GeorgeRRMartin
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Hi everyone, I would love some honest opinions and suggestions about my school list. I will be applying to MD and DO schools.
1. 3.13 cGPA and 3.26 sGPA
2. 523 MCAT (Chem/Phys 130, CARS 132, Bio 129, Psych/Soc 132). First attempt.
3. ORM
4. T20 undergrad
5. Clinical volunteering
I made the dean’s list my last 3 semesters of school. I have a strong upward trend. My first two years of college were a mess, and I took a gap year after my sophomore year to figure things out. This is when I decided to pursue medicine, so I took my prereqs during my junior and senior years. My GPA junior year was a 3.4 and senior year was a 3.7.
During this coming year, I’m thinking of doing something that would give me more clinical experience. Perhaps medical assisting or scribing?
I know my GPA is sub-par. Perhaps some schools that reward reinvention would be good to add to my list?
I appreciate any advice!
Here’s my list of schools:
all state schools
Tulane
Tufts
Drexel
Penn state
BU
SLU
Wake Forest
Keck
Hofstra
Dell Medical School
Loyola
Vanderbilt
DO School List
Midwestern University Chicago
Des Moines
Kansas City
Philadelphia College
Touro - NY
(I need a lot of help with my DO list. I am not as familiar with DO schools)
Thank you!
Edit: I will be starting a job as a medical assistant this month, which I plan to do until matriculation. This will add ~2000 hrs paid clinical employment.
1. 3.13 cGPA and 3.26 sGPA
2. 523 MCAT (Chem/Phys 130, CARS 132, Bio 129, Psych/Soc 132). First attempt.
3. ORM
4. T20 undergrad
5. Clinical volunteering
- 350 hrs volunteering at a center for veterans
- 1.5 years full-time research assistant (clinical research)
- 1 first-author abstract published in a national journal
- 2 poster presentations at national conferences (I am the primary author and presenter of both)
- ~200 hrs shadowing experience. 50 hrs in primary care, ~60 in neurology, the rest in cardiology, cardiovascular surgery, trauma surgery, orthopedic surgery, dermatology, gastroenterology, and a few others
- 100 hrs volunteering at a recovery home for low-income women
- Leadership: supervisor of undergraduates who work on our study
- D1 athlete
- Full time employment at a law firm during my gap year
- 80 hrs tutoring
- Dog training (I’m not certified- but an avid hobbyist)
- Dean’s list for 3 semesters
I made the dean’s list my last 3 semesters of school. I have a strong upward trend. My first two years of college were a mess, and I took a gap year after my sophomore year to figure things out. This is when I decided to pursue medicine, so I took my prereqs during my junior and senior years. My GPA junior year was a 3.4 and senior year was a 3.7.
During this coming year, I’m thinking of doing something that would give me more clinical experience. Perhaps medical assisting or scribing?
I know my GPA is sub-par. Perhaps some schools that reward reinvention would be good to add to my list?
I appreciate any advice!
Here’s my list of schools:
all state schools
Tulane
Tufts
Drexel
Penn state
BU
SLU
Wake Forest
Keck
Hofstra
Dell Medical School
Loyola
Vanderbilt
DO School List
Midwestern University Chicago
Des Moines
Kansas City
Philadelphia College
Touro - NY
(I need a lot of help with my DO list. I am not as familiar with DO schools)
Thank you!
Edit: I will be starting a job as a medical assistant this month, which I plan to do until matriculation. This will add ~2000 hrs paid clinical employment.
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