What are my chances?? Please help with list.

[cubamed]

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Hispanic/Cuban
3.9 GPA
500 MCAT (126-122-127-125)
Former medical Student
Lot of shadowing to MD and DO, plus the experience of being a med student in my native country before coming to US.

 

[Mr. Babe]

Looks like you messed up the CARS. You GPA is high, and your MCAT is average. Why are you looking to go to medical school here instead of just continuing in your native country?

 

[cubamed]

I am coming from a

Looks like you messed up the CARS. You GPA is high, and your MCAT is average. Why are you looking to go to medical school here instead of just continuing in your native country?

I am coming from a communist country, and once you graduate from MD school the government doesn't allow you to go out of the country in 5 to 10 years. So, I had the opportunity of coming to the land of freedom without risking my life. It was a tough decision, since I was in the middle of the MD program there. Now I am 27 and don't want to repeat the MCAT or I will need to wait 2 more years, naaahhh!!! I know what is to be a med student, and it is all I want to do. So please, any good Samaritans that can help me make a good school list that could select me....thanks

 

[Mr. Babe]

Are you in the states now? If so where at? Based on your MCAT don't apply to Touro, Midwestern, or Rocky Vista. Schools that you want to look at are PNWU, ACOM, PCOM, BCOM, LECOM, UIWSOM, and Western to name a few.

 

[cubamed]

I am in Florida...so I applied to NSUCOM, LECOM bradenton, ACOM, all the VCOM, NYITCOM. I want to be near home....

 

[cubamed]

I considered going to Carribean Schools, but this is the very last option...

 

[cubamed]

Do schools look at individual scores or the whole??, also, being English my second language can be considered a excuse for the low CARS??....

 

[Goro]

Hispanic/Cuban
3.9 GPA
500 MCAT (126-122-127-125)
Former medical Student
Lot of shadowing to MD and DO, plus the experience of being a med student in my native country before coming to US.

Apply broadly, especially targeting the newest schools. Skip the Touros, Western, KCU, PCOM, AZCOM and CCOM. I can recommend LUCOM.

 

[cubamed]

I will follow the advice of an old legend.....thanks Goro....