Required to maintain 3.0?

[Ausmil]

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Hey, I am planning on applying this coming summer. I am not sure how much hope I have, but I will cross my fingers. If I don't get in then I will reapply next summer. My question is: Do all D.O. schools require the science gpa to be above a 3.0? Here are my stats. Do I have a chance? And will that science GPA matter?

I have tons and tons of extra caricular, service, work time, shadowing, leadership, research, LOR, etc...
Overall GPA: 3.5
Other GPA: 3.7
Science: 2.9
Mcat? Unknown?

 

[premedmaybe]

No, theres a few school that i believe has a 2.75 as the science cutoff.

 

[stoic]

Hey, I am planning on applying this coming summer. I am not sure how much hope I have, but I will cross my fingers. If I don't get in then I will reapply next summer. My question is: Do all D.O. schools require the science gpa to be above a 3.0? Here are my stats. Do I have a chance? And will that science GPA matter?

I have tons and tons of extra caricular, service, work time, shadowing, leadership, research, LOR, etc...
Overall GPA: 3.5
Other GPA: 3.7
Science: 2.9
Mcat? Unknown?

there are no set in stones guidelines for med schools (at least that the adcoms admit to publicly).

that said, without knowing more about your particular situation, it would be hard to give a good answer. in general, such a big discrepency between science and non-science GPA is going to really hurt you. like it or not (i rather dislike it myself) the first two years of med school are filled with more science facts than i could have ever imagined learning. the bottom line is that you have to have an application that shows that you would be successful through the training process, and this includes being able to handle taking several upper-level science courses and doing well in them.

now, if your science gpa is low b/c you started out slow as a freshman and has been increasing and you have some A's in science classes more recently AND a good MCAT, you would be in a different (and better) situation.

every applicant needs to show their schools that they can handle the academic load and also have the right type of personality and interest to make them succesful in medicine. there are a million different ways to do that, but my concern would be that your low science GPA leaves you with a gaping hole to explain how you can handle the course load in the preclinical years.

hope you don't think i'm being a jerk, i certainly think that there are MANY more important things in medicine than stuffing factoids into your brain. but it is what it is, and this is the question adcoms will have when they read your application.

good luck!

 

[dr.z]

No, theres a few school that i believe has a 2.75 as the science cutoff.

I think 2.75 was minimum I saw at some places.

 

[Ausmil]

No, theres a few school that i believe has a 2.75 as the science cutoff.

Can you tell me these schools?

 

[andi_cvr]

Hey, I am planning on applying this coming summer. I am not sure how much hope I have, but I will cross my fingers. If I don't get in then I will reapply next summer. My question is: Do all D.O. schools require the science gpa to be above a 3.0? Here are my stats. Do I have a chance? And will that science GPA matter?

I have tons and tons of extra caricular, service, work time, shadowing, leadership, research, LOR, etc...
Overall GPA: 3.5
Other GPA: 3.7
Science: 2.9
Mcat? Unknown?

You aren't in terrible shape. Here is some nice anecdotal evidence for you.

My stats:
Overall: 3.3
Science: 2.85
Other: 3.7
MCAT: 30P (VR-10, PS-9, BS-11)

Accepted by KCOM and WVSOM.

I applied really late (AACOMAS in October; DO letter didn't complete files until February/March).

I'm sure I'm just riding my MCAT, but it's ok. So do well on the MCAT. And apply early!!!

Good luck.

 

[HunterGatherer]

as Andi said doing well on the MCAT will help out your application A LOT. Hopefully you read the FAQ to see what schools are considered in the science dgree. Math is not in the science GPA as many people believe. visit AACOM and look at the admissions page of the schools you are interested in. Some schools don't mention the minimum GPA they will take. I posted a few schools that I applied to.
http://www.aacom.org/data/cib/04-requirements.html
Admission to osteopathic medical school is competitive. For the 2005 application cycle, the average MCAT scores were 7.96 verbal, 7.77 physical and 8.32 biology. The average overall
grade point average was 3.38 and the average science grade point average was 3.25. Generally, MCAT scores and grade point averages are slightly higher for matriculating students than scores reported for the overall applicant pool.

NYCOM
http://iris.nyit.edu/nycom/Admissions_DO_Program.htm
At the time the application is filed, applicants should possess a pre-professional science grade point average of at least 2.75 on a 4.0 point scale and an overall grade point average of at least 2.75 on a 4.0 point scale.

UNECOM
http://www.une.edu/com/admissions/criteria.asp
A cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.7 in both elective and required subjects. The average GPA for the class of 2009 is 3.37.

LECOM-PA
http://www.lecom.edu/lecom/admissions/requirements.asp
it is recommended that the applicant have an overall minimum grade point average of 3.0, and a minimum 2.7 science grade point average. Successful candidates typically have both science and overall grade point averages of 3.2 or above.

 

[JasonUD]

I have similar stats to you:
Total gpa: 3.25
Science gpa: 2.9ish (I'm not sure exactly, I haven't figured it out lately but thats my guess)
Non-Science gpa: 3.9 (Damn anthropology for ruining my 4.0)
MCAT: Very low 20's

Like you, and unfortunetly everyother medical school applicant, I have great LORs, ECs, volunteering, work experience, study abroad and I'm also graduating a year early.

I'm waitlisted at NYCOM, rejected from NOVA, KCOM, and LECOM-Erie, and still waiting for PCOM and Touro-MI.

The moral of the story is that you can get some loving from medical schools (for me being on the waitlist for NYCOM) with a low gpa, but it is difficult without a good MCAT. Generally a low something is made up by a high something else. For me I have two low blows on my applications, but even then there still is a chance.

Good luck and rock the MCAT!

 

[Corrupt200]

I have similar stats to you:
Total gpa: 3.25
Science gpa: 2.9ish (I'm not sure exactly, I haven't figured it out lately but thats my guess)
Non-Science gpa: 3.9 (Damn anthropology for ruining my 4.0)
MCAT: Very low 20's

Like you, and unfortunetly everyother medical school applicant, I have great LORs, ECs, volunteering, work experience, study abroad and I'm also graduating a year early.

I'm waitlisted at NYCOM, rejected from NOVA, KCOM, and LECOM-Erie, and still waiting for PCOM and Touro-MI.

The moral of the story is that you can get some loving from medical schools (for me being on the waitlist for NYCOM) with a low gpa, but it is difficult without a good MCAT. Generally a low something is made up by a high something else. For me I have two low blows on my applications, but even then there still is a chance.

Good luck and rock the MCAT!

I had a 2.88 gpa and 24 MCATs...I got interviewed by LECOM-PA.