Chances for an Irish School?

[cheddaranime]

Hello Everyone!

I was wondering if anyone could tell me what my chances are for an Irish Medical School. I am an American Citizen living in New York. I am considering applying to the 5 year and 4 Year programs.

I double majored in Biology and Psychology with a minor in Neuroscience. My cGPA is a 3.3 and my sciGPA is 3.0. I just took the MCAT and scored 495. I self Identify as Male and Caucasian.

I have Loads of extra curricular actives:
1) Volunteer on an Ambulance (650+hours)
a) I have also been an officer for said agency (upper leadership) for 2 years
2) Shadowed a physician (300+ Hours)
3) American Heart Association CPR instructor (100+ hours)
4) American Cancer Society's Colleges against Cancer chapter on my campus
a) I have been on the Executive board for this club for 3 years
5) Minority Association of Pre-Medical Students
a) I have been an Executive Board for 2 years.
6) I am a research assistant in a lab studying host adaptation to HIV/SIV (100 + hours)
a) I have done 2 poster presentations at conferences
7) Due to my research my institution has made me an Undergraduate Research Ambassador

I am hoping the holistic approach to applications will help my chances.

Thank you for any advice you can give!

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[deleted390966]

TBH, your GPA and MCAT are a bit low. But if you don't wanna retake the MCAT, you can just send in an app to ABP. There's nothing to lose except the app fees.

 

[DoctorS84]

Your GPA is within the lower range of competitiveness for Irish Schools but your MCAT is way too low. And from what I have seen, Irish schools are very MCAT heavy. A 495 is a 33% percentile mark. You have to retake the MCAT if you want any chance for admission. You need to aim for roughly at least a ~508.

 

[Mat0000]

I finalised high school with IB score of 41 out of 45. Applied with ABP to Irish medical schools. Could anyone advice my chances?