Which schools should I be looking at?

[anondukie9]

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International Student
Undergraduate GPA: cumulative --> 3.3; science --> 3.1 (Very poor final semester --> 2.3 with 5 courses; due to personal issues)
Post-baccalaureate GPA: 4.0 (more A+s than As); will end up taking 15 courses (almost 2 years worth of classes)
Overall cGPA: 3.5 (including post-bacc)
MCAT: balanced 518 (taken before post-bacc)
ECs: research tech (no publications), hospital volunteer, clinical associate, resident assistant, student government, etc.

I discovered my passion for medicine late in life. It also took me a long time to cultivate good study habits. I've been doing my best to make amends and I'm hoping that some adcoms will be willing to give me an opportunity.

 

[Goro]

Any of the 14 or so DO schools that take non-US citizens. Internationals need to be superstars for MD schools, but I don't have any read on how they look at internationals who are also reinventors.

@gyngyn
@LizzyM
@Med Ed
????

 

[LizzyM]

My experience is too limited to know where someone with your story would be a good fit.

 

[anondukie9]

I guess I'll just have to apply broadly and hope that someone is willing to take a chance on me. Thank you for the insight. More opinions/suggestions are always appreciated.

Would @gyngyn like to chime in?

 

[gyngyn]

Buy MSAR.
Identify the 50 or so schools that consider internationals.
Eliminate the mission-based schools, unless you fit the mission (Loma Linda, HBCU's, regional missions).
Eliminate the ones that matriculated fewer than 3.
Apply to the rest.

 

[anondukie9]

Thank you! How do adcoms view internationals who have reinvented themselves? I imagine that it's a pretty small sample size...