my 4th year. I officially switched into medicine near the end of my 2nd year.
My biggest concern is my lack of community service. I have about ~30 or so hours of community service but there is a reason for this. My family is very low income and so during the school year I work part time (20 hours a week), (40 hours a week during breaks) at school to support myself and to financially support my family ( I send money home). I have done this since freshman year of college. Between that and studying every other second I have in my schedule, to keep up my grades, I don't have a lot of time left which is why I haven't been able to volunteer as much as I would like to.
Would this lack of community service, my mcat score (uneven) and lack of shadowing greatly hurt my chances at MD schools?
