WAMC Low GPA

[cw0234]

WAMC 2025-2026 Low GPA

TN Resident
White male
Born and lived half of life in Ohio, and strong family ties to Kentucky.
Biology major w/ exercise science minor

GPA: Overall-3.604, Science: 3.34

MCAT: 493 (2023)-> 511(2024) 125, 128, 128, 130

Clinical: 1040 hours as a PCT and a MA at 2 different clinics

Volunteering: 420 total, 200 volunteering at a PT clinic, 150 as a high school biology/chemistry tutor, 50 in the ER of a hospital, 20 in an animal shelter.

Shadowing: 50 hrs with 4 different doctors

LOR’s: 2 from professors, 1 from collegiate coach, 1 from MD I worked with (could get another from another MD I worked with)

4 year collegiate athlete (I don’t have a ton of extracurriculars but this is why it took up all of my life with 2 practices a day)

I’d love if you guys could help me out with a school list I’m open to any MD or DO schools!

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[Faha]

Do you have any non clinical volunteering beside tutoring and animal shelter ?

 

[cw0234]

Do you have any non clinical volunteering beside tutoring and animal shelter ?

No that’s all

 

[Faha]

No that’s all

You should accumulate 150+ hours of non clinical volunteering such as homeless shelter, food bank, etc. before you submit your application. Otherwise, you could be screened out at some schools. If you accumulate those hours I suggest these MD schools:
Tennessee
East Tennessee
Belmont
Alice Walton
Roseman
TCU
Rosalind Franklin
Medical College Wisconsin
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
NOVA MD
Methodist (when it opens)
Wake Forest
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
George Washington
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Penn State
New York Medical College
Albany
Vermont
Quinnipiac
Toledo
Wright State
For DO schools I suggest these:
CUSOM
WVSOM
UP-KYCOM
VCOM (all schools)
ACOM
LMU-DCOM (all schools)
PCOM (all schools)
MU-COM
DMU-COM
ATSU-KCOM
KCU-COM

 

[Mr.Smile12]

I'll agree... what Faha said regarding service orientation hours: with zero, you will be screened out of most schools. Tutoring, teaching, and mentoring are academic activities that all prehealth students have. Sorry animal shelter won't help you on this specific item. Neither are community service activities coordinated by the athletics department.

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[cw0234]

I'll agree... what Faha said regarding service orientation hours: with zero, you will be screened out of most schools. Tutoring, teaching, and mentoring are academic activities that all prehealth students have. Sorry animal shelter won't help you on this specific item. Neither are community service activities coordinated by the athletics department.

Supporting Prehealth Athlete Applicants: A Conversation with 2024 Advisor of the Year James Wasco, MD - SDN

The Student Doctor Network provides free tools, resources, and advising services to help students become health professionals.

www.studentdoctor.net

Interesting, I definitely thought volunteer tutoring at a lower income school counted as service oriented hours but good to know otherwise.