WAMC? Yet to Take MCAT

[cjkaplan63]

Hi, I am a rising senior with hopes of going to med school (obviously). I will be taking a gap year in order to gain more clinical experience and retake the MCAT if necessary. With that being said, I have yet to take the MCAT and would like to gauge the competitiveness of my application based on all factors other than my MCAT score and would also like to see what score I may need in order to be a well-rounded applicant. Thank you so much in advance!

GPA:

• 3.93 cGPA and 3.89sGPA

Undergraduate Institution:

• University of South Florida, Tampa.
• Major in biomedical sciences with a minor in both Deaf Studies and Religion and Healthcare

MCAT:

• Yet to take. However, I recently started studying and have gotten around a 500 on both diagnostic practice tests.

Personal Info:

• 22-year-old white male from Orlando, Florida. Traditional applicant.

Clinical Experience/Patient interaction:

• Covid-19 Testing assistant. Traveled nationally and tested private organizations such as the U.S. Men's Soccer Team (500 hours)
• Volunteer at a cancer center (80 hours)

Research:

• Wet lab research dealing with DNA replication stress response (350 hours)
• Systematic Review on Cardiac Surgery and Telehealth. Presented work at the USF research fair

Leadership:

• Co-founder of USF's first research journal
• Executive board member of USF Research Society: research coordinator
  • Published with groups that I lead following a successful publication. The number is TBD.
• Editor of USF research Journal

Shadowing:

• 100 hours of diverse shadowing

Other:

• Volunteering at a food pantry (400 hours)
• General Chemistry Teaching Assistant
• Private Tudor
• USF PAMSA Member
• Deans List
• Summa Cum Laude

Letters of Recommendation:

• 2 science professors, 1 non-science professor, 1 research-related, 1 physician

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[lno1999]

No one here is going to say any sort of chance/list without an MCAT. If you score a 500 you would be DOA for MD schools and may be okay for DO schools. If you score a 528 you may be able to reach for T20s, depending on how well you write.

I also wouldn't advise doxing yourself with your full first and last name on the post. Probably better just to delete this in its entirety and try again with an MCAT score.

 

[Faha]

You need more clinical volunteering and should accumulate another 200+ hours with patient contact.

 

[cjkaplan63]

You need more clinical volunteering and should accumulate another 200+ hours with patient contact.

Thanks for the feedback!