Hello everyone,
After adding all of my classes to the AACOMAS application by GPAs are:
I have taken the MCAT twice and received a 22 both times. I am planning on re-taking it again this summer in hopes to get a better score (anyone know what score would make me competitive?). The last time I took it I was 36 weeks pregnant and it wasn't the best testing or studying circumstances (not trying to make excuses, just explain the situation).
I also need advice as to whether or not to apply as disadvantaged. I am a single mother who was raised in a rural and medically under-served area. My mother passed away when I was young and my father made less than $40,000 while I was under the age of 18 and I have paid for my education thus far with no family contribution.
Extra-curricular:
With everything stated above...
-Am I competitive as an MD applicant?
-Am I competitive as a DO applicant?
-What do I need to do to increase my competitiveness?
-What schools (both DO and MD) would you recommend applying to?
-What would you say the minimum MCAT score I can get will be (in order to still be competitive)?
-Would you recommend pursuing a MBA degree while waiting until the 2015 school year?
After adding all of my classes to the AACOMAS application by GPAs are:
- Freshman year (I attended a community college while enrolled in high school) 3.34 non-science, 3.65 science, 3.37 cumulative
- Sophomore year: 3.27 non-science, 2.89 science, 3.19 cumulative
- Junior/Senior years: 3.51 non-science, 3.05 science, 3.21 cumulative
- Post-bach: 4.00 non-science, 4.00 science, 4.00 cumulative (2 semesters, 10 courses)
- Overall: 3.45 non-science, 3.26 science, 3.37 cumulative
- Freshman: 3.32 overall, 3.05 science, 3.43 other
- Sophomore: 2.89 overall, 2.45 science, 3.28 other
- Junior: 2.56 overall, 2.33 science, 2.84 other
- Senior: 3.32 overall, 3.00 science, 3.88 other
- Post-bach: 4.00 overall, 4.00 science, 4.00 other
- Overall: 3.27 overall, 2.87 science, 3.57 other
I have taken the MCAT twice and received a 22 both times. I am planning on re-taking it again this summer in hopes to get a better score (anyone know what score would make me competitive?). The last time I took it I was 36 weeks pregnant and it wasn't the best testing or studying circumstances (not trying to make excuses, just explain the situation).
I also need advice as to whether or not to apply as disadvantaged. I am a single mother who was raised in a rural and medically under-served area. My mother passed away when I was young and my father made less than $40,000 while I was under the age of 18 and I have paid for my education thus far with no family contribution.
Extra-curricular:
- ~350 hours of volunteering at a local hospital in the medical staff services office and under the director of telemetry and L&D (less than 30 hours of this was volunteering for MADD). Part of this was volunteering in surgery waiting interacting with patient's families before, during, and after their surgery.
- I was a teacher's assistant for one semester.
- I was the Biology Club Treasurer for 24 months as an undergrad.
- I have been employed 40 hours a week since age 15 and have had a leadership role of ~1,500 employees since May 2010.
- I volunteered for about five hours a week for eight months in a biochemistry research lab.
- I job shadowed an anesthesiologist for 25 hours and an urologist for 40 hours.
With everything stated above...
-Am I competitive as an MD applicant?
-Am I competitive as a DO applicant?
-What do I need to do to increase my competitiveness?
-What schools (both DO and MD) would you recommend applying to?
-What would you say the minimum MCAT score I can get will be (in order to still be competitive)?
-Would you recommend pursuing a MBA degree while waiting until the 2015 school year?
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