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I am about to turn 27, I finished undergrad in 2009, finished a master's program (microbiology) in 2013.
I was fine/set on going the D.O. route for med school but recently I found out that some of the humanitarian NGOs I was really interested in working for don't accept the DO degree! So now I really need to pursue MD.
I don't have have MCAT score yet, I took it a little over a week ago, so I know this is a major piece here. My AAMC average was 35. My undergrad GPA is low, but I had to work full time throughout undergrad :/ so I did what I could.
AACOM GPA = 3.60 (non-science), 3.36 (science), 3.46 (cumulative)
AMCAS GPA = 3.37 (cGPA), 3.26 (sGPA)
In the GPA is my graduate GPA which is a 3.6 of all science class. My first semester didn't go so well (all B's), after I figured out how to study, I had almost all A's in the next 3 semesters with a GPA of 3.82.
As for ECs, they are stellar (sorry not trying to be arrogant). Thousands of hours of EMS experience, working with special olympics, inner-city kids, refugees, big brother, 1st and 2nd author papers, regional and national abstracts and oral presentations, tutoring, TA, shadowing, going to be a scribe, and more...
So basically, with what I have, any advice on how to make myself a more competitive applicant for MD schools? I know I can't budge my GPA because I have 2 undergrad degrees and one graduate degree. But just taking more classes and getting A's, would that help?
I was fine/set on going the D.O. route for med school but recently I found out that some of the humanitarian NGOs I was really interested in working for don't accept the DO degree! So now I really need to pursue MD.
I don't have have MCAT score yet, I took it a little over a week ago, so I know this is a major piece here. My AAMC average was 35. My undergrad GPA is low, but I had to work full time throughout undergrad :/ so I did what I could.
AACOM GPA = 3.60 (non-science), 3.36 (science), 3.46 (cumulative)
AMCAS GPA = 3.37 (cGPA), 3.26 (sGPA)
In the GPA is my graduate GPA which is a 3.6 of all science class. My first semester didn't go so well (all B's), after I figured out how to study, I had almost all A's in the next 3 semesters with a GPA of 3.82.
As for ECs, they are stellar (sorry not trying to be arrogant). Thousands of hours of EMS experience, working with special olympics, inner-city kids, refugees, big brother, 1st and 2nd author papers, regional and national abstracts and oral presentations, tutoring, TA, shadowing, going to be a scribe, and more...
So basically, with what I have, any advice on how to make myself a more competitive applicant for MD schools? I know I can't budge my GPA because I have 2 undergrad degrees and one graduate degree. But just taking more classes and getting A's, would that help?
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