Which DO schools will accept you if you have low MCAT but high GPA?

[Ash366]

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Cliff notes

-few graduate in 4 years
-a large portion drop out
-trouble matching into residencies
-high cost
-living in an underdevolped nation

Out of all of those that start carribean a huge portion don't become doctors.


Potential school list:

Touro (Middletown)
Rowan
NYIT
LECOM (Erie and bradenton)
VCOM (Virginia south corolina auburn)
PCOM (Philadelphia and Georgia)
NSU
ACOM
KCU
Des Moines
WVsom
Western
UNECOM

Are these the schools you think I should apply to and might get accepted with my MCAT score of 26 and GPA of 3.7? Any MD schools that I should apply to that takes my score? Thanks.

 

[DoctorSynthesis]

Are these the schools you think I should apply to and might get accepted with my MCAT score of 26 and GPA of 3.7? Any MD schools that I should apply to that takes my score? Thanks.

If you wanna apply to MD then go ahead but you're very unlikely to get in. Try your state schools.

Those schools I listed you have a chance.

 

[spenguin]

So this is what I decided I should do. Apply to the schools I have a chance at getting into as well as apply to Saint Georges in the Caribbeans. If I get interviews by October, Ill stick to US schools, if I dont get any interview then start Caribbean in January.

Wait wait wait. Hold your horses. The DO cycle is long. I would wait AT LEAST until april to see if you get acceptances from DOs.
The biggest problem with the Carribean is the whole merger of DO/MD residencies and other things that are being put into motion = pressure on residency programs to accept more US med school graduates. From what I have heard, the number of Caribbean grads getting residencies will decrease. The best will still get a residency but it won't be easy to get good ones and fewer will get those than before

what do you mean? I guess im considered a minority since im persian?

Persian is not a minority in the way medical schools think. They mean underrepresented in med school (african americans, hispanic/latino, native americas)

 

[spenguin]

q

im sorry but what is DOA?

dead on arrival

 

[deleted158872]

is there a free DO MSAR somewhere?

 

[PhillyBoy22]

@Maruko The College Information Book (CIB) is the closest thing to the "DO MSAR". You can pre-order one off of the AACOMAS website for $15 or you can wait until they put a PDF online (the PDF was free last year, I don't know if it will be this year).

Edit: They won't be out until May according to AACOMAS

 

[swolebrah]

is there a free DO MSAR somewhere?

@Maruko The College Information Book (CIB) is the closest thing to the "DO MSAR". You can pre-order one off of the AACOMAS website for $15 or you can wait until they put a PDF online (the PDF was free last year, I don't know if it will be this year).

Edit: They won't be out until May according to AACOMAS

Yeah I preordered the aacomas 2016 msar they have selling for $15. In my opinion its worth the money since there isin't much official information out there regarding all the schools.

I had no idea they released a pdf free version, that's pretty nice of them.

 

[JeBrAs]

is there a free DO MSAR somewhere?

Unfortunately there is no MSAR for DO schools. Most of the schools list the previous cycles average stats on their websites and you can sift through the search function to look through the school specific threads to find the information posted from current medical students from those schools. Usually people on here compile that information every year and post them in the general discussion threads.

 

[Goro]

Ash, I recommend

Touro (Middletown)
Rowan
NYIT
LECOM (Erie and bradenton)
VCOM (Virginia south corolina auburn)
PCOM (Philadelphia and Georgia)
NSU
ACOM
KCU
Des Moines
WVsom
UNECOM (but has a regional bias)
TUNCOM
Western (both)
AT Still
MUCOM
Wm Carey
CUSOM
LMU
SOMA
RVU
PacNW

 

[mspeedwagon]

Let me give you some hope. I had exactly those stats. 26 (though, my breakdown was 9/8/9) and a 3.7. I got two MD interviews, neither at my state schools (blew them but that's a totally different story... damn MMIs) and was accepted at nearly every DO school (LECOM and LMU-DCOM being the only two that rejected me outright). Apply broadly and you'll be ok.

That said, I agree the 6 is going to really hurt for schools that have cutoffs (check before you apply), but DO is within your reach if you apply smart.

 

[Ash366]

Let me give you some hope. I had exactly those stats. 26 (though, my breakdown was 9/8/9) and a 3.7. I got two MD interviews, neither at my state schools (blew them but that's a totally different story... damn MMIs) and was accepted at nearly every DO school (LECOM and LMU-DCOM being the only two that rejected me outright). Apply broadly and you'll be ok.

