What are my options?

[loshan]

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Hey Everyone,

I recently graduated with a Chem degree. My GPA is 2.845 and prereq GPA is 3.05. I will be taking the MCAT in September 2015. I have tons of EC's and will be getting excellent recommendation letters. I have shadowed many doctors and volunteered everywhere, even out of country. If I retake some pre-reqs i can get my sGPA up to 3.45

What are my chances in getting into med school in the US?? The Caribbean schools are my Plan B but I really dont want to waste anytime applying and getting rejected only to find out I could have applied to the Caribbean and had a better chance. What are my options?

 

[mathnerd88]

Your chances aren't good with that GPA. With retakes, you'll have a much better chance.

I can't really say unless you've taken the MCAT.

 

[happyhannah]

I think applying DO would also be a good option for you with the retakes. You really just need to get your GPA above a 3. The problem though is that the retake policy for DO schools might be changing.... I'm pretty much in the same boat as you. Here is a link to my story if you're interested http://forums.studentdoctor.net/thr...-to-do-during-time-off.1137948/#post-16524426

 

[Gandyy]

Its really hard to tell someone how good their chances are if they dont give you an MCAT score. No matter what anyone says, even DO schools place a giant emphasis on gpa and MCAT

 

[loshan]

I think applying DO would also be a good option for you with the retakes. You really just need to get your GPA above a 3. The problem though is that the retake policy for DO schools might be changing.... I'm pretty much in the same boat as you. Here is a link to my story if you're interested http://forums.studentdoctor.net/thr...-to-do-during-time-off.1137948/#post-16524426

With the new MCAT, what do you think would be a good MCAT score to have a good chance at a DO school?

 

[Gandyy]

With the new MCAT, what do you think would be a good MCAT score to have a good chance at a DO school?

a 30 MCAT was about a 75 percent on the old mcat. I believe that means you need a 508 on the new one to be about the same. A 30 MCAT is overkill for DO schools, however, it would more than compensate
for your low gpa. Anything 27+ would be great though.

 

[happyhannah]

A 500 is about equivalent to a 25, so I guess shoot for a little higher than that to be around 27-28

 

[loshan]

Do you know any DO schools that I could consider in me applying? Ive looked into Campbell and Debusk

 

[loshan]

Do you know any DO schools that I could consider in me applying? Ive looked into Campbell and Debusk

Given my Stats and if i get atleast a 505 on the MCAT?

 

[happyhannah]

Are you applying this cycle or next cycle? I'm not applying until next cycle so I haven't really done much school research yet, but I'm sure many other threads on this forum have good school lists

 

[loshan]

Are you applying this cycle or next cycle? I'm not applying until next cycle so I haven't really done much school research yet, but I'm sure many other threads on this forum have good school lists

I have to retake coouple classes this spring so i will be applying in 2016 for the 2017 class.

 

[loshan]

I have to retake coouple classes this spring so i will be applying in 2016 for the 2017 class.

Also gonnna apply as soon as it opens to have a better chance