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I have a couple of questions about med school and how the process works. I am applying to med school very soon and so far my overall gpa is 3.45 my science gpa is 3.1 and my mcat is 33. I have 300 hours volunterring in a physical therapy clinic (not sure if this counts towards anything or helps). I am a psychology major with a biology minor. I originally wanted to go for the DPT program (that is why I have 300 hours in a pt clinic) but after years of contemplating on what I wanted to do I decided I want to go into medicine. When I started college I didnt know what I wanted to do and didnt take it seriously, also that is when I took many of my science classes and pre reqs. For the last 2 years or more I have maintained a very high gpa each semester and winter and summer sessions. Minimum gpa I had, per semester, once i started doing well was 3.85 and higher (a couple of 4.0 semesters). This was able to help bring my overall gpa from a 2.7 to a 3.45 so far. Once i started doing well not only did my overall gpa go up but also science courses that i had remaining and pre reqs significantly went up in grades. My questions are
1)according to this website
http://www.studentdoc.com/medfind.html
It seems I am very competitive for some schools and just competitive for many other schools.
Is this website accurate. How competitive am I for med schools in the US?
2)Do my 300+ hours of volunteer work in a physical therapy clinic count towards anything or it doesnt help at all?
3) I have read that Caribbean medical schools have a bit lower standards. I am competitive for Caribbean medical schools? (I have read and heard of many people getting into good caribbean medical school that had worse stats then mine).
4)This is a questions I have been wondering for a while and never got an answer. What gpa's are taken into account for medical school? I understand there is a science gpa and overall gpa. What I mean is when you apply for medical school, you apply one year earlier so you still have a year of college left. Does medical school or the amcas look at only the gpa you have all the years before applying to medical school and thats it or does your last year of college (after applying) also get counted in somehow. If i continue my upward trend in my gpa, I should have an overall gpa of 3.55-3.6 and a science gpa of 3.3-3.4. This is a big difference from my current science and overall gpa.
Can someone please help me understand a bit better.
Thank you
1)according to this website
http://www.studentdoc.com/medfind.html
It seems I am very competitive for some schools and just competitive for many other schools.
Is this website accurate. How competitive am I for med schools in the US?
2)Do my 300+ hours of volunteer work in a physical therapy clinic count towards anything or it doesnt help at all?
3) I have read that Caribbean medical schools have a bit lower standards. I am competitive for Caribbean medical schools? (I have read and heard of many people getting into good caribbean medical school that had worse stats then mine).
4)This is a questions I have been wondering for a while and never got an answer. What gpa's are taken into account for medical school? I understand there is a science gpa and overall gpa. What I mean is when you apply for medical school, you apply one year earlier so you still have a year of college left. Does medical school or the amcas look at only the gpa you have all the years before applying to medical school and thats it or does your last year of college (after applying) also get counted in somehow. If i continue my upward trend in my gpa, I should have an overall gpa of 3.55-3.6 and a science gpa of 3.3-3.4. This is a big difference from my current science and overall gpa.
Can someone please help me understand a bit better.
Thank you
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