What are my chances? SMP needed or no?

[Dricosuave]

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Year: Senior

URM: half hispanic

Country/State: Maryland Schools: MD (DO as a last resort)

Cumulative: 3.5 Science: 3.35

MCAT: have not taken it yet( taking it in June)

Research: currently in research that will be published summer of 2017

Volunteering/Physician Shadowing(clinical): ~300 hours accumulated over the summers & SMDEP program

Volunteering(non-clinical): ~250 hours

Extracurricular Activities: Vice President of Honor Society, leadership coordinator for volunteer program, president and founder of startup community service organization, philantropy chair for my fraternity, vice president of Latino Students Organization.

i would like to know what are my chances of getting into an MD school? Do I need to apply to a SMP ( Student Masters Program) or is my GPA high enough that I dont need to/ can take a few upper level sciences and be good?

 

[westsidestoryz]

Cant really tell you without an MCAT score but your GPA is on the lower side, esp the sGPA. But I would not recommend SMP. Do a DIY postbacc and look into DO. Beggars cant be choosers, as Goro would put it

 

[candbgirl]

What's a Student Masters Program? I always thought SMP was a Special Masters Program. Is this a new thing? Are you fluent in Spanish? Do you have a history of service to your Hispanic community? It's really impossible to help you without a MCAT score but your GPAs are below average, especially your sGPA. I've read on here that Maryland residents have a difficult time gaining admission to your state schools. Don't know if that's true but you should check it out. Do you have the MSAR? If not you should buy it and use it for researching as you develop your school list. And don't be so superior that you consider " DO as a last result". If you really want to be a doctor you'll do what you have to do.


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[Goro]

I think OP meant "special", not "student"

What's a Student Masters Program? I always thought SMP was a Special Masters Program. Is this a new thing? Are you fluent in Spanish? Do you have a history of service to your Hispanic community? It's really impossible to help you without a MCAT score but your GPAs are below average, especially your sGPA. I've read on here that Maryland residents have a difficult time gaining admission to your state schools. Don't know if that's true but you should check it out. Do you have the MSAR? If not you should buy it and use it for researching as you develop your school list. And don't be so superior that you consider " DO as a last result". If you really want to be a doctor you'll do what you have to do.


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