What are my chances

[mhb2134]

I am going to be a senior at VCU and was wondering if I should apply this cycle or wait a year and enhance my application. I have a 3.4 GPA and am planning on taking my first MCAT this august. I have been studying nonstop to make up for the low GPA. I have interned with the sports medicine dept. the past 2 years and have 200+ hours volunteering and shadowing doctors. Also where would be the best places for me to apply. I really want to go to a school in America and do MD rather than DO. If I do take that year off, what are the best things for me to do to make my application look better?

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[lmn]

Your MCAT is too late for this cycle. Continue with your EC's/work and apply next year at the beginning of the cycle.

 

[Goro]

Raise the GPA to > 3.5. Enlist in the military. Ace the MCAT. You have currently more avenues to success via DO schools than MD.


If I do take that year off, what are the best things for me to do to make my application look better?