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Hi All,
Any non-trad that looks at the pre-allo thread can get pretty intimidated by the high numbers everyone has over there. I couldn't have gotten in to med school straight out of undergrad with my gpa (2.93 BCPM, 3.07 uGPA) but the combination of life experience as a teacher, graduate coursework in animal behavior (i.e. nothing to do with medicine) and a decent (but not ridiculously high) MCAT earned me:
4 DO acceptances
1 MD acceptance
2 MD waitlists
Despite the immense competition during this application season, I ended up coming through all right. So don't get too discouraged when you try and compare your numbers with a 21 year old with high numbers but not a whole lot else.
Any non-trad that looks at the pre-allo thread can get pretty intimidated by the high numbers everyone has over there. I couldn't have gotten in to med school straight out of undergrad with my gpa (2.93 BCPM, 3.07 uGPA) but the combination of life experience as a teacher, graduate coursework in animal behavior (i.e. nothing to do with medicine) and a decent (but not ridiculously high) MCAT earned me:
4 DO acceptances
1 MD acceptance
2 MD waitlists
Despite the immense competition during this application season, I ended up coming through all right. So don't get too discouraged when you try and compare your numbers with a 21 year old with high numbers but not a whole lot else.