What to do?!!!!

[Mr.Patel]

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So due to personal reasons, I was unable to take the MCAT early. Thus I am scheduled to take it August 20th. I have been studying really hard and that is going well. But my problem is that I have a very low GPA (3.29) and decent EC's.

I won't get my scores back until September 21st. My questions is what should I do in the mean time (besides studying for MCAT)? Should I fill out my applications (primaries) before MCATs? Can I submit them without grades (I heard varifying takes a long time. I just don't know what to do. Do I even have a reasonable shot at a medical school in the states?

My last question is: What DO schools other then PCOM, UMDNJ-SOM should I apply to with these stats. BTW I am getting around ~30 on my MCATs. Practice.

Thanks for your help guys. I am just panicing and neeed some advice from the intelligent SDN crowd 🙂!

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

Your indeed pretty late. However if you get a 28+ on the mcat you'll probably be good. Apply to many DO schools like add at least 5 more.

 

[judasreznor]

So due to personal reasons, I was unable to take the MCAT early. Thus I am scheduled to take it August 20th. I have been studying really hard and that is going well. But my problem is that I have a very low GPA (3.29) and decent EC's.

I won't get my scores back until September 21st. My questions is what should I do in the mean time (besides studying for MCAT)? Should I fill out my applications (primaries) before MCATs? Can I submit them without grades (I heard varifying takes a long time. I just don't know what to do. Do I even have a reasonable shot at a medical school in the states?

My last question is: What DO schools other then PCOM, UMDNJ-SOM should I apply to with these stats. BTW I am getting around ~30 on my MCATs. Practice.

Thanks for your help guys. I am just panicing and neeed some advice from the intelligent SDN crowd 🙂!

I would certainly go ahead and fill out the AACOMAS app and get the personal statement perfect. Apply broadly just in case you don't get a great MCAT score (26 or above should do). You do have a reasonable shot at schools if you apply broadly enough (only you can look at the stats posted by schools to determine where you want to apply).

 

[sedaniel]

Why do people post the same thing twice in the same forum?

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=706288#983

 

[judasreznor]

Why do people post the same thing twice in the same forum?

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=706288#983

Maybe an increased number of identical posts increases the chance for the answer one is seeking. 🙄 😀

 

[mmikey]

Apply to LECOM as well, they have a large class size and interview late