What DO schools am I competitive for?

[Overachiever12]

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If it's not already too late, I was looking at starting an application for DO schools in the morning. I am an AA Male from a Top 20, with a 3.4 GPA/31 MCAT. EC's are pretty standard: 2 years of research, 3 years part-time work, 1 year of clinical volunteering, shadowing, etc.

Do I stand a chance? Thanks in advance!

 

[Overachiever12]

Sorry, this should be in Pre-Osteo. Would someone mind moving it for me?

 

[AlteredScale]

If it's not already too late, I was looking at starting an application for DO schools in the morning. I am an AA Male from a Top 20, with a 3.4 GPA/31 MCAT. EC's are pretty standard: 2 years of research, 3 years part-time work, 1 year of clinical volunteering, shadowing, etc.

Do I stand a chance? Thanks in advance!

Any LOR from a DO? It will help. Beyond that you're a great applicant. If you're going to apply this year apply NOW.


Best of luck!

 

[Overachiever12]

Any LOR from a DO? It will help. Beyond that you're a great applicant. If you're going to apply this year apply NOW.


Best of luck!

No LOR. Would it be possible to shadow a DO and get a LOR after submitting my application?

 

[AlteredScale]

No LOR. Would it be possible to shadow a DO and get a LOR after submitting my application?

Yes that is possible and that is what I did. An MD will be sufficient for most DO schools.

 

[midweststudent1]

Too late to shadow and expect to get a letter for this cycle. If you have an MD letter just use it

 

[user3]

If it's not already too late, I was looking at starting an application for DO schools in the morning. I am an AA Male from a Top 20, with a 3.4 GPA/31 MCAT. EC's are pretty standard: 2 years of research, 3 years part-time work, 1 year of clinical volunteering, shadowing, etc.

Do I stand a chance? Thanks in advance!

you are competitive for any DO school. However, if you apply next year for MD you have a GREAT chance there as well. You will probably be able to get into an awesome MD program as well as receive scholarship offers.

 

[Eokpar02]

Don't apply DO. Apply MD. There is a great chance of getting scholarships if you do.

 

[AlbinoHawk DO]

You're an AA applicant. Don't waste your time applying to DO. If you do, just submit your application anywhere you want. You'll get in.

 

[Overachiever12]

I've had a rough cycle with MD, thus far. I've only gotten interview offers from top-tier schools and have been largely ignored by mid to bottom-tiers, both IS (Texas) and OOS. I still have 1 MD interview at an OOS school in January, but I'm quite concerned by the fact that I didn't get any IS prematch offers yesterday, when the largest batch was sent. I think this might be a result of my application being 'borderline' at the majority of these schools. I still have a chance of pre-matching later, matching, or even getting off the waitlist with rolling admissions, but I would like to make sure my odds are as high as possible.