WAMC + SMP/Post-Bac? ORM 498 -> 511 MCAT 3.61cpga 3.35sgpa 2026-2027 cycle

[premedfred8]

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[Faha]

Where is your state of residence? You should accumulate 150+ hours at the soup kitchen before you apply. since some schools screen at 150 hours (other than mentoring and coaching).

 

[premedfred8]

Where is your state of residence? You should accumulate 150+ hours at the soup kitchen before you apply. since some schools screen at 150 hours (other than mentoring and coaching).

Virginia

 

[Faha]

Virginia

You would benefit from a DIY post bacc at a local college in the coming year. Take undergraduate level science courses that you have not previously taken in order to raise your sGPA. You are competitive for all DO schools with your stats and could receive MD interviews.
I suggest these MD schools with your stats:
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
West Virginia
George Washington
Wake Forest
Methodist
NOVA MD
Belmont
Alice Walton
Roseman
Creighton
Rosalind Franklin
Medical College Wisconsin
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
Drexel
Temple
Penn State
Albany
Vermont
Quinnipiac
For DO schools I suggest these:
VCOM (all schools)
WVSOM
CUSOM
PCOM
NYITCOM
Touro-NY
AZCOM
ATSU-KCOM
KCU-COM
DMU-COM
CCOM
MU-COM

 

[premedfred8]

You would benefit from a DIY post bacc at a local college in the coming year. Take undergraduate level science courses that you have not previously taken in order to raise your sGPA. You are competitive for all DO schools with your stats and could receive MD interviews.
I suggest these MD schools with your stats:
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
West Virginia
George Washington
Wake Forest
Methodist
NOVA MD
Belmont
Alice Walton
Roseman
Creighton
Rosalind Franklin
Medical College Wisconsin
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
Drexel
Temple
Penn State
Albany
Vermont
Quinnipiac
For DO schools I suggest these:
VCOM (all schools)
WVSOM
CUSOM
PCOM
NYITCOM
Touro-NY
AZCOM
ATSU-KCOM
KCU-COM
DMU-COM
CCOM
MU-COM

Thank you! So I shouldn't retake the classes I got C's in? Any other areas I should improve upon? Thank you!

 

[Mr.Smile12]

What advice have you received from your school's prehealth office about postbac coursework? Are they able to support you so long after you graduate should you apply 2 years from now?

You don't explain your U-shaped GPA trend.

I don't know your transcript, but I'm not particularly impressed with your reasons for wanting to be a physician (which are...???). I acknowledge your concession that you are shadowing your mom who works in primary care, but if she knows you are trying to get to medical school, I would expect that she would have you shadow a colleague rather than her. I'm guessing she wasn't trained in the US? Most US-trained physicians likely would have handed you off to someone else they trust so you could shadow "properly." In short, I can't your reasoning at face value. Maybe your shadowing with the surgeons will help, but I just don't get why your mom couldn't help you find someone else to avoid this issue of nepotism-privilege.

You have over 3000 hours working as an MA. And yet one of those doctors wouldn't let you shadow them? I don't really care about your EMT experience until you get over 200 hours of experience.

I agree with Faha's school list. Reach out to EVMS, VCOM, VCU at least, as these are the schools that I think are more likely than not to consider you as an in-state applicant.

 

[Faha]

Thank you! So I shouldn't retake the classes I got C's in? Any other areas I should improve upon? Thank you!

You do not need to retake classes but you do need 150+ hours of non clinical volunteering (soup bank homeless shelter).

 

[premedfred8]

What advice have you received from your school's prehealth office about postbac coursework? Are they able to support you so long after you graduate should you apply 2 years from now?

You don't explain your U-shaped GPA trend.

I don't know your transcript, but I'm not particularly impressed with your reasons for wanting to be a physician (which are...???). I acknowledge your concession that you are shadowing your mom who works in primary care, but if she knows you are trying to get to medical school, I would expect that she would have you shadow a colleague rather than her. I'm guessing she wasn't trained in the US? Most US-trained physicians likely would have handed you off to someone else they trust so you could shadow "properly." In short, I can't your reasoning at face value. Maybe your shadowing with the surgeons will help, but I just don't get why your mom couldn't help you find someone else to avoid this issue of nepotism-privilege.

You have over 3000 hours working as an MA. And yet one of those doctors wouldn't let you shadow them? I don't really care about your EMT experience until you get over 200 hours of experience.

I agree with Faha's school list. Reach out to EVMS, VCOM, VCU at least, as these are the schools that I think are more likely than not to consider you as an in-state applicant.

Hello, thank you for the detailed reply!

- I will reach out to my schools pre health committee. They will be able to support me throughout my entire application cycle. As well as provide a committee letter.

- The GPA trend was a result of my own indecision. I didn't know what career I would end up perusing - resulting in a lack of effort. I explored many different fields. Deciding on medicine was not a choice made without much forethought, as the journey to becoming a physician is brutal. I was taking upper level science classes merely because I was interested in them. I didn't think the grades would play much role in my future career, as I didn't know I would become pre med at that time. Once I decided on medicine at the start of my senior year I achieved a 4.0

- I had no exposure to clinical medicine for the majority of my life. I wont go into detail on my "why medicine", as its very lengthy and personal, but in summary I think I have good reasons. (Happy to private message you to discuss further as you seem very helpful and informed)

- I will improve my shadowing. Is there a specific number of hours I should try to achieve?

Lastly, from your experience does my GPA warrant a post bac for MD schools? Any additional schools (MD or DO) that you would recommend?

THANK YOU!

 

[premedfred8]

You do not need to retake classes but you do need 150+ hours of non clinical volunteering (soup bank homeless shelter).

Okay, thank you for your time! I greatly appreciate it!