Schools that reward reinvention?

[femmegoblue]

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I will be applying as a reinventor myself in June. Could those who have gone through it post some of the schools you believe are the most "reinvention friendly" (MD)? I know all DO's are. I have already targeted MSAR schools with 10th percentile at 3.2-3.3, but just thought I'd get some insight from those who have gone through it and come out on the other side.

 

[Cawolf]

Schools with multiple non-trad acceptances in this post:

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/threads/2015-2016-nontrad-acceptances.1168642/page-4#post-17435287

 

[bunchesonothing]

I will be applying as a reinventor myself in June. Could those who have gone through it post some of the schools you believe are the most "reinvention friendly" (MD)? I know all DO's are. I have already targeted MSAR schools with 10th percentile at 3.2-3.3, but just thought I'd get some insight from those who have gone through it and come out on the other side.

Rosalind Franklin.... but they do get a lot of apps.

 

[Goro]

I typically recommend these MD schools, but the caveat is that you need an MCAT score of > 33 on the old scale (or > 513 on the new):
Your state school(s)
BU
Gtown
Drexel
Albany
Tufts
BU
Tulane
U Miami
Case
Duke
UCSF
Columbia
Dartmouth
GWU
NYMC
Vandy

I will be applying as a reinventor myself in June. Could those who have gone through it post some of the schools you believe are the most "reinvention friendly" (MD)? I know all DO's are. I have already targeted MSAR schools with 10th percentile at 3.2-3.3, but just thought I'd get some insight from those who have gone through it and come out on the other side.

 

[0dee]

I typically recommend these MD schools, but the caveat is that you need an MCAT score of > 33 on the old scale (or > 513 on the new):
Your state school(s)
BU
Gtown
Drexel
Albany
Tufts
BU
Tulane
U Miami
Case
Duke
UCSF
Columbia
Dartmouth
GWU
NYMC
Vandy

@Goro Do you know how these schools look at an applicant with an above average cGPA (3.75 - 3.8), very low sGPA (3.1 - 3.2), but high MCAT (Above 35)? With an upward trend of course.

 

[Goro]

It will depend upon whether the sGPA was cratered early in your careers, and was raised (but not ultimately a lot) by stellar performance in science courses later on. But without reinvention (which I define as acing a post-bac or SMP), you're staring off behind the eight ball with a sGPA that's well below the 10th %ile anywhere, including DO schools.

@Goro Do you know how these schools look at an applicant with an above average cGPA (3.75 - 3.8), very low sGPA (3.1 - 3.2), but high MCAT (Above 35)? With an upward trend of course.

 

[tetley]

thanks!

I typically recommend these MD schools, but the caveat is that you need an MCAT score of > 33 on the old scale (or > 513 on the new):
Your state school(s)
BU
Gtown
Drexel
Albany
Tufts
BU
Tulane
U Miami
Case
Duke
UCSF
Columbia
Dartmouth
GWU
NYMC
Vandy

 

[CyrilFiggis]

I will be applying as a reinventor myself in June. Could those who have gone through it post some of the schools you believe are the most "reinvention friendly" (MD)? I know all DO's are. I have already targeted MSAR schools with 10th percentile at 3.2-3.3, but just thought I'd get some insight from those who have gone through it and come out on the other side.

Just make sure they aren't state schools (except for your own). You're just wasting $$$.

And is reinventor the word being used now? I always used career changer. Anyways, if you haven't start writing your personal statement and eloquently sell them on why you're making this change and will be successful. Also, I recommend getting 2-3 science faculty LORs if you are coming from a non-science background.

I typically recommend these MD schools, but the caveat is that you need an MCAT score of > 33 on the old scale (or > 513 on the new)

I'm the exception, but I received IIs from a few programs off Goro's list with a sub 33 MCAT. But I also know it was the mitigating factor with many of the programs I applied to.

 

[Goro]

I use the more common term "non-trad' for people who change careers or come from a path that is different than the typical pre-med undergraduate.

To me, reinventor is someone who does significant GPA repair, whether they started out as a classic pre-med or not.

And is reinventor the word being used now? I always used career changer. Anyways, if you haven't start writing your personal statement and eloquently sell them on why you're making this change and will be successful. Also, I recommend getting 2-3 science faculty LORs if you are coming from a non-science background.

I'm the exception, but I received IIs from a few programs off Goro's list with a sub 33 MCAT. But I also know it was the mitigating factor with many of the programs I applied to.

 

[femmegoblue]

Just make sure they aren't state schools (except for your own). You're just wasting $$$.

And is reinventor the word being used now? I always used career changer. Anyways, if you haven't start writing your personal statement and eloquently sell them on why you're making this change and will be successful. Also, I recommend getting 2-3 science faculty LORs if you are coming from a non-science background.

I'm the exception, but I received IIs from a few programs off Goro's list with a sub 33 MCAT. But I also know it was the mitigating factor with many of the programs I applied to.

Good advice, thank you! And to @Goro 's point, I am not a career changer and do have a science background, always pre-med. I did GPA repair at my in-state Master's at Wayne State.

 

[CyrilFiggis]

Good advice, thank you! And to @Goro 's point, I am not a career changer and do have a science background, always pre-med. I did GPA repair at my in-state Master's at Wayne State.

Ahhh... congrats and good luck~!!

 

[femmegoblue]

Ahhh... congrats and good luck~!!

If you don't mine me asking, where were you accepted to med school?

 

[tetley]

check the NT admissions thread. CF has been crushing it this cycle. absolutely someone to listen to

If you don't mine me asking, where were you accepted to med school?

 

[andrek82]

To add to the list, SUNY Upstate has high nontraditional rate in each class. They favor in state apps, but a reasonable number of out of staters get in as well.

 

[cherubb3]

You can add Emory to that list, too.

 

[Eccesignum]

FWIW Of schools on my interview trail, Rush had the highest number of non-trads (25+) in the group. Three of us bonded over the fact that we were "reinventors" with ancient low GPAs.