should I even apply this year, cgpa 3.2, sgpa3.0, 518 mcat, 15 withdrawals

[gooberlover]

• Ethnicity/race/year
  1. Malaysian/23f/6th yr
• cGPA and sGPA as calculated by AMCAS or AACOMAS
  1. cGPA 3.2, 3.0 sGPA, zigzag trend (thinking of cc courses before confirming graduation to add to undergrad gpa)
• MCAT score(s) and breakdown. Include all (non-voided) attempts.
  1. 518(C/P: 130, CARS: 127, B/B: 130, P/S: 131)
• State of residence or country of citizenship (if non-US)
  1. New York
• Undergraduate institution or category
  1. NYU
• Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer)
  1. Level 1 Trauma Center Scribe - 2378 hours
  2. Clinical trials RA - 583 hours
• Research experience
  
  1. Research Assistant: 2 research labs(genetics and computer science); cumulative: 694 hours, no publications
• Shadowing experience and specialties represented
  1. ER - 58 hours
  2. Urgent Care - 60 hours
• Volunteering
  
  1. Community Coastal Clean Up - 50 hours
  2. Volunteer at Hospital Blood Drive - 200 hours
  3. Public Health Policy Volunteer at DC - 823 hours
  4. Food bank at protestant christian church ~130 hours
• Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc)
  1. Founder of SAAS digital heath startup w/ 1 clinical uni pilot study, looking into possible publication - ~1300
  2. Substitute Teacher for special education - 1203 hours
  3. Tutoring @ center with homeless students - 2090 hours
  4. Summer NASA intern at GISS - 640 hours
  5. Burger King crew member - 416 hours
  6. Manager for retail Japanese goods store - ~2000 hours
  7. Summer Fellow at VC in Cali - 540 hours
     Hobbies/groups/others:
     Baseball, American Medical students association, ASL Club, Tech conferences, programming,
     
     Don't know if I should apply? 23-24 consecutive semester withdrawals due to chiari, 2 surgeries and post op complication admission.
     

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[Mr.Smile12]

Welcome to the forums.

You suffer from lots of activities but low academics. A 3.0 sGPA is challenging even with your withdrawals that I think your path must go through an SMP. You have the MCAT and the hours for a strong profile, but you need the academic readiness of an SMP to maximize your chances. What do your prehealth advisors say?

 

[gooberlover]

Welcome to the forums.

You suffer from lots of activities but low academics. A 3.0 sGPA is challenging even with your withdrawals that I think your path must go through an SMP. You have the MCAT and the hours for a strong profile, but you need the academic readiness of an SMP to maximize your chances. What do your prehealth advisors say?

Hi, thank you for taking the time to review my profile. My pre health advisors have given me mixed guidancesome recommend applying broadly to both MD and DO programs with a strong personal statement and a clear explanation of my academic withdrawals, while others suggest pursuing an SMP or master’s degree. Personally, I’m leaning toward the SMP/master’s route to minimize risk and avoid being a reapplicant, However, I’m concerned that if I delay by a year or two, it might look less competitive since I reduced my activities the last few months to focus on my GPA.. I’ve been exploring the option of delaying my application for graduation and taking additional courses to boost my undergraduate GPA instead of locking it in, but I am already in my 6th year technically.

 

[Faha]

The GPA-MCAT grid shows you have a ~40% chance for a MD acceptance. If you increase your cGPA to 3.3 it increases to 50%. You are competitive for most DO schools.

 

[Goro]

Can you give us a year by year of y our GPAs?

 

[gooberlover]

Can you give us a year by year of y our GPAs?

Sure thanks for the reply,
year 1: 3.14
year 2: 3.33
year 3: 3.24
year 4(fall 2023+withdrawn spring 2023 summer 2023 fall 2024(no grade,12W)+spring 2025(in progress) 2.1

 

[gooberlover]

The GPA-MCAT grid shows you have a ~40% chance for a MD acceptance. If you increase your cGPA to 3.3 it increases to 50%. You are competitive for most DO schools.

Thank you for the reply. I haven't seen too much info, but do you recommend delaying graduation date to take classes at a cheaper uni to increase sGPA? or would a DIY post bacc/SMP/Masters be better after graduating.

 

[LunaOri]

No, you need a formal SMP if you want to have a decent chance at MD schools.