Should I even bother applying MD?

[fl123]

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Just got my AMCAS verified today and my totals are: 2.73 cGPA and 2.53 BCPM GPA
For AACOMAS: 3.2 cGPA and 3.45 sGPA
Just took the MCAT June 20 so I am waiting on those scores.

The reason I ask is because I am an unusual case... My Freshman year GPA was a 0.93 and my senior GPA was a 3.8 so there's an obvious upward trend. I have a degree in athletic training so I have a ton of medical experience. I worked with an orthopedic physician for the past 6 months and got a great LOR from him. Throughout my undergraduate career I also have accumulated over 1000 hours of medical experience. On top of that, I have a ton of community service, was a president of student organization, etc etc.

I was planning on waiting for my MCAT scores to send out the rest of my MD applications but after seeing how poor my GPA is, I feel as if I should not even waste the money and just apply to my DO schools.

Thoughts?

 

[MerciMerci]

If you get the equivalent of 40+ it might be worth applying, though it will have to be a school that doesn't screen GPA.

 

[fl123]

Haha... yeah that was the one circumstance where I was thinking I could pull of MD with that GPA.

Thanks for the response though!

 

[Syns]

Based on advice I have seen given to people in your position, it seems a Post-Bac is necessary if you intend on successfully applying to MD -- Baring an incredible MCAT score.

 

[MerciMerci]

The 40+ was just a high number I put out there.

https://www.aamc.org/data/facts/app...mcat-gpa-grid-by-selected-race-ethnicity.html

Here is a GPA/MCAT grid so you can compare numbers.

Applicants with 2.6-2.79 and 30-39 MCAT still have a CHANCE, it's just not the odds you want to see when you are spending possibly 1000's of dollars on applications.

 

[Ulgarmoose]

Frankly it's a waste of money with your current GPA. Even with a killer MCAT and a compelling story, you're going to be screened out of essentially everywhere.

 

[fl123]

See.. I'm already 26 years old. Not that I'm too old to start med school but in my mind taking a post grad program will just set me back another year.

Whereas if I go to a DO program I'll be able to start next year. With the rise of DO notoriety, is it really that HUGE of a difference?

 

[Goro]

Suggest contacting some Admissions Deans to see if you're competitive for their schools.

 

[fl123]

Thanks for the advice Goro... That sounds like a good idea. I just want to be a cost efficient as possible.