MD & DO What are my chances?

[concentrico]

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Hi everyone,

I'm currently a sophomore undergrad student. My major is biology and my minors are chemistry and Spanish. My overall GPA is 3.73 and my overall science GPA is 3.54. I have gotten a 4.0 in all non science related courses. I'm taking organic chemistry 1 right now and my professor said that I will probably end up with a B in the course and I am also taking biology 1 and will probably end with an A in the course. I am concerned about the gap between my science and non science GPAs. I know that I still have two more years to bring up my science GPA.

Also, I have been working as a private tutor for a few years now in both volunteer and paid positions. I have about 30 hours of shadowing and plan on shadowing more when I have the opportunity. I am also applying to volunteer at my local hospital.

Ideally I would like to apply for an allopathic program, but would be okay applying to an osteopathic program as well.

Please give me any suggestions or advice that you may have. I would greatly appreciate it.

 

[treatem-and-streetem]

Just my two cents...give up tutoring and focus on getting A's. Why would you tutor while not getting close to a 4.0 GPA? Especially sGPA. Volunteering and shadowing are more important

 

[DoctorSnow]

Clinical experience is crucial to answer "why medicine?" Work on increasing that and your science GPA

 

[JMilo]

Just my two cents...give up tutoring and focus on getting A's. Why would you tutor while not getting close to a 4.0 GPA? Especially sGPA. Volunteering and shadowing are more important

Agreed, focus on classes. Do you tutor undeserved populations when you volunteer? I would continue to do that if so. I'm a volunteer tutor for a couple immigrant families, and I know that if I left abruptly their grades would pretty drastically suffer, and I probably wouldn't be able to volunteer with the same organization in the future.