WAMC May Cycle coming up

[Chuck4norris]

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-cGPA: 3.4
-sGPA: 3.3
-MCAT: 511 ( 128,128,128,127)
State of residence: MN
White male
Undergraduate institution: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Clinical Experience: CNA (250 hours) paid and patient transporter volunteer at local hospital (100 hours)
Research: Neurobiology lab 400 hours
Shadowing: 200 hours (primary care, family med, colorectal surgery, neurosurgery and orthopedics)
Non-clinical volunteering: Loaves and Fishes food shelf, homeless shelter, and Feed my starving children (160 hours)
Other extracurricular activities: Professional athlete contract, 5 year D1 athlete at University, Captain my last year, won 6 different conference academic and athletics awards, volunteered numerous summers on campus with disabled children for expansion of sport, team events with children at the children's hospital each August, and math tutor in highschool

Schools I have researched and would be interested in:
All Minnesota schools
University of North Dakota
University of Wisconsin
Medical College of Wisconsin
Rush
Loyola
University of Iowa
Meharry Medical College
Brody School of Medicine
Central Michigan University College of Medicine
Quinnipiac
Howard University College of Medicine
Oregon School of Medicine
Virginia Tech School of Medicine
Washington State College of Medicine
TCU
Creighton

DO:
Midwestern University
LMU-DCOM
DMU College of Osteopathic Medicine

Would really appreciate anyones advice on my process and if I need to go take a year to do SMP to improve grades, better MCAT, and/or hold off to get way more hours?

 

[Mr.Smile12]

What is your BCPM GPA? Grades for upper level biomedical science classes?

 

[Chuck4norris]

BCPM GPA: 3.3
Grades:
Developmental Bio: A
OChem 1: B
OChem 2: AB
Neurogenetics: A
Behavioral Neuroscience: A
Neurobiology: B
Biochemistry: B

 

[Mr.Smile12]

I'll let others chime in. I think you can still do some DIY courses: microbiology, general physiology, histology, immunology, and human genetics are some that cross my mind at this point.

 

[candbgirl]

Howard and Meharry serve AA candidates.
Be aware that Midwestern has extremely high tuition and COA.
Have you checked OOS acceptance rates for the public schools on your list?
Although you have the minimum number of expected hours in most categories, be aware that Rush , Loyola and the other Jesuit schools expect way more than the minimum from their candidates.

Good luck.

 

[Faha]

Howard and Meharry mainly admit applicants from the African American community. You have several state public schools on your list that admit few non residents with your stats and non connection to the state (Brody does not admit non residents).
I suggest these schools from your list:
All Minnesota schools
University of North Dakota
Medical College of Wisconsin
Quinnipiac
TCU
You could add these schools:
Oakland Beaumont
Rosalind Franklin
Ponce (St. Louis)
Roseman
Alice Walton
Belmont
NOVA MD
Methodist (when it opens)
Wake Forest
Eastern Virginia
Penn State
Drexel
Temple
Albany
Vermont
For DO schools I suggest these:
CCOM
DMU-COM
MU-COM
KCU-COM
ATSU-KCOM
UIWSOM
AZCOM
TUNCOM
CUSOM
PCOM
LECOM
NYITCOM
Touro-NY

 

[Chuck4norris]

I'll let others chime in. I think you can still do some DIY courses: microbiology, general physiology, histology, immunology, and human genetics are some that cross my mind at this point.

Thanks for responding so quick!
So, you don't think I need SMP to be competitive if I do the DIY courses?

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Thanks for responding so quick!
So, you don't think I need SMP to be competitive if I do the DIY courses?

You have a few more biomedical science courses to take. Your GPA is high enough that to me an SMP Isn't absolutely necessary (read the How to Choose a Postbac/SMP admissions guide from SDN), as long as you can get more A's to boost that uGPA and BCPM up. Some of us like to see the upward trend. Had your sGPA/BCPM GPA been below 3.2, I would be more inclined to recommend SMP depending on what you took. Again, I open this for others to comment... usually a neuroscience degree has a bit more psych classes than biomed classes, but I can't speak for all neuroscience majors.

Keep building on your clinical and non-clinical experience hours.