DO Canadian non-trad, 2nd-bac

[mport_can]

I have two undergrad degrees, and I did poorly in my first one but did reasonably well in my second degree. Because I have so many credits, additional courses will do little to up my GPA, and I'm a little bit older too (30), so I'm slightly wary of doing a graduate degree.

Would it be worth it to try to apply to DO schools?

1. cGPA: 2.85 (last 3 years/2nd bac: 3.7, 3.77, 3.65), sGPA: 3.7
2. 507 (first run), 512 (127 PS, 127 BS, 128 CARS, 130 Psych)
3. Canada
4. White
5. UBC
6. Clinical (volunteer):
- patient visiting (medicine, palliative care, cardiac, urban health) - 350 hours
- consenting patients for research (100 hours)
7. Research Experience:
- research assistant (non-volunteer): 1500hours
- research assistant (volunteer): 400 hours
7b. Research productivity:
- 2 publications (1st auth; 2nd auth)
- news release
- news article
- 1 poster
- abstract
- 1 pub in prep -- 2nd auth
8. shadowing:
- neurology: 40 hours
- neuropsyc: 10 hours
9. non-clin volunteering:
- tutoring teens: 40 hours
- peer counselling: 300 hours
- soccer coach: 150 hours
- student gov: 100 hours
10. extra-currics
- sports: soccer, tennis, snowboarding
- gap year: travel, lots of travel
11. honors/awards:
- Dean's list
12. I speak 3 languages?

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[DubbiDoctor]

I'm worried you'll screened out because your cGPA is lower than 3.0. Your MCATs and ECs are excellent for DO and competitive for MD, though. I think maybe apply to DO schools without a hard 3.0 minimum GPA requirement, and if that doesn't work out, take classes until you reach 3.0.

 

[JibsGuy52]

Apply heavily to DO schools. Apply BROADLY is an understatement. Good luck. Fellow Canadian here at a DO school. Feel free to PM me with any personal questions.