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Looking to apply to mostly DO school and 1 MD this upcoming cycle. Would like any feedback on possibly where I can maximize my chances. I know numbers wise that I am competitive for DO. What makes me nervous, is I have a red flag on my app. Misdemeanor 5 years ago (nonviolent, non-drug related)...

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Also, do any of the schools listed below seem unrealistic? Open to any advice that people are willing to give. I have a ridiculously low cum and science GPA, and honestly there is no excuse. 3.3 cum 3.15 science with huge upward trend. With retakes and (kinesiology classes included) my DO GPA...

Hi all! My application cycle pretty much just finished and despite my nervousness when submitting my app, everything turned out great! (Managed to snag a couple top 10 acceptances). Now I want to give back to whoever may need it. I know I had some questions that I didn't feel comfortable...

I am trying to help a good friend get back into the game of applying to medical school, and looking to guide her toward the best post-bacc's or SMP's for URM students. She is Native American and Indigenous Mexican-American. She has completed all the pre-med pre-reqs, so no carer changers...

Hello! I am currently in my last semester of undergrad. My cGPA is a 3.05. I am a URM (Latina), and I am pretty 'in touch' with my culture. (Native language is Spanish, raised in a border city, immigrant parents, etc). I ran cross country at my college (D2) for 3 years in the most competitive D2...

So how does AMCAS determine whether you are URM or not? On the application,, you first mark your general race, (Hispanic, black, etc.) and THEN specifically which race you are (Puerto Rican, Argentinian, etc.). So where does AMCAS make the distinction? Are you flagged as a URM by clicking the...

I am a non traditional URM (Mexican Female) potential med school applicant with a 2.7 cgpa, 4.0 sgpa, 508 mcat score, 2000 ec hours working with socio-economically disadvantaged students and I have a passion for medicine. My poor undergrad performance is directly related to some very difficult...

Hey guys! Hope you all survived finals. :clap: I just wanted to briefly discuss my GPA trajectory and then ask about my chances for summer programs. I am an URM female. Freshman year - pretty stable 3.5 each semester Sophomore year - rocky year 3.0, then 3.46 Junior year - 3.666 (still...

Hello all, A little background information, I am a senior chemical engineering major at an HBCU. I've decided that I wanted to go to med school, but I put off taking the MCAT so now I have to take a gap year. My question is if I plan on taking the MCAT in May and applying shortly after (june or...

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I'm currently a high school senior who has been full-time dual enrolled for 3 semesters at my local state college. By the time I graduate high school I will have my AA and diploma with a few med school pre-reqs completed. Last year (my junior year of high school/first year of dual enrollment) I...

I was hoping to get some feedback about my odds of getting into medical school. I am a senior microbiology major but I am enrolled in a combined 3+2 masters program so I shall be receiving my masters in 2017. I am an underrepresented minority student. I decided to enroll in the masters program...

Undergrad major: Chem. Engineering at a Midwest state school cGPA: 3.2 sGPA: 2.9 Masters Engineering Degree: 4.0 Post Bac: 4.0 (so far only 14 credits. working on it) Overall GPA with Post Bac: cGPA: 3.3 sGPA: 3.1 Grade Replacement: cGPA: 3.4 sGPA: 3.35 MCAT: 522 URM. Live in Kansas. I...

Hi guys! I am trying to decide whether I should do a post-bacc, masters or just retake the MCAT. Small state school - bachelors of science in biology, (went to a community college afterwards and took nearly 5 courses.....medical terminology, calculus 1 to name a few - all sciences were taken...

This is another "what are my chances post". I just used the AMCAS GPA calculator to calculate my GPA and it is much lower than I originally thought, as it is lower than what is shown on my undergraduate transcript :( First, a bit about me. I graduated from a lower tier UC in 2013. I...

Hi I am an AA female Im wondering what schools are urm friendly? For me its about making sure I am at a school that I won't feel uncomfortable at. I once interviewed for a biomedical science program in Iowa and It didn't have much diversity and I don't want to be one of three black students in a...

Hi, I graduated with my B.S. in Chemical Engineering in Texas this year. I'd really appreciate some planning advice. As far as I understand, engineering courses strictly don't count as science courses anymore in BCPM (a med advisor at my school said that). If that's the case, my final cGPA is...

I'm applying to a BS/MD program in Colorado and one of the essays asks me to describe how I might be an underrepresented minority. "From ethnic groups who are currently underrepresented in the medical community in Colorado, including Black or African American Hispanic/Latino Native...

The decision seems to be made case by case, so here's my situation: cGPA: 3.24 ( upward trend, my transcript shows that I really busted my ass during senior year) sGPA: 3.0 My biggest concern is to meet the general prerequisites. I've got consistent B/B+ in the chemistries/ physics, and As in...

Hello, this is my first post here on SDN so here it goes.... Currently I am a junio at UMaryland college park I started out my pre-med journey at community college which I 1/2 & 1/2 regret. But this was only because of financial reasons. I am a first generation college student. URM AA female...

Hi all, I recently decided on two gap years, but as of recent i've had the mentality of just applying this year & taking one gap year. My story: Ivy undergrad, bad freshman yr grades, started an upward trend, horrible circumstances caused me to ruin a whole year(my junior yr: Sexual Assault)...

GPA: 3.6 (science and overall) MCAT: 519 (129/132/129/129) morehouse pitt temple tulane penn columbia duke emory

So I'm sitting in the meditation room of a hospital downtown technically working a 24 hr shift but the neonate isolate thingy plus four healthcare workers means my crew gets to come back and pick my happy butt up in a few hours. Yesterday I received 2 acceptances. north park university...