WAMC VA ORM 3.9 GPA 508 MCAT

[premed2022hopeful]

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[Faha]

You have a good DO list and should receive several interviews. For MD schools I suggest these:
VTECH
EVMS
VCU
UVA (unlikely but still in-state)
Georgetown
GW
West Virginia
Wake Forest
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Penn State
Hackensack
New York Medical College
Albany
Vermont
Quinnipiac
NOVA MD
Tulane
TCU-UNT
Creighton
St. Louis
Loyola
Rosalind Franklin
Rush
Medical College Wisconsin
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
Loma Linda
What is your strong connection to SUNY Upstate ?

 

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[Mr.Smile12]

The non-clinical community service needs some more work. I appreciate the communities when it comes to being a tutor, but those still fall under teaching. Need more info about Senior Center, including hours spent.

 

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[Faha]

Thank you for the MD list help. Would you advise not retaking the MCAT? Or do you think it would be worth trying again? I was worried that since it was unbalanced it would not be competitive enough for MD, VCU/EVMS specifically. I am up for giving it another try with a better study plan but wasn't sure how big of a risk relative to the impact on my app it would have. I will be working Full-Time in the spring so would cut into my ability to write prewrite primary/secondary application(s).

For SUNY: Originally from the area. Several family members were treated/passed away there. Also, shadowed in part of their hospital system. I thought that justified a strong connection but let me know if I am mistaken.

If you have the time to study for a retake of the MCAT in the spring of 2023 it may be worth it. Do not retake unless your practice scores are consistently 512 or higher. The GPA-MCAT grid shows you have a ~80% chance for a MD acceptance and you are competitive for all DO schools.

 

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Thank you for your advice. Which GPA-MCAT grid shows this? I looked at the A-23 GPA-MCAT grid and it only shows a 55% chance of MD acceptance.

I was looking at the grid from several years before this one. I am not certain why the odds have gone down so much.

 

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[Faha]

Does this change your opinion on a retake? MSAR data puts my score somewhere between the 10-25% for most of the schools on this list. Below the 10% at Creighton, Jefferson, and NOVA.

A higher MCAT would help, especially if you can improve your score to 512+.

 

[2024 or 5 ?]

The grid is not exact. If you had a 510, it jumps from 55% to 69%. Also the grid is 3.79 and above, and you are significantly higher. In the end, there is no way to know your real chances, as 16% of the top scores do not get in. However 24% of people with under a 2.39GPA, 506-509 MCAT were accepted, and a few people with less than a 486 were accepted.

Schools are considering factors outside of academic achievement.