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[mattdoc]

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I am wondering what my odds of getting into a Caribbean medical school are at this point.

I applied to US school and have not heard anything yet. I have a Bachelors degree in engineering, with a double major in mechanical engineering and biomedical engineer. I have a master's degree in mechanical engineering.

I have 3.0 undergraduate GPA and a 3.7 graduate GPA. I have a 33 on the MCAT P12 V11 B10. I have a lot of research experience with 2 first author papers.

I know my undergraduate GPA is killing my chances of getting into US medical schools. I hear on the radio I can apply to Ross for May 2008. Is this true? Do I have a chance if I get my application in this weekend? I really like orthopaedics... do Caribbean medical school students have a chance at orthopaedics?

Any advise is appreciated.

Matt

 

[oldpro]

I am wondering what my odds of getting into a Caribbean medical school are at this point.

I applied to US school and have not heard anything yet. I have a Bachelors degree in engineering, with a double major in mechanical engineering and biomedical engineer. I have a master's degree in mechanical engineering.

I have 3.0 undergraduate GPA and a 3.7 graduate GPA. I have a 33 on the MCAT P12 V11 B10. I have a lot of research experience with 2 first author papers.

I know my undergraduate GPA is killing my chances of getting into US medical schools. I hear on the radio I can apply to Ross for May 2008. Is this true? Do I have a chance if I get my application in this weekend? I really like orthopaedics... do Caribbean medical school students have a chance at orthopaedics?

Any advise is appreciated.

Matt

I have 3.0 undergraduate GPA and a 3.7 graduate GPA. I have a 33 on the MCAT P12 V11 B10. I have a lot of research experience with 2 first author papers.


So shadowing? Patient experience? volunteering? If you do not have these then you will not get into a US school, if you do not have these then your adviser sucks because this is the minimum needed to get into a US medical school in 2008.

If you thought research alone was enough then you have found out it is not

only 40% of all that are qualified get accepted to a US medical school. Sorry

As far as May for Ross no problem you should apply now, you should get in.

 

[McGillGrad]

LOL... keep trying in the US...avoid the Carib if you can

 

[mattdoc]

Thanks for the responses.

I volunteered for a semester in a major teaching hospital, and shadowed my thesis adviser (a orthopaedic surgeon).

Any other ideas why I am having no luck with US schools? If I want to go into surgery and cant get in MD, is it better to go DO or Caribbean?

Thanks!

 

[McGillGrad]

Thanks for the responses.

I volunteered for a semester in a major teaching hospital, and shadowed my thesis adviser (a orthopaedic surgeon).

Any other ideas why I am having no luck with US schools? If I want to go into surgery and cant get in MD, is it better to go DO or Caribbean?

Thanks!

More opportunity with DO