rami8
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Hi All!
I am new to applying to med schools, as I was previously trying to apply for Physician assistant school and really never had my heart set on becoming a doctor until recently. Just a little back story: I am 24 y/o, graduated college in 2019, and have since worked in a clinical immunology laboratory as a med tech, and started working at the ER as an EMT. I originally had kind of convinced myself that PA school was right for me b/c I would get fewer loans as well as be able to treat and diagnose patients right away and choose any specialty after 2 years of completing schooling. Which at the time sounded like a win-win situation. After working at the ER I have seen many health care professionals MD, DO, PA, NP, nurses, techs, and have really been able to pinpoint that I actually think I want to go to medical school to become a doctor. As much as I wanted to be a PA previously I realized that I really value being able to practice autonomously and would not mind specializing in one area!
Anyways, I was wondering if I could pull some advice from anyone who is currently applying to DO schools or has been accepted from a DO school .. really any advice would be great!
I am planning on applying this year.. but do not know if that is a possibility as I have not taken the MCAT... I was planning to take my MCAT at the end of this summer and start studying now to give myself some space to do content review/ couple of months of just practice tests. MCAT score wants/ wishes/ goal: 514+. & Hopefully having my scores/ apps submitted by October 2021 for DO 2021-2022 cycle.
STATS:
Bachelors in Biology
-cGPA: 3.53
-SGPA: 3.39
-Health care experience: research aide 2 years (no publications), clinical lab aide 2 years, Immunology med-tech 2 years, EMT-B in ambulance 7 mos, ER tech 1.5 years
-ECs: peds inpatient floor volunteer 300 hrs, ER volunteer 20 hours
-No shadowing
Is applying in October going to be too late? What are my chances with my stats? should I take more science classes to boost my sGPA? should I just apply the following cycle if too late? Thanks in advance!
I am new to applying to med schools, as I was previously trying to apply for Physician assistant school and really never had my heart set on becoming a doctor until recently. Just a little back story: I am 24 y/o, graduated college in 2019, and have since worked in a clinical immunology laboratory as a med tech, and started working at the ER as an EMT. I originally had kind of convinced myself that PA school was right for me b/c I would get fewer loans as well as be able to treat and diagnose patients right away and choose any specialty after 2 years of completing schooling. Which at the time sounded like a win-win situation. After working at the ER I have seen many health care professionals MD, DO, PA, NP, nurses, techs, and have really been able to pinpoint that I actually think I want to go to medical school to become a doctor. As much as I wanted to be a PA previously I realized that I really value being able to practice autonomously and would not mind specializing in one area!
Anyways, I was wondering if I could pull some advice from anyone who is currently applying to DO schools or has been accepted from a DO school .. really any advice would be great!
I am planning on applying this year.. but do not know if that is a possibility as I have not taken the MCAT... I was planning to take my MCAT at the end of this summer and start studying now to give myself some space to do content review/ couple of months of just practice tests. MCAT score wants/ wishes/ goal: 514+. & Hopefully having my scores/ apps submitted by October 2021 for DO 2021-2022 cycle.
STATS:
Bachelors in Biology
-cGPA: 3.53
-SGPA: 3.39
-Health care experience: research aide 2 years (no publications), clinical lab aide 2 years, Immunology med-tech 2 years, EMT-B in ambulance 7 mos, ER tech 1.5 years
-ECs: peds inpatient floor volunteer 300 hrs, ER volunteer 20 hours
-No shadowing
Is applying in October going to be too late? What are my chances with my stats? should I take more science classes to boost my sGPA? should I just apply the following cycle if too late? Thanks in advance!
