WAMC Osteopathic Schools? Low MCAT

[chemislovechemislife]

Basically, I just got verified through AACOMAS a few days ago. Currently enrolled in a one year SMP (expected 2024). Female NJ resident, non-trad (graduated 2019), technically ORM.

cGPA 3.62 sGPA 3.57
MCAT 495→498 (127/123/124/124) (if I have to retake, it's not happening till next summer).

I have 1400 ED scribe hours
2400 EMT hours in 911 system with extensive leadership in my squad (additional 3300 hours for leadership),
150 hours PCT
100 hours shadowing MD.
~600 hours church volunteering.
100 hours MD shadowing,
2 MD LOR and a committee letter from undergrad.
AmeriCorps for 4 months earlier this year doing community outreach for underserved populations
Chemistry tutor for high school students.
2 semesters of materials chemistry research (9 hr/week)
Multiple CPR save awards (ROSC in cardiac arrest patients in the field), Meritorious Service award, COVID-19 Award for first responder service through the pandemic, Phi Beta Kappa member, Dean's list multiple times,

Applied to 25 schools, top choices are Rowan, PCOM Philly, Touro Harlem, and NYITCOM.

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Which schools did you apply to ?

 

[chemislovechemislife]

Which schools did you apply to ?

Rowan (IS applicant)
Touro COM Harlem (current SMP)
NYITCOM - NY.
PCOM Philly
AT Still - Arizona
ACOM
CUSOM
VCOM - Carolinas and VA (gonna submit for the other 2)
LECOM Erie and Bradenton
LMU-DCOM
NSU
WVSOM
BUCOM
MUCOM
MCOM
PNUHSC
UNECOM
WesternU COM - Pacific
WCUCOM
BCOM
OUHCOM
UIWSOM

 

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OUHCOM admits very few non residents and your MCAT scores are not competitive for NYITCOM, CUSOM and Western. You could add these schools in the next week.
UP-KYCOM
DUQCOM
LUCOM
NYIT-AR
ARCOM
KHSC-COM
Noorda-COM
ICOM
OCOM
Most of these schools have MCAT medians in the 498 to 502 range so you could receive interviews.

 

[chemislovechemislife]

OUHCOM admits very few non residents and your MCAT scores are not competitive for NYITCOM, CUSOM and Western. You could add these schools in the next week.
UP-KYCOM
DUQCOM
LUCOM
NYIT-AR
ARCOM
KHSC-COM
Noorda-COM
ICOM
OCOM
Most of these schools have MCAT medians in the 498 to 502 range so you could receive interviews.

Thank you! I did some research on some of these schools and this is what I found, please let me know if any of this is inaccurate -

ICOM has a minimum required MCAT at 50th percentile, which I believe I am too low for,
OCOM and DUQCOM have a cutoff at 500,
LUCOM has a cutoff at 499,
NoordaCOM words it that a "Minimum total score of 500 with subsection scores of 125 is preferred," does this automatically exclude me? I don't meet a 500 or subsection score.
For NYIT, I believe I already submitted consideration for only the NY campus :/ wish I could add in AR.

The rest I will work on submitting!

 

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Thank you! I did some research on some of these schools and this is what I found, please let me know if any of this is inaccurate -

ICOM has a minimum required MCAT at 50th percentile, which I believe I am too low for,
OCOM and DUQCOM have a cutoff at 500,
LUCOM has a cutoff at 499,
NoordaCOM words it that a "Minimum total score of 500 with subsection scores of 125 is preferred," does this automatically exclude me? I don't meet a 500 or subsection score.
For NYIT, I believe I already submitted consideration for only the NY campus :/ wish I could add in AR.

The rest I will work on submitting!

Ignore those cutoffs. Those new schools need to fill their classes and those are not hard cutoffs.

 

[chemislovechemislife]

Ignore those cutoffs. Those new schools need to fill their classes and those are not hard cutoffs.

Thank you for that! On an update, I just received secondary invitations from CCOM, VCOM, LMUDCOM, BCOM, and AT Still!