That said, I agree the 6 is going to really hurt for schools that have cutoffs (check before you apply), but DO is within your reach if you apply smart.

What MD schools do you recommend? I wanted to apply to at least one or two MD then the rest all DO schools.

 

[IslandStyle808]

what do you mean? I guess im considered a minority since im persian?

Medical schools are looking for under represented minorities which include African Americans, Native Americans, Pacific Islanders etc. However, the vast majority from the Asian continent are considered over representative minorities, I believe this includes Persians as well.

 

[HH Holmes]

Remember, the average MCAT score for almost every DO school lies right between 27-29. You are just below the 50% marker on the MCAT, and above average for your GPA.

Apply broad and early -- you will be fine.

 

[mspeedwagon]

Start with your state schools. Then Albany Med, NYMC, Drexel, Jefferson, Commonwealth (and other schools in the lower tier). But, before you apply go to each website and make sure they don't screen out for below an 8 in each section (a handful of those schools may do so and you would be wasting time/money applying to places you'd get screened out). Also, realize that many of these schools get several thousand apps. Make sure there is something very unique about your story (will help set you apart).

With my stats, I ended up with 2/10 interviews on the MD side.

What MD schools do you recommend? I wanted to apply to at least one or two MD then the rest all DO schools.

 

[DoctorSynthesis]

Start with your state schools. Then Albany Med, NYMC, Drexel, Jefferson, Commonwealth (and other schools in the lower tier). But, before you apply go to each website and make sure they don't screen out for below an 8 in each section (a handful of those schools may do so and you would be wasting time/money applying to places you'd get screened out). Also, realize that many of these schools get several thousand apps. Make sure there is something very unique about your story (will help set you apart).

With my stats, I ended up with 2/10 interviews on the MD side.

Albany med has few spots/ NYMC has tons of application/ Drexel and Jefferson are both very competitive (even more for jef). Had friends who applied with high stats who didn't get in. Commonwealth is location biased.


I think schools like Oakland and quinnipiac and state schools are best bets. If from Delaware then apply jef.

 

[mspeedwagon]

I think the OP understands these are all shots in the dark. I was interviewed at two MD schools with a 26/3.7. One of which was Albany Med and the other was a top tier school (in NY), and people told me that it was a waste of time applying (higher tier than either Jefferson or Drexel - actually, top twenty per US News). I was rejected outright from Quinnipiac (albeit the nicest rejection email with an info to contact the admissions office for how to improve).

I know quite a lot of kids that go to Commonwealth (from NY) and none of them have any regional ties. I considered applying, but based on the school's mission did not feel like I was a good candidate. I don't know anything about Oakland University (other than it didn't make my list b/c of location) so I won't comment.

I think what is most important is to look for schools that don't cutoff at under an 8.

Albany med has few spots/ NYMC has tons of application/ Drexel and Jefferson are both very competitive (even more for jef). Had friends who applied with high stats who didn't get in. Commonwealth is location biased.


I think schools like Oakland and quinnipiac and state schools are best bets. If from Delaware then apply jef.

 

[user3]

I would not bother applying MD unless your EC's are very unique.

MD competition is brutal. An applicant with stats of the average matriculant (3.7/31-32) and average EC's usually seems to struggle, even if applying broadly, to get more than a few interviews and oftentimes even just a single acceptance. Yet with DO schools, applicants around the average matriculant (3.5/27-28) typically get interviews from most schools they apply to and multiple acceptances. That has always kind of perplexed me...

 

[asdf123g]

I would not bother applying MD unless your EC's are very unique.

MD competition is brutal. An applicant with stats of the average matriculant (3.7/31-32) and average EC's usually seems to struggle, even if applying broadly, to get more than a few interviews and oftentimes even just a single acceptance. Yet with DO schools, applicants around the average matriculant (3.5/27-28) typically get interviews from most schools they apply to and multiple acceptances. That has always kind of perplexed me...

Do you feel "MD rejects" inflate the average matriculant DO stats significantly?

 

[lexierae494]

@Ash366 I just PM'd you. I have the exact same stats and got a lot of DO love and even one MD interview invite. Let me know if you need any help at all!