Your stats are fine and any healthcare volunteer works. I volunteered in a PT clinic too. You can always try and volunteer in ERs and stuff too. Podiatry school isnt the hardest to get into. You have a good GPA so just do decent on the MCAT and you'll get in somewhere. Your ECs, if you did all that, would be more than enough. My only question is if youre starting to study for the MCAT soon, why wait til September to take it? Thats a really long time to study
I worked full time while studying. And I hadnt taken any physics or biochem. You can definitely do it. I studied after work and all day on the weekends for 3 months. Kaplan review books helped me learn content, but after that its mainly practice tests. I say this because, September MCAT isnt too late to get into school, but that is really long to study. Youll either burn out or forget what you studied a few months back.
Thanks for the reply! I found a website with a list of class subjects, but I’m a bit confused, engineering and specifically chemical engineering is listed as subject for the science gpa but I was wondering if I had to include all of then even though most of them weren’t biology or medically related?
I got lucky haha I think my university’s ochem and general biology classes included a lot of biochem, so when I studied the concepts in Kaplan a lot of them looked familiar
If you dont care about what Pod school you go to im sure youll get into atleast 1 with your current stats. I would apply now, but if you apply in march know that the smaller schools would proabably be full.
You definitely have a chance for NYCPM without retaking the MCAT.
I have my personal statement ready and I'm working on getting on my final LOR.
No, I should probably get on that. lol
I would apply to Scholl too that’s good enough for a half tuition .. azpod doesn’t offer scholarships I’d pass on that
Gonna be studying all day might as well get some nice snow scenery and reduced debt
From WI so I know a thing or two about snow
Def consider Scholl then.. I was deciding between DMU and Scholl and I chose Scholl. Those are prob the two closest to you. There was a couple with similar stats that applied this cycle and got half tuition at Scholl which means 37 ish to 19k a year is which is pretty nice. DMU doesn't offer more than 6 or 8k a year from what I've been told
get a 492+and you'll get into any school of your choice. Shadow soon and apply asap, why apply in may?
I submitted my central application yesterday, but I am guessing I won't be considered for interviews/admisison until the schools get my MCAT scores. I don't think I am ready to take the MCAT until April since I am taking biochem this semester in my undergrad institution. Therefore, I guess my application won't be "complete" until May since scores take a while to come back. Are most spots at NYCPM taken by than usually?
I've seen people on these forums get interviews even without mcat scores. Acceptance would probably be contingent on you getting an acceptable score. You'll be fine. Just start shadowing soon.
AZpod all the way. Had my choice at any school. Never regretted my decision. Fyi, it was 81 today!
And paying of them loans + interest
It's a dry heat. Why better than Wisconsin summer where it's always humid.
Anything past 105 dry or humid is miserable to me because I’ve visited.. how often do you get burns from your car leather from that heat? Lord take the wheel cause I’m not touching it
Im not sure, they waitlisted me because of a couple of grades after my interview, because I had a rough couple of semesters from an overseas death. They wanted me to take classes to show I still could "handle a large school load" yet I still had a 3.4 and 3.0 for undergrad, no real trend and my MCAT was above their average. Glad I liked Scholl and DMU a lot better where I had acceptances + scholarships.
You don't own leather seats when you live here. Have to use common sense on that one. And you spend most your time studying anyways so the heat never bothered me. At night the air is cooler since there is no moisture to hold the heat in. And I would rather be hot than hot and wet all the time. And the education you get here is top notch along with having amazing staff!! Can't beat it!!
I just applied over the weekend. I have not submitted my LORs yet, they have not received my official transcript yet (submitted the request on my university website yesterday as well), and no MCAT. I don't think that my app would be processed that fast with the central app server. I have not received an interview yet.
No schools have secondaries. Only the central app service. Many people including me took the Mcat without biochem and scored well enough to get in. It is not a must but will help. Schools will offer interview without Mcat but not accept, some without LORs also.
Thank you! I really hope I can be part of this upcoming year's class. If not, I will just wait an additional year and take a "year off" as planned before. Although, I really would rather get started right away!!
