What are my chances at higher ranked D.O. schools?

[garrettni]

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Portland STate University with double majors in General Science and Public Health Science.

cGPA 3.73 and sGPA is about 3.55

MCAT: P13 / V6 / B11 Writing:M

EC:
6 years of volunteering at Oregon Health and Science University with over 600hours
Researched at PSU for O-chem professor for a year with published poster.
2 years of community non-medical volunteering as a volunteer pianist at a rehab
1 year of O-chem workshop leader for PSU
2 year of Louise Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation Science tutor at PSU (still tutoring)
Over seas week long clinical volunteering in Laiyuan, China (sub-national poverty)
Tons of working experiences: PSU gym supervisor/ Banana Republic/ Safeway
12 hours of Orthopedics Shadowing
50 hours of D.O family physician shadowing
50 hours of M.D. Family physician shadowing

I am a ESL student and have been in the U.S for 9 years

Are my credentials considered competitive for most US D.O. schools? Thank you!

 

[Keepitclassy]

Your GPA, EC's, and collective MCAT score are superb if you're applying DO, however your verbal score is of concern.

Getting into a DO program shouldn't be a challenge, but getting accepted to a "higher ranked" institution might be. Are you a US citizen?

 

[garrettni]

Yeah, I was naturalized last year.

 

[garrettni]

just making sure, we are talking about higher ranked D.O. school right? also, what are other things that I can do to improve myself as an applicant? Disregard the 6 in verbal, retaking the MCAT will be my absolute last resort @@" Thank you!

 

[MedPR]

just making sure, we are talking about higher ranked D.O. school right? also, what are other things that I can do to improve myself as an applicant? Disregard the 6 in verbal, retaking the MCAT will be my absolute last resort @@" Thank you!

More hours of ECs I guess. Truthfully the only thing holding you back is the 6 in VR. You almost scored the average DO MCAT score in two sections (PS + BS). If your distribution was a little better you'd be golden.

 

[Keepitclassy]

More hours of ECs I guess. Truthfully the only thing holding you back is the 6 in VR. You almost scored the average DO MCAT score in two sections (PS + BS). If your distribution was a little better you'd be golden.

This.

Everything looks fantastic, your MCAT score as a whole is definitely above average, but when you break it down by sections the verbal score really sticks out like a sore thumb, your writing score isn't too great either but it makes sense since I'm assuming English wasn't your first language. Great job on the PS/BS sections though.

Also, I think your EC's are fine. Your CV is well above average, shadowing is spot on. More publications definitely wouldn't hurt, but that's just icing on the cake at this point.