Withdraw application? Low MCAT, weak EC's

[maroaj9]

3.73cGPA 3.65sGPA from top 25 undergrad
27Q MCAT (9PS, 8VR, 10BS)
NY Resident

-Varsity athlete huge commitment per week
-3 hours shadowing just 1 doctor
-30 hours clinical volunteering
-40 hours in research lab simply as an assistant, no publication or presentations whatsoever
-15 hours other non-medical volunteering

Submitted to AMCAS but not verified yet... so pretty late app

Really need people's thoughts on my options:
1) Withdraw application, commit to gap year, study all semester for MCAT and continue to help extracurriculars
2) Allow application to go through to just a few schools, still study all semester for MCAT and continue to help extracurriculars

Applying to Rosalind Franklin, Eastern Virginia, SUNY (Upstate, Downstate, Buffalo, Rochester), Albany

---

Members don't see this ad.

 

[Miss Terious]

How open are you to DO schools?

 

[Charles Darwin]

Throw in more safety schools and you'll get in somewhere.

 

[maroaj9]

I would be open to DO schools if I need to re-apply next cycle. Do y'all think my extracurriculars are sufficient enough to cover my low MCAT?

 

[TimKita]

I think you should take a year off, get some solid volunteering experience working with patients (30 hours wont really cut it), and retake MCAT in spring. I was in a similar situation to you last year. I had a 30 MCAT, a summer of research, and 40 hrs shadowing. I spent the year volunteering 5 hrs a week at a hospice and 6 hours a week at a cancer hospital. I got to take care of patients directly and learn how to talk to them. Also improved my MCAT from 30-35. You sound like a smart kid--pretty impressive gpa from a tough school. I think you are better off getting additional experience and improving the MCAT a little rather than getting an acceptance at a DO school.

 

[Desp]

I think you should take a year off, get some solid volunteering experience working with patients (30 hours wont really cut it), and retake MCAT in spring. I was in a similar situation to you last year. I had a 30 MCAT, a summer of research, and 40 hrs shadowing. I spent the year volunteering 5 hrs a week at a hospice and 6 hours a week at a cancer hospital. I got to take care of patients directly and learn how to talk to them. Also improved my MCAT from 30-35. You sound like a smart kid--pretty impressive gpa from a tough school. I think you are better off getting additional experience and improving the MCAT a little rather than getting an acceptance at a DO school.

This is solid advice. Your 3 hours of shadowing is pretty bad.