What are my chances please let me know ????

[ggmills]

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[Goro]

Numbers look fine; but without an MCAT I can't truely assess your chances. At my school (somewhere west of St Louis), your packet so far would look very good. You might want to expand your horizons beyond the Bay Area. Thought about Western/COMP, for example?

Hello everyone,

I just wanted to know what my chances are to gaining acceptance into MD/DO school. My top schools are : UC Davis, Stanford, UCSF and Touro College / Tour University
Here is a brief sample of my resume and such
Education:
Mills College: BA in Biology and BA in Psychology (GPA 3.7) Im not sure what my GPA is really because i have taken so many courses, I basically have never not been in school
Biology THESIS: Neural Mechanisms Underlying Behavior

Touro University: Masters in Public Health Emphasis in Community Health (GPA 4.0)
Masters THSIS: Neurological Mechanisms of Addiction and the Methods of Harm Reducation and Community Mental Health
Carrington College Associate Degree in Pharmacy Technology
Diablo Valley College: Associate Degree in Biology

Courses: I have taken everything from biochemistry, micro, immunology, medical terminoloy, biostats, epidemiology, anatomy, physiology, psychological health stuff

ECs (in general)
Medical Recepionsit in free clinic (for about 1 year)
Major Hospital - Womens Health Center (for about one year)
Womens Reserouce Health Center (about one year)
Non Profit- Nutritional Health Educator (one year)
Director of Biological and Health Science Tutoring Services at a local community college (for one year) - this means I tutored every class they had offered
Rock medicine with health clinic in San Francisco - volunteer medic at concert shows
(about one year)
Womens Health Clinic in San Francisco - internship for health volunteers
Needle Exchange Program for Bay Area Residents
Department of Public Health- Contra Costa County Bench Microbiologist and Lab Technician
Teaching Assistant for Microbiology for Nurses and Biology Major Inculding Lab ( one year)
Teaching Assistant for Immunology Lab sections (for one year)


Research:
Behavioral Neuroscience Research Lab - for 2.5 years- many accepted abstracts, presentations etc (no publications)
Aging Research at Touro University College of Ostepathic Medicine- Basic Science Currently in Progress (possible publication)

Letters of Rec: I have rock solid letters from professors and mentors who have known me extensively.

What are my chances??? Is UC Davis a realistic option? If its not clear yet, I wish to go into women's health.

Thanks for reading! 🙂

 

[ggmills]

Thanks for reading. I added in my MCAT score, 31.

 

[Goro]

You sound like a lock for any of those schools. Wish you'd apply to mine! Good luck!

 

[ggmills]

😀 Thank you. What school are you associated with? I am interested. Im currently working on my school list and trying to expand beyond CA schools.

Im considering

LECOM
New England College of Oste Med
Tulane

Do you have any other suggestions? Any comments are useful.

Cheers

 

[Catalystik]

Other than no mention of physician shadowing, your ECs look terrific. I'd consider you a near shoo-in for DO schools. For California MD schools, it's more difficult to predict with certainty any applicants chance, even with an MCAT of 40, as there are so many highly qualified applicants for far too few seats. Applying more broadly is a must. Past applicants with a 3.7/31 had a 71% chance of acceptance.

 

[ggmills]

Thank you for all the information. A quick question regarding my chances, how old can my coursework be for the prereq to be considered. I took a lot of my chemistry six years ago, but I have been a student since continually. Im in graduate school now, so not sure how that factors in?

Thanks

 

[Catalystik]

Thank you for all the information. A quick question regarding my chances, how old can my coursework be for the prereq to be considered. I took a lot of my chemistry six years ago, but I have been a student since continually. Im in graduate school now, so not sure how that factors in?

Thanks

Most schools don't expire coursework, but most do like to see that you've engaged in academic work of some type in the last few years.

A few schools that do expire classes are (I'm sure there may be others):
Temple
Drexel
NYU
Columbia
Cornell
Einstein
Duke
Jefferson