School list with multiple MCAT scores and below average GPA?

[sadgeboi]

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[ppushpak]

I don’t think you have enough nonclinical hours or clinical hours for VCU

 

[Faha]

You have many state public schools that accept few non residents with your stats and no connections to the state. These schools from your list are realistic:
NEOMED
Wright State
Toledo
Ohio State
Cincinnati
Albany
Creighton
Drexel
Eastern Virginia
Georgetown
George Washington
Indiana
Loyola
Medical College Wisconsin
New York Medical College
Oakland Beaumont
Penn State
Quinnipiac
Rosalind Franklin
Seton Hall
Temple
Jefferson
Tufts
Tulane
Vermont
Virginia Commonwealth
Wake Forest
West Virginia
Wayne State
NOVA MD
You are competitive for all DO schools.

 

[sadgeboi]

Thanks, Faha - appreciate the help!

 

[sadgeboi]

I don’t think you have enough nonclinical hours or clinical hours for VCU

Thanks, I'll take them off my list!

 

[Goro]

Hi all -

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School List So Far:

In-State MD Schools (Ohio):

• NEOMED
• Wright State
• University of Toledo
• University of Cincinnati
• Ohio State University

Out-of-State MD Schools:

• Albany Medical College
• Cooper (Rowan)
• Creighton
• Drexel
• Eastern Virginia (EVMS)
• Geisinger Commonwealth
• Georgetown
• George Washington
• Indiana
• Loyola
• Medical College Wisconsin
• New York Medical College (NYMC)
• Oakland University (Wisconsin)
• Penn State
• Quinnipiac
• Rosalind Franklin
• Seton Hall
• Temple University
• Thomas Jefferson
• Tufts
• Tulane
• University of Arizona COM
• University of Connecticut
• University of Illinois
• University of Iowa
• University of Kentucky
• University of Louisville
• University of Maryland
• University of Vermont
• University of Wisonsin
• Virginia Commonwealth (VCU)
• Virginia Tech
• Wake Forest
• West Virginia
• Oakland Beaumont
• Wayne State
• NOVA MD
• Hofstra

Apologies for the long post. Thanks in advance.

The bolded are all donations. Save your money and take your SO out for dinner

Your have a research heavy and EC lite app, which is not good. You should double your EC hours in each category, as many of the schools that reward reinvention are service loving.

I recommend:
U VM
NYMC (maybe)
Creighton
Albany
Rosy Franklin
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
MCW
SLU
WVU
Wayne State
Tulane
Loyola
Wake Forest
Loma Linda (only if you are SDA or a very devout Christian)
VCU
Netter
Seton Hall
EVMS
Oakland-B
Gtown
GWU
Uniformed Services University/Hebert (just be aware of the military service commitment)
Nova MD
ALL OH schools except Case
TCU/UNT

Your DO list is fine, but UNECOM seems to favor people from the Northeast. Suggest swapping that out and adding more DO schools, such as MUCOM, VCOM, CCOM, NYITCOM, CUSOM, LECOM, ACOM

 

[sadgeboi]

The bolded are all donations. Save your money and take your SO out for dinner

Your have a research heavy and EC lite app, which is not good. You should double your EC hours in each category, as many of the schools that reward reinvention are service loving.

I recommend:
U VM
NYMC (maybe)
Creighton
Albany
Rosy Franklin
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
MCW
SLU
WVU
Wayne State
Tulane
Loyola
Wake Forest
Loma Linda (only if you are SDA or a very devout Christian)
VCU
Netter
Seton Hall
EVMS
Oakland-B
Gtown
GWU
Uniformed Services University/Hebert (just be aware of the military service commitment)
Nova MD
ALL OH schools except Case
TCU/UNT

Your DO list is fine, but UNECOM seems to favor people from the Northeast. Suggest swapping that out and adding more DO schools, such as MUCOM, VCOM, CCOM, NYITCOM, CUSOM, LECOM, ACOM

Thanks for taking a look at my list, Goro! I'll try my best to increase the volunteering hours, hopefully I can get it to around 150 by the end of May, but that will be challenging while working full time.

