WAMC/School List (Reinvention): uGPA 3.25, sGPA 2.78, SMP GPA 4.0 505-->? TX ORM

[RIS17]

Hi all,

After lurking this thread for years the time has come for me to make my own post. I am finishing up an SMP right now and plan to apply this cycle. I made my school list based on recommendations from other posts for schools that reward reinvention. I would appreciate any input/helpful advice you all could provide.

1. Undergrad: cGPA: 3.25 sGPA: 2.78 | SMP: GPA: 4.0
   1. cGPA 2.27(22hrs) —>2.44(25hrs) —> 3.67(36hrs) —> 3.76(54hrs, 4&5th year)
   2. sGPA: 2.0(10hrs) —> 2.23(22hrs) —> 3.0(9hrs) —> 3.78(18hrs)
   3. Previous 30hrs: 3.86
2. MCAT: 498 —> 505 (even breakdown) —> June 30 (PTs ~512)
3. Texas
4. ORM
5. T40 Public University
6. Clinical Experience: 1550 hours
   1. 1200 hours/3years intern in neurology private practice
   2. 100 hours in children’s hospital
   3. 250 hours volunteering on-site for COVID testing
7. No Research (Cold-called potentials candidates for a clinical study, not sure if this counts)
8. Shadowing: 104 hours with Neuromuscular neurologist
9. Non-clinical Volunteering: 240 hrs
   1. 64 hours with a cultural community center
   2. 100 hours with a local refugee assistance organization
   3. 80 hours abroad distributing materials with a refugee services group
10. Leadership:
    
    1. President of cultural student organization
    2. Officer for volunteering organization
11. Studied abroad 2 times in college and received a language certification via an intensive summer language program. Also minored in this language.

School List:
All TX MDs/DOs
MDs:
NYMC
Georgetown
Duke
Tulane
Drexel
Temple
Netter
EVMS
Wayne State
Tufts

DOs:
NYIT
PCOM
ARCOM
VCOM
Midwestern
NOVA-COM
Rowan

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[chilly_md]

For MD, stick to TX schools as OOS schools have historically seen that Texas residents end up staying within their state. You could try Tulane since you will be filling out AMCAS for TCU. Duke is unrealistic with a 506 MCAT.

Remove ARCOM, NOVA, and Rowan (unless you have a tie to NJ). Replace them with WCU, ACOM, NYIT-AR, apply to all PCOM schools, all schools at LECOM, WVSOM, and KYCOM.

VCOM has a GPA cut-off that you may not meet.

 

[RIS17]

For MD, stick to TX schools as OOS schools have historically seen that Texas residents end up staying within their state. You could try Tulane since you will be filling out AMCAS for TCU. Duke is unrealistic with a 506 MCAT.

Remove ARCOM, NOVA, and Rowan (unless you have a tie to NJ). Replace them with WCU, ACOM, NYIT-AR, apply to all PCOM schools, all schools at LECOM, WVSOM, and KYCOM.

VCOM has a GPA cut-off that you may not meet.

Thank you for the response. I appreciate the feedback and will definitely make these changes to my list. I did want to ask about the potential for some of the MDs on my list given I can get my MCAT to a 513+. I know I don't have a score right now so speculation is difficult, but I am hoping with where I'm at on my practice tests so far that I will be above that target score.

 

[chilly_md]

Thank you for the response. I appreciate the feedback and will definitely make these changes to my list. I did want to ask about the potential for some of the MDs on my list given I can get my MCAT to a 513+. I know I don't have a score right now so speculation is difficult, but I am hoping with where I'm at on my practice tests so far that I will be above that target score.

You could add Drexel, Wayne State and maybe Hackensack with a higher score, but otherwise I would stick to TX MD and Tulane. If your SMP is attached to a medical school, then apply to that school too.

Some other DO schools I’d include with either your current or future score:

DMU
Marian
Campbell
KCOM

 

[EcnarM]

Thank you for the response. I appreciate the feedback and will definitely make these changes to my list. I did want to ask about the potential for some of the MDs on my list given I can get my MCAT to a 513+. I know I don't have a score right now so speculation is difficult, but I am hoping with where I'm at on my practice tests so far that I will be above that target score.

I disagree with removing ARCOM. Texas is considered in their service region, so higher percentage of acceptance for Texas applicants. Residency placement rate has been 98.5 and 99.3% for first two classes, including students in Derm, Neurosurgery, Ortho (x5 in particular for that specialty) and several other competitive specialties. Tuition is near the lowest of the private Osteopathic schools. Clinical training years are in the region, so you wont have to move across country for rotations. But that is just my opinion, take it for what it is worth.