md & do

Hello everyone, I will be applying next cycle. I would love to hear some advice on my chances and list of schools. Undergrad: Top 30 school with strong science department Traditional Major: Double Major in Nueroscience and Biology Minor: Philosophy cGPA: 3.42 sGPA:3.31 (upward trend in last 2...

I got a 503 on the Aug 31 test this year (128 chem/phys, 123 CARS, 125 Bio, 127 Psych/Soc). I'm an Ohio resident who applied to all of the following schools MD: -Wright State -Northeastern -Toledo -Rosalind Franklin (Illinois) -Loyola (llinois) DO: -Ohio U -Chicago Midwestern -Lake Erie

Good afternoon everybody! My name is Ivan I am a senior graduating from University of Central Florida this December with a biomedical science degree my goal is to become a MD/DO. I wanted to ask for your opinions; I am planning after graduation joining the Navy reserves or Air Force, and while...

Hello everyone! I am takign a gap year and will be taking the MCAT in January 2020, (applying in May/June 2020), and was wondering how I should start prepping. I've done decently in the prerequisites (except Orgo 1), and am doing well in Biochemistry. I am taking sixteen-eighteen credits next...

How is an upwards trend viewed if a student graduates a semester early? I know trends are viewed by year, freshman, sophomore, junior and senior years but what if the applicant took a bunch of credits, did well and never technically had a full senior year? What if they took one semester and...

Cumulative undergrad 3.62, Science cumulative 3.55, MCAT 1st time: 500 & 2nd Time: 502 What are my chances for MD and DO schools?

Hey all, weird question here. I am hoping for lots of opinions (especially from DO graduates or physicians) regarding how being a DO really truly is. I sincerely love the philosophy and my top school is a DO. I absolutely love the school. Would picking a DO over an MD school be stupid?

Hi all, first time posting here, and could really use some advice. I'm a recent graduate from a top 50 private university who is truly unsure if med school is a feasible option (i.e. will I get in?). A little background: - I graduated with a 3.45 cGPA, 3.32 sGPA, as a Bio major. I have plenty...

Just out of curiosity, how many interview invites have you all received so far? I have 1 MD and 3 DO IIs which I'm very grateful for but also worried about not getting more MD IIs.

Hi everyone, I am a junior currently. I transferred from a two year college to a 4 year this semester. I am wondering...when I apply to med school, will my gpa from the two year school count in my gpa calculations that calculate the gpa med schools will see? Or will only my gpa for these last...

so an awkward thing happened to me this past week. I discovered podiatry. I mean, I rediscovered the path to podiatry this past week. Let me start off by saying there are so many reasons I want to be a physician. And NONE of them involve the letters at the end of my name. I have applied this...

Gender: Female Ethnicity: Asian School: Canadian GPA: Cumulative GPA: 3.25 Science GPA: 3.2 * Upward trend (2.6 1st year, 3.6 4th year) MCAT: 508 Research: 1 yr in a evolutionary biology lab, no pubs 1 semester in a pathology lab, multiple posters & abstracts 1 yr (currently) working for a...

Need some honest advice on my chances. The plan is to take the MCAT mid June 2019, and start applying in the 2019 cycle. My fear is that my ECs will drag me down, regardless of my GPA/MCAT. I'm going into my 3rd year at a state university. Currently I'm sitting at: cGPA: 3.85 sGPA: 3.82 All...

For those who studied MCAT and did well (515+), what books do you recommend and what were your study schedules like? I need to do really well on my exam. I am planning to take it for the first time in January 2019 or May 2019. I made my fall semester light deliberately so that I could study for...

Hey all, I applied to a bunch of DO schools earlier in the cycle but now I'm thinking I should've also applied MD, and people in my family are pressuring me into applying MD at this point even though it's extremely late in the cycle. With my stats (3.4 cGPA, 3.3 sGPA, 511 MCAT, ORM, lots of...

Hello All, During this gap year, I have the option of pursuing a SMP-like program (Georgetown's Regular Masters in Physiology which highly mimics its SMP program) to boost my GPA or to pursue taking the MCAT for a third time. If I were to become a re-applicant, I would like to have done...

Hey y'all, wondering how bad of a hit my app would take if I applied with around 90 nonclinical hours. I've kept myself really busy - 15 hrs of research a week the last year and a half, averaging 17 credit hours a semester, worked part-time freshman and sophomore year (15 hours a week), in the...

I’m currently 24 and I’m not that far in my undergraduate courses. By the time I finish and would apply to Anesthesiologist Assistant or MD programs, I would be 28. With that being said, I come from a completely different background than medicine, but have always held a high interest in it...

I know everyone is different but this is just to get an idea.

