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Currently I am getting my masters in pharmacology at a medical school in NY. I have a 3.4 gpa (one more semester before applying and I am hoping to get that GPA up) here and had a 3.4 gpa in undergraduate. I applied last year with just my undergraduate gpa and a 24 (6,9,9) on the mcat. I was interviewed at LECOM-E and LUCOM and waitlisted at LECOM-E. I also got an interview to KYCOM-Pikeville but was unable to attend since it was the same day as my LECOM interview. I have retaken the MCAT and got a 503 (125,124,128,126) ( not overly happy but overly disappointed either... it is an improvement) my pre-health advisor said this is close to having a 27-28 on the old mcat. She thinks I am a better applicant this year with my masters and higher mcat. Also my lab is very intense and we do drug studies and knockdowns on cell lines that were deprived from a JAK2V617F MPN patient. I have learned a lot from western blots, to doing FLOW and qRT-PCR. I also maintain and genotype my own mouse colony. While in college I worked in a CTICU at a hospital on my summer and winter breaks and have over 2000 hours patient experience. I have also shadowed physicians in all different fields of medicine but mainly in the emergency room. While in college I also was involved in Habitat for Humanity, Healthcare for the Homeless, and Relay for Life so I also have volunteer experiences. I was really told my MCAT (especially that 6) was holding me back. I was wondering where people advise me to apply this year. I really like the osteopathic approach to medicine and know I am a stronger applicant for the DO pool but I was wondering if people had recommendations for schools with my scores.
Currently I am getting my masters in pharmacology at a medical school in NY. I have a 3.4 gpa (one more semester before applying and I am hoping to get that GPA up) here and had a 3.4 gpa in undergraduate. I applied last year with just my undergraduate gpa and a 24 (6,9,9) on the mcat. I was interviewed at LECOM-E and LUCOM and waitlisted at LECOM-E. I also got an interview to KYCOM-Pikeville but was unable to attend since it was the same day as my LECOM interview. I have retaken the MCAT and got a 503 (125,124,128,126) ( not overly happy but overly disappointed either... it is an improvement) my pre-health advisor said this is close to having a 27-28 on the old mcat. She thinks I am a better applicant this year with my masters and higher mcat. Also my lab is very intense and we do drug studies and knockdowns on cell lines that were deprived from a JAK2V617F MPN patient. I have learned a lot from western blots, to doing FLOW and qRT-PCR. I also maintain and genotype my own mouse colony. While in college I worked in a CTICU at a hospital on my summer and winter breaks and have over 2000 hours patient experience. I have also shadowed physicians in all different fields of medicine but mainly in the emergency room. While in college I also was involved in Habitat for Humanity, Healthcare for the Homeless, and Relay for Life so I also have volunteer experiences. I was really told my MCAT (especially that 6) was holding me back. I was wondering where people advise me to apply this year. I really like the osteopathic approach to medicine and know I am a stronger applicant for the DO pool but I was wondering if people had recommendations for schools with my scores.