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Hey guys, I've been putting off making one of these threads but I do want to hear from all of you.
So as stated in the title, I have a 35 MCAT (14 PS, 11 BS, 10 Verbal). I have a 3.2 cumulative and 3.4 science GPA applying this cycle. I used to be an engineer at a very competitive school so my grades show a dip with considerable improvement (It's hard to stay motivated in something you hate). I am now an MCB major and loving it. (Molecular and Cellular Biology) I'm a first generation Mexican American with no physicians in my family if that matters.
Shadowing Experience: 200+ hours. Much of it in the Emergency Department. I have also shadowed an Anesthesiologist, Plastic Surgeon, Neuro Surgeon, Internal Medicine (ICU), General Surgeon, Cardiothoracic Surgeon.
Volunteering Experience: Center for severely disabled residents, multiple nursing homes, park volunteering, oncology department, emergency department. I would estimate 100+ hours. I did an EMT class which I passed. Did time on the ambulances, but never got certified or worked as one.
I hope to have very good letters of recommendation. One from an english professor, one from a dean, one from a Biochem professor, and one from the Emergency Department Director of where I shadowed.
I will be scribing this summer in the emergency department and hope to land a research position for next semester with my professor of Infectious Disease. I am the Vice president for a Latino Pre-Health Society at my school, and the Student Advisor of a Hispanic Engineering Society at my school. I've done lots of work promoting higher education to URM youth.
I should also add that I interview well. I know becoming a doctor is the only thing I want to do and am able to express why well.
So I AM going to apply MD. I know my GPA makes for some concern, but I have heard from many doctors that there still is a stigma attached to DO. I just want to put myself in the most competitive position coming out of Med School as I hope to go into surgery (I love the OR)
I don't want to hear any "MD's impossible," "DO or bust" responses. I know my general chances aren't great, but they still exist. I would like to know which MD schools/school types should I be looking at to apply. I'm a resident of Illinois. What are my chances of say applying to Northwestern, UIC, and Loyola. What schools in and out of state should I entirely rule out. What would be a reach/safety school for a person like myself.
Thanks in advance. I'm excited to hear what you guys think.
So as stated in the title, I have a 35 MCAT (14 PS, 11 BS, 10 Verbal). I have a 3.2 cumulative and 3.4 science GPA applying this cycle. I used to be an engineer at a very competitive school so my grades show a dip with considerable improvement (It's hard to stay motivated in something you hate). I am now an MCB major and loving it. (Molecular and Cellular Biology) I'm a first generation Mexican American with no physicians in my family if that matters.
Shadowing Experience: 200+ hours. Much of it in the Emergency Department. I have also shadowed an Anesthesiologist, Plastic Surgeon, Neuro Surgeon, Internal Medicine (ICU), General Surgeon, Cardiothoracic Surgeon.
Volunteering Experience: Center for severely disabled residents, multiple nursing homes, park volunteering, oncology department, emergency department. I would estimate 100+ hours. I did an EMT class which I passed. Did time on the ambulances, but never got certified or worked as one.
I hope to have very good letters of recommendation. One from an english professor, one from a dean, one from a Biochem professor, and one from the Emergency Department Director of where I shadowed.
I will be scribing this summer in the emergency department and hope to land a research position for next semester with my professor of Infectious Disease. I am the Vice president for a Latino Pre-Health Society at my school, and the Student Advisor of a Hispanic Engineering Society at my school. I've done lots of work promoting higher education to URM youth.
I should also add that I interview well. I know becoming a doctor is the only thing I want to do and am able to express why well.
So I AM going to apply MD. I know my GPA makes for some concern, but I have heard from many doctors that there still is a stigma attached to DO. I just want to put myself in the most competitive position coming out of Med School as I hope to go into surgery (I love the OR)
I don't want to hear any "MD's impossible," "DO or bust" responses. I know my general chances aren't great, but they still exist. I would like to know which MD schools/school types should I be looking at to apply. I'm a resident of Illinois. What are my chances of say applying to Northwestern, UIC, and Loyola. What schools in and out of state should I entirely rule out. What would be a reach/safety school for a person like myself.
Thanks in advance. I'm excited to hear what you guys think.