WAMC CA ORM low stats, okay EC

[Manifesting_MDs]

Hi,
I hope I'm doing this right. I am reapplying in the 2025 cycle;

Date of submission: Mid-June
Overall GPA [According to AMCAS]: 3.1
Science GPA [According to AMCAS]: 2.87
Previous MCAT score: 498 [ retaking it in June ]
State of Residence: CA
Ethnicity/Race: Indian
Postbacc/Masters: Unfortunately No [ My advisors told me that it would be a waste of time and money]
Undergraduate institution or category: UC
Shadowing Experience: 30-40 during hospital internships
Clinical Experience: 300+clinical volunteering via hospital internships, EMT training program
Extracurricular Experience: 600+ non-clinical volunteering [ including planting trees, soup kitchens, going to grade-school and teaching the kids the important of healthy foods/behaviors, blood drives, volunteering at senior center for 3 years, volunteering through red cross]
Research Experience: 1000+ clinical research during undergrad, 2000+ hours as a CRC
Posters/ Publications: 4 poster presentations, and 1 publication [ 2nd one in works]
Relevant Honors or Awards: Deans Honor for my first year, Lecturer award for a talk I did
LOR: 2 sci, 2 from non-sci, 1 director of my program, 1 PI.
Anything else: Was a Peer mentor for all 4 years, part of a scholar program

If someone can please help me format a school list, as I desperately need aid in this

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[ClashRoyaleKing]

You need to follow the WAMC format. You're missing a lot of information that would be helpful, such as your MCAT score(s), any postbacc/masters coursework (your sGPA puts you in great danger of being screened out), and other things. Please edit to include the items in the hyperlink.

 

[Manifesting_MDs]

You need to follow the WAMC format. You're missing a lot of information that would be helpful, such as your MCAT score(s), any postbacc/masters coursework (your sGPA puts you in great danger of being screened out), and other things. Please edit to include the items in the hyperlink.

Hi, thanks I will update it!

 

[ClashRoyaleKing]

You probably need to do a postbacc/Masters/SMP to improve your GPA to be more competitive. A lot of schools screen out GPA or sGPA below 3.00. Check specific schools to see which ones you can apply to with your GPA.

You definitely need to retake your MCAT and kill it. Aim for 508+. Do NOT retake the MCAT until you can knock it out of the park. Do you have any volunteer experience helping those less fortunate than yourself, such as food banks, food closets, homeless shelters, crisis assistance, helping immigrants, etc? As for schools, mostly DO. Depending on your MCAT retake, you could add some MD schools. But you would need to also improve your GPA and add some non clinical volunteering.

AMCAS lists your current stats (3.1/498) as having a 16% chance of admission, which is actually much higher than I would expect. But improving your MCAT to at least 506 to 508 theoretically doubles that to about 30%.

Where did you apply to last year?

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Pause your application. It would be a waste of energy and money if you applied with your current academic metrics, no matter how many hours you have spent in clinical or community service settings. Magical thinking is believing you can get into an MD program with what you have described.

I don't know who your advisors are, but if medicine is what you want to do, you must go through and pass an SMP with a very high GPA, especially one with a linkage and MCAT prep.

 

[Faha]

You would benefit from a DIY post bacc where you take enough undergraduate level science courses to increase your sGPA to 3.0 . Then you could apply to to some DO schools a year from now. Post your new MCAT score when available.

 

[candbgirl]

You really aren’t ready to apply to any medical school. Your sGPA will most likely get you auto screened from consideration. How is your MCAT studying coming? What are your scores on your FL? I think part of your problem is that you have serious gaps in your fund of scientific knowledge. Perhaps you should seriously consider putting off the MCAT retake, enroll in a SMP or a post bacc and knock that program out of the park. After you complete the program , study and retake the MCAT and see where you are.

 

[Manifesting_MDs]

hey is there no way I can apply this year? I did get some secondaries last year and WL [ I applied quite late due to some external circumstances]. As for the MCAT, I am reaching around 510's on my BP FL right now, and doing pretty good on them.

You really aren’t ready to apply to any medical school. Your sGPA will most likely get you auto screened from consideration. How is your MCAT studying coming? What are your scores on your FL? I think part of your problem is that you have serious gaps in your fund of scientific knowledge. Perhaps you should seriously consider putting off the MCAT retake, enroll in a SMP or a post bacc and knock that program out of the park. After you complete the program , study and retake the MCAT and see where you are.

 

[Manifesting_MDs]

You probably need to do a postbacc/Masters/SMP to improve your GPA to be more competitive. A lot of schools screen out GPA or sGPA below 3.00. Check specific schools to see which ones you can apply to with your GPA.

You definitely need to retake your MCAT and kill it. Aim for 508+. Do NOT retake the MCAT until you can knock it out of the park. Do you have any volunteer experience helping those less fortunate than yourself, such as food banks, food closets, homeless shelters, crisis assistance, helping immigrants, etc? As for schools, mostly DO. Depending on your MCAT retake, you could add some MD schools. But you would need to also improve your GPA and add some non clinical volunteering.

AMCAS lists your current stats (3.1/498) as having a 16% chance of admission, which is actually much higher than I would expect. But improving your MCAT to at least 506 to 508 theoretically doubles that to about 30%.

Where did you apply to last year?

I do! I taught marginalized communities how to navigate through the internet to contact their loved ones during COVID time via online meetings, gave a talk to the caregiver community in India regarding AD during undergrad, and also used to teach underprivileged kids in my house, and volunteered in the slums when I was younger [ the last two ones are from when I was in high school/younger when I used to be in India]

 

[Mr.Smile12]

hey is there no way I can apply this year? I did get some secondaries last year and WL [ I applied quite late due to some external circumstances]. As for the MCAT, I am reaching around 510's on my BP FL right now, and doing pretty good on them.

Many schools send secondaries upon automatic receipt of your application. By saying you got WL's, where did you INTERVIEW? "WL" on this forum usually means post-interview waitlist/alternate list. "Interview holds" don't reveal anything about your application's competitiveness, other than likely being unlikely to interview.

 

[Manifesting_MDs]

Many schools send secondaries upon automatic receipt of your application. By saying you got WL's, where did you INTERVIEW? "WL" on this forum usually means post-interview waitlist/alternate list. "Interview holds" don't reveal anything about your application's competitiveness, other than likely being unlikely to interview.

Hi! I interviewed UCR; I understand 1 is too little and my stats are less than stellar (trash really) too. I just hope that my mcat goes well, this time since there are no factors affecting my study now.

 

[candbgirl]

hey is there no way I can apply this year? I did get some secondaries last year and WL [ I applied quite late due to some external circumstances]. As for the MCAT, I am reaching around 510's on my BP FL right now, and doing pretty good on them.

You can apply whenever you want to apply. It’s your application. As to last year, many schools send secondaries to everyone. So that really means nothing. When you say you had a WL, do you mean you received an interview and went to the interview and ended up on the WL for that school? Or do you mean you applied, didn’t receive a secondary but were put on a WL for future consideration?

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Hi! I interviewed UCR; I understand 1 is too little and my stats are less than stellar (trash really) too. I just hope that my mcat goes well, this time since there are no factors affecting my study now.

One interview is great, and did you grow in the Inland Empire area? UC schools prefer regional candidates or those who grew up in their area. That said, they will admit qualified candidates.