Hello, I am looking for some advice regarding this current application cycle and timeline. (515 mcat ~3.7 gpa, not sure if it matters for this question), and I have completed 2 DO and 2 MD secondaries so far. I plan on completing two more MD's by this coming Tuesday. My question is a little unique, as the reason I have been late for submission is that my SO is applying as well and we want to coordinate our application as best as we can. She just took her MCAT in early September and received a 501, her GPA is better than mine though at a ~3.8, she has lots of clinical and shadowing experience and letters from professors and physicians, as do I. Our obvious goal is to get accepted into the same medical school, we know this is a very difficult plan to accomplish and we both understand that we must take an acceptance regardless of the other's outcome. We both have applied to every Michigan school, and some DO schools in the surrounding area. I just want to know if anyone here has some additional advice on what we can do. If we cannot get accepted into the same school we want to be as close as we can to each other, preferably driving distance. I am not trying to come off as a snob, like I said we know how crazy this plan is, we would both be ecstatic to attend medical school even if we are not physically close to each other.
How should we continue this application cycle? She is already preparing to retake the MCAT early next year because of the chance this cycle does not work out. But because she already has her primary in and her secondaries she might as well send them in and see what happens in my opinion, let me know if this is bad thinking. We have mentioned each other in some of our secondaries, where it seemed appropriate, nothing along the lines of we are dependent on each other or will only consider going if we both are accepted, we just mentioned we are both applying and would like to attend the same school, but that we also would love to attend the school separately. Should we continue this in our next secondaries? I should add the prestige of a school is not important to us, we just want to be doctors MD or DO, but would more so enjoy learning in the same area.
Edit: Forgot one of the main things I wanted to ask, how late are we in this current cycle? After completing these secondaries, probably by early October, should we add additional schools? We have 6 MD and 4 DO secondaries total, 2 of each completed.
Sorry for the rant and thank you for reading. @Goro You have been really helpful to me in the past, please let me know what you think.
How should we continue this application cycle? She is already preparing to retake the MCAT early next year because of the chance this cycle does not work out. But because she already has her primary in and her secondaries she might as well send them in and see what happens in my opinion, let me know if this is bad thinking. We have mentioned each other in some of our secondaries, where it seemed appropriate, nothing along the lines of we are dependent on each other or will only consider going if we both are accepted, we just mentioned we are both applying and would like to attend the same school, but that we also would love to attend the school separately. Should we continue this in our next secondaries? I should add the prestige of a school is not important to us, we just want to be doctors MD or DO, but would more so enjoy learning in the same area.
Edit: Forgot one of the main things I wanted to ask, how late are we in this current cycle? After completing these secondaries, probably by early October, should we add additional schools? We have 6 MD and 4 DO secondaries total, 2 of each completed.
Sorry for the rant and thank you for reading. @Goro You have been really helpful to me in the past, please let me know what you think.
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