MD & DO Veteran, 3.67/3.55 GPA, 28 MCAT

[vlazlo]

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I am a non-traditional student with a Cum GPA of 3.67 sGPA 3.55 and MCAT: 28 (Can retake) 10:8:10, FL Res, ORM
Served 5 1/2 years in the Navy. I deployed to Iraq and the Persian Gulf/Counter Piracy mission.

Before the Military I worked full time in customer service/retail field.

250 hours volunteering at a Progressive care unit
25 hours shadowing an Internal Medicine Physician
28 hours shadowing am OB/GYN
Nearly 300 hours of various non-clinical volunteering in the last 3 years
Full time summer research grant from my school

MD school list:
Drexel
East TN State
EVMS
Wake Forest
FAU
FIU
Temple
USF
UCF


DO school list:
AZCOM
ATSU-SOMA
CCOM
CUSOM
LECOM (Both campus)
Nova
PCOM (Both campus)
VCOM

 

[gyngyn]

Don't re-take. You'll be fine.

 

[Catalystik]

I am a non-traditional student with a Cum GPA of 3.67 sGPA 3.55 and MCAT: 28 (Can retake) 10:8:10, FL Res, ORM
Served 5 1/2 years in the Navy. I deployed to Iraq and the Persian Gulf/Counter Piracy mission.

Before the Military I worked full time in customer service/retail field.

250 hours volunteering at a Progressive care unit
25 hours shadowing an Internal Medicine Physician
28 hours shadowing am OB/GYN
Nearly 300 hours of various non-clinical volunteering in the last 3 years
Full time summer research grant from my school

MD school list:
Drexel
East TN State
EVMS
Wake Forest
FAU
FIU
Temple
USF
UCF
Wake Forest

DO school list:
AZCOM
ATSU-SOMA
CCOM
CUSOM
LECOM (Both campus)
Nova
PCOM (Both campus)
VCOM

I agree with gyngyn. I expect you to do well with both MD and DO applications this cycle.

 

[vlazlo]

Thanks, is there any other MD or DO schools you would suggest?

 

[Goro]

Suggest all FL schools (and many thanks for your service to our country!)

I also suggest:
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Rush
Rosy Franklin
VCU
Va tech
Hofstra
Quinnipiac
EVMS
Wake Forest
Temple
Albny
NYMC


Any DO program, really:

AZCOM
ATSU-SOMA
CCOM
CUSOM
LECOM (Both campus)
Nova
PCOM (Both campus)
VCOM
ACOM
Wm Carey
CampbellCOM
KCUMB
all three Touros
Both Westerns

 

[alpinism]

Your best shot will be with FL schools, esp USF and UCF.

Other than that I'd also add VCU, RFU, Tulane, UColorado, UWisconsin.