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[Scorpius28]

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1. cGPA 3.5 and sGPA 3.47
   1. Pretty bad trend (sGPA trend 3.68 / 3.7 / 3.63 / 3.1)
2. MCAT 518 (126/130/130/132)
3. CA
4. ORM
5. UC Berkeley ( Molecular & cell Biology)
6. Clinical experience
   1. Full time Medical Assistant for 11 months
   2. UCSF Patient care volunteer: 220 hours
   3. Hospital Volunteer: 112 hours
   4. Childrens Hospital volunteer: 40 hours
7. Research experience and productivity
   1. Worked on research for a semester but ended with nothing coming out of it
8. Shadowing experience and specialties represented
   1. 40 hours ortho shadowing (surgery + clinic days)
   2. 8 hours FM shadowing
   3. 6 hours of plastic surgery
9. Non-clinical volunteering
   1. ~80 hours food bank in 2020
   2. ~100 hours of community service work (park clean up, homeless shelter etc)
   3. About 20 hours of disabled kids sports refereeing and helping with events
   4. ~15 hours of cancer awareness volunteering at events
10. Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc)
    1. Was a Volunteer coordinator in 3 clubs different clubs
    2. President of a volunteer and community service club also created a health and wellness club (would educate students on nutrition and health)
    3. ESPN media photographer for sport games from April 2022 - June 2023. (would attend basketball and football games and record / snap photos for womens / mens sports team)
11. Relevant honors or awards
    1. Honors Society first 3 years of college
    2. Was a tutor my first year
12. Anything else not listed you think might be important
    1. First two years I was at a CC and then transferred to UCB, I have around 2-3 retakes and got a C in one of the retakes, and have 4 W's during covid at a CC (but ultimately did it because I was doing not as well as I had hoped in the class, retook those classes and got A's in all of them)
    2. Have a strong LOR from the surgeon I worked with and shadowed

Was hoping to apply to a good range of schools because of my low sGPA. and a few D.O schools.

So far I have for MD:

UCD
UCI
UCLA
Dartmouth
MCW
USC
Miami Miller
UNLV
NOVA MD
NYMC
Wayne State
Tulane
Rosalind Franklin
Penn State
Hackensack
George Washington
Wake Forest
St Louis
Jefferson Kimmel
Western Michigan
Einstein
USF
Rush
CSUM

For DO schools:
Western-CA
Touro-NV
LECOM
PCOM

Would greatly appreciate any advice and or better school recommendations. Also considering taking a DIY post bacc to boost my sGPA and due to my downward trend. Or if I should do an SMP to help my chances.

 

[Faha]

Rush expects far more non clinical volunteering hours than you have. I suggest these schools with your stats:
Vermont
Quinnipiac
UMass
Albany
New York Medical College
Hackensack
Penn State
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
George Washington
Georgetown
Virginia Commonwealth
Wake Forest
Methodist (when it opens)
Belmont
NOVA MD
USF Morsani
Alice Walton
Tulane
TCU
Creighton
St. Louis
Rosalind Franklin
Illinois
Iowa
Medical College Wisconsin
Western Michigan
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
Roseman
California University
Kaiser
USC Keck
The UCs
Loma Linda (if you fit their mission)
For DO schools I suggest these:
TUCOM-CA
WESTERN
TUNCOM
AZCOM
PCOM
LECOM
NYITCOM
Touro-NY
ATSU-KCOM
KCU-COM
DMU-COM

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Curious. Were you ever part of

About the California Medicine Scholars Program – California Medicine Scholars Program

californiamedicinescholarsprogram.org

 

[Scorpius28]

Rush expects far more non clinical volunteering hours than you have. I suggest these schools with your stats:
Vermont
Quinnipiac
UMass
Albany
New York Medical College
Hackensack
Penn State
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
George Washington
Georgetown
Virginia Commonwealth
Wake Forest
Methodist (when it opens)
Belmont
NOVA MD
USF Morsani
Alice Walton
Tulane
TCU
Creighton
St. Louis
Rosalind Franklin
Illinois
Iowa
Medical College Wisconsin
Western Michigan
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
Roseman
California University
Kaiser
USC Keck
The UCs
Loma Linda (if you fit their mission)
For DO schools I suggest these:
TUCOM-CA
WESTERN
TUNCOM
AZCOM
PCOM
LECOM
NYITCOM
Touro-NY
ATSU-KCOM
KCU-COM
DMU-COM

I appreciate the school list. Do you think that I should focus on improving my sGPA at the same time of applying by doing a DIY post bacc or it should be fine?

 

[Scorpius28]

Curious. Were you ever part of

About the California Medicine Scholars Program – California Medicine Scholars Program

californiamedicinescholarsprogram.org

Hey, I was not, although I just learned about it now and seems like it would have been pretty useful!

 

[Mr.Smile12]

What coursew would you take for your DIY option? What happened in that last undergrad year? I'm not convinced SMP is necessary though it could help.

 

[Faha]

I appreciate the school list. Do you think that I should focus on improving my sGPA at the same time of applying by doing a DIY post bacc or it should be fine?

Your sGPA is fine for all DO schools and many of the MD schools on my list.

 

[Scorpius28]

What coursew would you take for your DIY option? What happened in that last undergrad year? I'm not convinced SMP is necessary though it could help.

Honestly just developed poor study habits, I would cram, pull all nighters, was afraid to ask for help in classes I was struggling in. No real explanation why other than not disciplining myself when I needed to at the time. Looking back I definitely should have asked for help right when I realized I wasn't doing so well instead of just trying to bulldoze through the material.

I think now after self analyzing my grades and study habits while taking the MCAT, I realized how important a good study routine is and the importance of discipline and asking for help.

I got a C in genetics and biochemistry so was thinking about retaking those. And probably taking Physiology, Immunology, and other med school-like courses.