This may be a dumb question, but I have somehow heard that even if you attend an osteopathic medical school, you can match into an allopathic residency (although harder to do) and in the end become an MD physician. Is there any truth to this?

hi, I’m not sure if this is the correct place to post this. Anyway, I am curious about psychiatry. I am in undergrad right now, and psych is an interest of mine. What is it like? I know that is broad but any info or experiences about encounters is psych rotation would be great. Also, I’d love to...

Hi everyone! 3.21 cGPA, 3.00 sGPA, 4.00 gGPA, 515 MCAT I graduated college in '16 (Top #30 school) and enrolled in a graduate post-bacc (MS) and got a 4.0 (all classes in biomedical science). It really bothers me that my uGPA did not budge on my AMCAS even after all the hard work I put in grad...

Has anyone used Firecracker recently who can comment on how they liked it? I feel like given my learning style I would enjoy it but at the same time I have never used pre-made flashcards before and do not know if I would like that aspect. Any comments on the program would be appreciated.

Hi Everyone, Not sure whether I should retake MCAT (applying to start medical school in 2019). Just received scores back from June 21st date and here was the breakdown: 126 C/P, 128 CARS, Biological/biochemical 123, Psych/Soc 128 = TOTAL: 505. My ugrad gpa was 2.83 Did masters in public health...

cGPA: 3.75 sGPA: 3.66 (C in BIO 112, I struggled with my method of approach, but definitely learned from that) MCAT: 510 (130/126/125/129) Major: Biomedical Sciences Minors: Business and Neuroscience Research: Research assistant in a neuroscience lab at Texas A&M's medical school Working on a...

I received a very.. very strange MCAT score. DISCLAIMER I knew my cars would be the weaker section. How can an exam be that tilted. I had enough critical analyzing skills to do hard science but not enough to guess (emphasis on guess) what an author was thinking? I need advice!! I have a 3.48...

1. I just wanted to get a quick idea and list of opinions on WAMC at any DO or MD school in America with the following info. 2. Is it worth doing a one year Masters Program (I was thinking MSPCS at Mercer University) to improve my cGPA and show I can do better in higher level science courses...

<< PLEASE DO NOT QUOTE >> cGPA: 3.48 and sGPA: 3.41. Retook a core premed class to improve grade MCAT score: 508 (Chem: 127, CARS: 125, Bio: 126, Psych: 130) Retook MCAT, awaiting score by end-July FL Resident, ORM UG: Top 20 private university Clinical experience: (310 hours) ·...

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503 MCAT score, breakdown of 124/128/125/126 for chem/phys,CARS,bio,psych. 3.7 GPA Latina/LGBTQ Extensive research experience at a top institution (MSKCC 2+ years) leading 3 research projects (full time lab tech 40+ hours a week with one medical fellow under me) . 200+ hours teaching...

. Current List (trying to stay at ~25 MD) All 7 Florida MDs (still considering Nova MD) Temple University George Washington University University of Cincinnati Drexel University COM PittsU (reach) Eastern Virginia Medical School Tulane University Albert Einstein Virginia Commonwealth New York...

Hi, I am wondering how much shadowing an ophthalmologist would help my application for medical school?

Hi everyone, I am still an undergrad (starting my junior year in August). I am interested in a few different fields of medicine ( I know this can very well change in med school, but for now I am simply curious and want more info). With psychiatry, is it common for psychiatrists to practice and...

As I am pre-writing secondaries, this question popped into my head and I think would make for a good discussion. With every medical school boasting about their "unique" mission statements, us applicants must find ways to tailor our applications to fit the missions of the schools. It seems most...

This is my first time posting on SDN, and I am looking for some help. I just graduated college this May. I have applied to MD schools the last two cycles and I have only received an interview at my state school each time. On the bright side, I was waitlisted each time. However, I am now staring...

What's up everyone, thanks for taking the time to glance at this. I would like some advice on my chances at DO schools as well as help with a realistic school list. my general metrics are: 24 year old white male from New York. 504 MCAT, 126 C/P, 124 CARS, 127 BIO, 127 PSY. Taken once, May...

hi everyone, I am not taking classes this summer and will start my junior year this fall. I want to do some shadowing this summer, but I am having problems with actually finding doctors who want to do it. I’ve called several neurosurgeons, multiple private family medicine practices, and a...

Hello all! I'm in a pretty tough situation and wanted to seek the advice of the wonderful /premed community. I am a Caribbean medical student and am not doing well. I did not pass first semester and currently am attempting to repeat the semester but will likely not pass this time either. I will...

Hey everyone, I graduated with BS/MS in 2016 with a combined GPA of 3.05. Took my MCAT in 2017 with little to no preparation and scored a 488. It's a horrible score, I know. It seems like everything is going wrong for me and that there's no chance to being admitted to medical school. For the...

Hey everyone, so i recently graduated from a public ivy in VA and these are my stats: non-science major and minor, ORM cGPA 3.55 sGPA ~3.2 but inflated just cause I took physics in the summer at an "easier" 4 year institution a lot of nonclinical hours through volunteering but I've been...