What are my chances?

[ccc89]

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I have a 24 MCAT, post bacc gpa 3.5

I'm a URM woman,

extracurriculars:
tutor for 5 years, teacher for inner city kids, I'm fluent in spanish, studied abroad in spain, been apart of 5 organizations, research assistant in an ER, worked with hospice, worked in the ER, worked in pathology(hands on), supplemental instructor for bio, worked in a clinic in the inner city, I've worked part time jobs all through undergrad where I've been a sales associate.

I'm shooting for MD and DO, but NO caribbean schools.

 

[ccc89]

I'm not looking to matriculate into Harvard or anything, just some mid range med schools.

 

[GrapesofRath]

What kind of URM?

If you are African American go for HBMC's and your State programs as well as a variety of DO's. I think you'll do ok with that list.

If you Puerto Rican the Puerto Rican schools, your state programs and DO's might be a solid list. If Mexican, state programs, maybe a few schools with an affinity to Mexican applicants(ie Jesuits) and DO's could be a solid list.

Note your chances go up substantially if you re-take the MCAT and hit 504+. 508+ and I think there's a realistic chance you could get lots of merit money. While I think you'll be fine for DO's, unless you are African American and can go for HBMC's that MCAT can make things rather difficult for an MD acceptance unless you are the type of candidate who would be a good one for the Puerto Rican schools. Hence I would strongly give consideration to an MCAT re-take.

 

[ccc89]

I'm African American. Thanks GrapesofRath

 

[gyngyn]

Three of the Puerto Rican schools accept applications from mainlanders (all but UPR).

 

[ccc89]

If I don't get an acceptance or a referral to a program which offers a conditional acceptance, I may consider retaking. I'm fine with MD or DO though.

 

[GrapesofRath]

Three of the Puerto Rican schools accept applications from mainlanders (all but UPR).

Out of curiosity are their any main characteristics that are consistent across mainlanders who have success getting into a PR school? Obviously the need to speak spanish is a requirement, are there other things that people who get accepted from here to those schools consistently have such as ties to PR, certain types of EC's that demonstrate service or an increased likelihood to practice in the region or anything such as that?

 

[gyngyn]

Out of curiosity are their any main characteristics that are consistent across mainlanders who have success getting into a PR school? Obviously the need to speak spanish is a requirement, are there other things that people who get accepted from here to those schools consistently have such as ties to PR, certain types of EC's that demonstrate service or an increased likelihood to practice in the region or anything such as that?

I've been unable to find a pattern in their choices.
The successful applicants I know have had no discernible connection to the Island.
One of them barely speaks Spanish!

 

[GrapesofRath]

I've been unable to find a pattern in their choices.
The successful applicants I know have had no discernible connection to the Island.
One of them barely speaks Spanish!

Should make for some interesting 3rd year rotations!