 

[DNAJB6]

Hi all -

I've taken the MCAT three times with two of them being low scores and the most recent one being an average score. Would anyone like to take a look through my school list to see if I should add/remove any schools? I'm thinking of applying to around 40 as my GPA is below average.

Don't underestimate the enormous amount of time that polished applications (including secondaries) take. You're better off applying to a targeted list of 20 than to 40 random schools. If you don't have time to perfect each essay, etc., it will only be detrimental to your cause.

 

[ducks_are _the best]

The bolded are all donations. Save your money and take your SO out for dinner

Your have a research heavy and EC lite app, which is not good. You should double your EC hours in each category, as many of the schools that reward reinvention are service loving.

I recommend:
U VM
NYMC (maybe)
Creighton
Albany
Rosy Franklin
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
MCW
SLU
WVU
Wayne State
Tulane
Loyola
Wake Forest
Loma Linda (only if you are SDA or a very devout Christian)
VCU
Netter
Seton Hall
EVMS
Oakland-B
Gtown
GWU
Uniformed Services University/Hebert (just be aware of the military service commitment)
Nova MD
ALL OH schools except Case
TCU/UNT

Your DO list is fine, but UNECOM seems to favor people from the Northeast. Suggest swapping that out and adding more DO schools, such as MUCOM, VCOM, CCOM, NYITCOM, CUSOM, LECOM, ACOM

Hi Goro, what you do mean by:

The bolded are all donations. Save your money and take your SO out for dinner?

What does it mean donations?

 

[Doctoscope]

Hi Goro, what you do mean by:

The bolded are all donations. Save your money and take your SO out for dinner?

What does it mean donations?

It means that you're pretty much gonna see 0 utility out of the app/secondary money you spend to send your application to those schools. These could be due to in-state bias, not fitting mission, or low stats.

If a school accepts almost 0 non-residents of that state, and you apply to that school with 0 ties/connections to the state, it's a donation.

If you apply to a school that is very service-oriented, but have 50 hours of clinical/non-clinical volunteering, it's a donation.

If you have a 500 MCAT with 3.0 GPA and apply to HMS/JHU/etc., those are donations.

 

[KnightDoc]

Hi Goro, what you do mean by:

The bolded are all donations. Save your money and take your SO out for dinner?

What does it mean donations?

What @DoctoOcto said! Basically, to directly answer your question -- a donation is a free gift with no expectation of receiving anything in return!! 🙂

 

[ducks_are _the best]

It means that you're pretty much gonna see 0 utility out of the app/secondary money you spend to send your application to those schools. These could be due to in-state bias, not fitting mission, or low stats.

If a school accepts almost 0 non-residents of that state, and you apply to that school with 0 ties/connections to the state, it's a donation.

If you apply to a school that is very service-oriented, but have 50 hours of clinical/non-clinical volunteering, it's a donation.

If you have a 500 MCAT with 3.0 GPA and apply to HMS/JHU/etc., those are donations.

SO for schools like

Hofstra/Jefferson and University of Arizona, are they more service oriented or are they more concerned with residents of state? If the former, how many hours of non-clinical do service oriented schools typically look for? Thank you!

 

[Doctoscope]

SO for schools like

Hofstra/Jefferson and University of Arizona, are they more service oriented or are they more concerned with residents of state? If the former, how many hours of non-clinical do service oriented schools typically look for? Thank you!

That I have no idea. You can easily check in-state bias with MSAR, since you can see # of IS acceptances vs. OOS, but I personally don't have the faintest clue on how to know if a school is service-oriented.

Better if you ask @Goro about that.

 

[Goro]

SO for schools like

Hofstra/Jefferson and University of Arizona, are they more service oriented or are they more concerned with residents of state? If the former, how many hours of non-clinical do service oriented schools typically look for? Thank you!

State schools favor the home team. Private schools don't.
Your MCAT scores are the issue for the other schools. Your 511 is < the 10th %ile at Hofstra, for example.