What are my chances? Need advice D.O school
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Your MCAT will ultimately be the deciding factor, at this rate, predicting a minimum MCAT of ~505, you will be okay at most DO schools with an excellent personal statement and strong letters of recommendation. Good luck!
P.S Apply to RowanSOM, PCOM and NYIT, DO letter strongly recommended, not required.
What ethnic group do you represent? State of residence?
The very weak sGPAs have me worried that you won't handle med school.
The very weak sGPAs have me worried that you won't handle med school.
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Hispanic male (Puerto Rican)
Spanish speaker??
No. Also my residence in Florida but my undergrad was in New York
I can't recommend med school at this time, then
do you have any recommendation on how I can make myself a better applicant? any advise will be great
2-4 semesters of 3.7+ GPA or aceing a SMP, combined with a good MCAT score.
Your GPA is really weak.... particularly in your freshman year. Have you considered retaking a number of classes (taking advantage of AACOMAS grade replacement)? If you could get your CGPA and Science GPA to around a 3.3 with an MCAT of at least 502, then you have a solid shot at the newest DO schools. Also, the schools you are going to want to focus on are big on helping the underserved so I would start some kind of community service (something that doesn't take too much time would do, like 3- 6 hours a week, but something done over a prolonged period of time (like a year or two) so that it doesn't look like you are just box checking).
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