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[Soontobedoctor1245]

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Hi everyone, I just wanted to know my chances of getting into medical school. I am looking at a mix of DO schools and state schools. The DO schools I am looking at are A.T. Still University, Midwestern University, Touro University. The only MD school i am considering is University of Arizona because I did my undergrad there. I would like to know my chances for the schools listed as well as get an idea of other schools I can apply to. Your help is greatly appreciated.


cGPA and sGPA as calculated by AMCAS or AACOMAS

cGPA-3.6

sGPA- 3.5


MCAT score(s) and breakdown

501; C/P 125, CARS 126, B/B 125, P/S 125. MCAT retake scheduled for May 17th


State of residence or country of citizenship (if non-US)

Arizona


Ethnicity and/or race

Asian


Undergraduate institution or category

University of Arizona


Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer)

Planning on a gap year to work as a scribe or a PCT

16 hours - Volunteered at the University of Arizona COVID-19 vaccine POD to assist patients with check-ins and screening questions.

40 hours - Volunteered at the Veterans Oasis Park, teaching children about the environment.

40 hours - Volunteered at Chandler Regional Medical Center, assisted with patient transport and front desk administration, and assisted patients in the dialysis laboratory.


Shadowing experience and specialties represented

30 Shadowing hours-Anesthesiologist, podiatrist, cardiologist, hospitalist


Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc)

Physiology club

Scholarship chair of Phi Delta Theta Fraternity

Tutoring students with special needs

 

[Mr.Smile12]

So basically... no community service other than 40 hours of teaching children about the environment?

 

[Faha]

Your MCAT of 501 is not competitive for AZCOM, CCOM or the Touros. These are schools where you could receive interviews with your current stats:
ATSU-SOMA
VCOM (all 4 schools)
ACOM
NYIT-AR
ARCOM
WCU-COM
UIWSOM
MU-COM
WVSOM
UP-KYCOM
LUCOM
LMU-DCOM
LECOM (all schools)
PCOM Georgia and South Georgia
Noorda-COM
If your new MCAT score is 507 or higher you could add more schools.
Your clinical exposure hours are low. You should accumulate another 20 hours of physician shadowing and 100+ hours of clinical volunteering with patient contact before you submit your application.

 

[chilly_md]

Your clinical experience is too low to justify an application to any DO school this cycle. The lack of any significant non-clinical volunteering or ECs in general is another big weakness.

 

[Soontobedoctor1245]

Your MCAT of 501 is not competitive for AZCOM, CCOM or the Touros. These are schools where you could receive interviews with your current stats:
ATSU-SOMA
VCOM (all 4 schools)
ACOM
NYIT-AR
ARCOM
WCU-COM
UIWSOM
MU-COM
WVSOM
UP-KYCOM
LUCOM
LMU-DCOM
LECOM (all schools)
PCOM Georgia and South Georgia
Noorda-COM
If your new MCAT score is 507 or higher you could add more schools.
Your clinical exposure hours are low. You should accumulate another 20 hours of physician shadowing and 100+ hours of clinical volunteering with patient contact before you submit your application.

I am planning on completing the clinical and EC’s during the gap year. Do you think I should still apply this cycle?

 

[Soontobedoctor1245]

So basically... no community service other than 40 hours of teaching children about the environment?

I also currently tutor students with special needs, but yes, that is all. I was planning on adding to this section with my gap year. Do you think this would be a good idea?

 

[candbgirl]

I am planning on completing the clinical and EC’s during the gap year. Do you think I should still apply this cycle?

Projected hours are considered exactly that-projected hours. ADCOMS know that life interferes and those hours might or might not get done. You only want to apply one time with the best possible application. So put off applying a year or two. Fill in the holes, build a competitive application and then apply when you are ready.

 

[Faha]

I am planning on completing the clinical and EC’s during the gap year. Do you think I should still apply this cycle?

Not with your current low clinical hours. You could add another 20 hours of shadowing and 100+ hours of clinical volunteering in the next 4 months and apply in August/September (which is not late for DO schools).

 

[Mr.Smile12]

I also currently tutor students with special needs, but yes, that is all. I was planning on adding to this section with my gap year. Do you think this would be a good idea?

Unless you want to be hired as a teacher with special education certification, I think you could be involved in more community service like food pantries or homeless advocacy (as examples).