SMP or Apply: URM, 3.4 cGPA, 3.13 sGPA, 510

[Rwenzori]

Hi everyone,
I am trying to decide if I should apply to school immediately, or consider completing a SMP?

A little bit about me:

Male URM; Major: Public Health B.S.

• 3.4 cGPA, 3.13 sGPA - strong upward trend; last two years sGPA ~3.4, 3.7

• 510

• Clinical Experience: Scribing/shadowing/logistical support in hospital: 1500+ hours

• Research: 2 years full-time (including independent project & poster presentations); currently in pretty prestigious fellowship (full bright level) - name not given for anonymity

• Non-clinical volunteering: Here and there.

• Other extracurricular activities: Worked nearly full-time through college

Thanks in advance for the help!

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[FreeRadicals]

If you are fine with DO then apply, if you would like to go for MD take a gap year and do a post-bacc/SMP.

 

[Goro]

What community do you represent? And please don't say "Brooklyn"

 

[Rwenzori]

What community do you represent? And please don't say "Brooklyn"

Hello Goro,

I am first-generation Mexican-American; that community has shaped much of my ambitions regarding medicine.