DO What are my chances now?

[Chromatic543]

Recently, I made a WAMC thread, but have had a few updates. These are my stats, unfortunately:

cGPA 3.20
sGPA 3.21
MCAT 502 (126-124-126-126)
Residence California
Degree: Biochemistry
cGPA (if retakes were counted) 3.38
sGPA (if retakes were counted) 3.40
2 Science letters of recommendation
1 non-science letter of recommendation
1 DO Physician letter
500 hours of taking care of disabled/elderly patients
400 hours of hospital volunteering
Medical club/trip to Honduras to work in a rural clinic
Orphanage volunteering
Allopathic Internal Medicine shadowing
Osteopathic Internal Medicine shadowing
Some medical clinic office volunteering including taking vital signs, checking patients in, etc.
Ethnicity: Pacific Islander

GRADE UPWARD TREND

Freshman cGPA/sGPA = 2.55/2.19
Sophomore cGPA/sGPA = 3.33/3.54
Junior cGPA/sGPA = 3.32/3.11
Senior cGPA/sGPA = 3.61/3.53


These are the schools I have applied to:

A.T. Still-Kirkville (Received Secondary)
A.T. Still-Arizona (Received Secondary)
ACOM (Received Secondary)
BCOM (Received Secondary)
Campbell (Received Secondary)
DMU (Submitted fully)
Edward Via Auburn (Waiting for secondary)
Edward Via Carolinas (Waiting for secondary)
Edward Via Virginia (Waiting for secondary)
KCU-COM (Received Secondary)
LECOM Erie (Submitted fully)
LECOM Brandenton (Received Secondary)
LMU-DeBusk (Waiting for secondary)
MUCOM (Received Secondary)
NYIT (Submitted fully)
NSUCOM (Submitted fully)
Ohio (Received Secondary)
OSU-COM (Received Secondary)
Pacific Northwest (Received Secondary)
PCOM (Received Secondary)
PCOM-Georgia (Received Secondary)
RVUCOM-UTAH (Submitted fully)
RVUCOM-Colorado (Received Secondary)
Touro-NY (Waiting for Secondary)
Touro-Nevada (Received Secondary)
Touro-California (Submitted fully)
UIWSOM (Received Secondary)
WVSOM (Waiting for Secondary)
Western-Pacific Northwest (Submitted fully)
Western-Pomona (Received Secondary)
WCUCOM (Received Secondary)

Do you think I have a chance? What advice can you give me? I am extremely nervous right now!

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[Faha]

You should receive several interviews from the schools you applied to. You could add UP-KYCOM and ARCOM.

 

[all things possible]

You're a Pacific Islander...which is considered URM. Will you try for a few MD schools as well?

 

[Chromatic543]

You're a Pacific Islander...which is considered URM. Will you try for a few MD schools as well?

I thought MD was out of the question because of my GPAs

 

[all things possible]

I thought MD was out of the question because of my GPAs

@Goro @Faha @gyngyn

Is Pacific Islander given more flexibility as a URM? Would you recommend he/she add some MD schools with their stats? Or is it somewhat late and not worth adding?

 

[gyngyn]

@Goro @Faha @gyngyn

Is Pacific Islander given more flexibility as a URM? Would you recommend he/she add some MD schools with their stats? Or is it somewhat late and not worth adding?

It carries more weight at Burns.
We have seen an uptick in people reporting that they are Pacific Islander when they are actually Filipino...

 

[Chromatic543]

It carries more weight at Burns.
We have seen an uptick in people reporting that they are Pacific Islander when they are actually Filipino...

I am from the Fijian Islands, but I didn't expect to have any URM status.