Question/Application

[biochemath]

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Hello,

I am a current pre-med student and had a couple of questions about my eligibility to get accepted into any MD-PhD program in the country. I attend a CSU campus and am majoring in biochem and math with a minor in bio. I have a 3.7 GPA and will graduate this upcoming spring. I have 2+ years of research experience, (two summer internships, and a year long minority program, with currently one abstract in press). I have written sample NRSAs and have tons of math/science course-work with a science GPA of 3.64. I volunteered for a year in a hospital and accumulated over 600 hours of non-paid community service. I also tutored during the first two years of my college years at a local high school and have studied abroad (short term). What are my chances and what does my MCAT have to be? I am also a first generation URM...

 

[NickNaylor]

The URM designation will help. Extensive research experience - and being able to talk about that experience - is critical.

As far as your MCAT score, you can find the GPA/MCAT averages for MD/PhD applicants here: https://www.aamc.org/data/facts/enrollmentgraduate/. For some reason I can't find that data separated by ethnicity, but I'm sure it's somewhere.

 

[biochemath]

Thanks!