WAMC/School List (3.74GPA, 506 MCAT)

[doitforthewhitecoat]

I would like to stay in rather urban settings, where my SO could attend a business school/find a job. Other than that, I just want to be a doctor! Please help suggest places to apply!

Residence: USA
School List:
MD: Tufts, Einstein, Georgetown, George Washington, Emory, Rush, Loyola, Rosalind Franklin, Tulane, OHSU, UC Davis,

DO: CCOM, Nova, NYIT, PNW-COM, Rocky Vista, Touro-COM (NY, CA, LV), PCOM (PA&GA)

Cumulative GPA: 3.74 Science GPA 3.51
MCAT: 506 (127/124/127/128)

Research:
- 75 hours Undergrad lab assistant, presented a poster, did a lit review, and developed a hypothesis
- 1200 hours Research assistant doing phone surveys
- 800+ hours clinical research assistant current full time

Clinical Volunteering:
- 400 hours in a hospital- patient facing

Physician shadowing:
- 40 hours

Non-clinical volunteering:
- 100 hours at a women’s community center
- 20 hours blood drive volunteer

Extracurricular activities:
- 1 year abroad
- 20 hours
- 100 hours

Employment history:
- 1200 hours Barista
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[Mr.Smile12]

Your MCAT puts you in a much better position for DO than MD so I think you need more DO's than MD's compared to your current list. Primary care exposure, since your physician shadowing doesn't have that?

 

[Faha]

UC Davis accepted one non resident last year (you will not be that one this year).
Tufts, Einstein, Emory are far reaches with your MCAT scores. These are realistic OOS schools for MD:
Vermont
Quinnipiac
Albany
New York Medical College
Seton Hall
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
George Washington
NOVA MD
TCU-UNT
Creighton
Rosalind Franklin
Loyola
Medical College Wisconsin
Oakland Beaumont
You are competitive for all DO schools.

 

[doitforthewhitecoat]

Primary care exposure, since your physician shadowing doesn't have that?

Had some planned this Spring/Summer but doesn’t look like that will happen anytime soon :/

 

[m1redsox]

Remove:
Tufts
Emory
Einstein
UC-Davis
OHSU

You need to be more realistic about your chances. MD schools are likely out of reach for you. Apply to 10+ DO schools, and you can spend money on MDs if you want, but I wouldn’t spend too much money on it. Possibilities are your IS schools and those on Faha’s list, but I still think most are out of reach for you. Your MCAT is too low.

 

[doitforthewhitecoat]

UC Davis accepted one non resident last year (you will not be that one this year).
Tufts, Einstein, Emory are far reaches with your MCAT scores. These are realistic OOS schools for MD:
Vermont
Quinnipiac
Albany
New York Medical College
Seton Hall
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
George Washington
NOVA MD
TCU-UNT
Creighton
Rosalind Franklin
Loyola
Medical College Wisconsin
Oakland Beaumont
You are competitive for all DO schools.

Thank you, I will probably shoot my shot with some MDs and focus more energy on DO.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Thank you, I will probably shoot my shot with some MDs and focus more energy on DO.

I'd definitely agree that you should focus on both in-state MD's and some OOS-friendly MD programs for sure on top of your DO options.