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Hi all! I'm looking for advice on building my school list. Since my MCAT is low, most of my school research has been around DOs; I'm not sure if I should apply to MDs? I know it'll be tough as an applicant coming from California, and I'm not too sure where to go from here.
School list:
DO:
- GPA: cGPA: 3.72, sGPA: 3.53
- MCAT: 504 (126/126/126/126)
- State of residence: California
- Clinical:
- Volunteer: 450 hrs
- Non-volunteer: I'll be working full-time as a medical assistant during my gap year so technically 0 at of time of posting
- Research: Research assistant in molecular biology lab: 280 hrs
- Shadowing: 240 hrs neurosurgery
- ECs:
- Red Cross Volunteer: 480 hrs
- Tutoring: 120 hrs
- Leadership: 350 hrs (served as director of an academic-community service org)
- Gap year: hrs pending as medical assistant
- Athletics: indoor bouldering 150 hrs
School list:
DO:
- Touro-CA
- ATSU (both locations)
- AZCOM
- CUSOM
- DMU
- MUCOM
- LECOM (both locations)
- PCOM
- TUNCOM
- PNWU
- UIWSOM