Advice or Input for the remainder of the cycle? Anxious = ME

[sankeytime!]

I want to know if I should have less hope and start preparing for next cycle...

24 years old ORM

MCAT 509 (126,128,127,128) March 2021

cGPA 3.25

sGPA 3.1 (retook Gen chem I and II from Incompletes freshman year) STRONG positive trend

I live in Utah with minimal connections to other states..

I have 6,000 hours of clinical experience as a CNA at a large Cancer Hospital and the University Hospital as a Critical Care Technician (Full-time for 4 years)

Lots of leadership in different capacities longitudinally

Research: Minimal research but one ongoing project with clinical stuff

Volunteer: 300+ hours as a foster kid mentor, friends for sight volunteer, hospice volunteer

100+ hours shadowing

2 x Trauma Surgeons (MD)

1 x PM&R DO

Strong Letters from Science professors, MD, DO, and Clinical Manager.

I am just really worried about my GPA. I have applied and completed secondaries to 20 DO schools and 5 MD schools. Does anyone have any input or advice? Watching schools I turned in secondaries send out II already has me freaking out.

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[Goro]

What are your year by year GPAs?

And patience is a virtue, instant gratification is not.

Schools stratify the apps as they come in and don't send out secondaries or IIs merely in chronological order.

Secondaries are often a tax on the hopelessly naïve, if not pathologically optimistic.

 

[sankeytime!]

What are your year by year GPAs?

And patience is a virtue, instant gratification is not.

Schools stratify the apps as they come in and don't send out secondaries or IIs merely in chronological order.

Secondaries are often a tax on the hopelessly naïve, if not pathologically optimistic.

Thank you for answering so quickly!
Freshman 2.8
Sophomore 3.2
Junior 3.7
Senior 3.9

 

[Goro]

Thank you for answering so quickly!
Freshman 2.8
Sophomore 3.2
Junior 3.7
Senior 3.9

You're fine for many DO schools. MD is doable with a high MCAT

 

[Faha]

Which schools did you apply to ?

 

[sankeytime!]

Which schools did you apply to ?

A.T. Still University (Kirksville)

A.T. Still University (Arizona)

CCOM

Edward College

Edward College

Edward College

Kansas City COM

Marian Univeristy

MSUCOM

LECOM (Bradenton)

LECOM (Erie)

Nova

Lincoln Memorial

AZCOM

PNCOM

UNECOM

Western University

Touro Nevada

Ohio Heritage

ACOM

OSUCOM

Rowan

KYCOM

West Virginia

U of U

Louisville

MSU HM

Rush

Reno

 

[Faha]

You could receive interviews at Rush and Utah for your MD schools. The other MD schools are unlikely since they admit very few non residents with your stats and no connection to the state. Of your DO schools Ohio admits very few non residents. You could add these DO schools:
UIWSOM
WCU-COM
PCOM Georgia and South Georgia
NYIT-AR
Noorda-COM

 

[FluffyCat1212]

Hey OP! Is OSUCOM Oklahoma State? If so, the wise Faha is right that a large portion of each class must be made of OK residents (85%). Your MCAT is well above their median and they are reinvention-friendly, so you may have a decent shot. I would recommend keeping this school on your "Maybe" list and making sure you can align with their mission before applying (especially the emphasis on increasing doctors in rural/underserved OK). They are huge on their mission!