What are your previous MCAT Scores?:
What is your GPA (w/ Science GPA) (If relevant: trend, uGPA/grad GPA/postbacc GPA)
State/Country of residence (optional):
Ethnicity (ORM/URM?):
Goal Med school (Tier/goal):
ECs/Other Relevant Info:
Other Facts regarding your studying the first time:
Do you know/think you can do better?
Bottom Line
I have a significant upward trend in my GPA from undergrad to postbacc. I want to go to Dell or Long because they are close to family. I don't know how to evaluate my chances because my objective numbers are average or below so I want to be able to pass any screening schools might have. There is nothing I can do about the GPA but want to make sure my MCAT doesn't draw any attention.
Appreciate the help!
- 07/2020 - 509 (126/128/125/130)
What is your GPA (w/ Science GPA) (If relevant: trend, uGPA/grad GPA/postbacc GPA)
- uGPA: 3.23
- postbacc GPA: 3.93
- sGPA: 3.43 (undergrad: 3.11; postbacc: 3.94)
State/Country of residence (optional):
- TX
Ethnicity (ORM/URM?):
- ORM - white, female
Goal Med school (Tier/goal):
- UT Austin Dell - Median MCAT: 515; Median GPA: 3.92
- UTSA Long - Median MCAT: 517; Median GPA: 3.88
- any MD/DO school that takes me, esp. a TX school
ECs/Other Relevant Info:
- Career Changer: left job in stats/analytics at Fortune 50 company to pursue medicine
- Non-Trad: 30+ yo, BA in history
- ECs: clinical work (nurse assistant x 100 hrs, scribing in cardiology, urology, and primary care x 500+ hrs), shadowing (surgery, radiology, primary care x 100 hrs), volunteering (100+ hrs in elderly/disabled assistant, basketball coach, 5k/marathon race volunteer)
Other Facts regarding your studying the first time:
- Struggled with burnout because my date kept getting moved back due to COVID, original test date was mid Mar 2020, ended up taking it mid July 2020 after 3 additional cancellations "to get it over with" not exactly the best attitude looking back on it
- Did not review OChem enough and bombed an entire passage and did not do enough practice problems for the equation based questions in Chem/Phys
- Did not study for CARS but might this time so I could get a 132
Do you know/think you can do better?
- Yes...
- I am a solid test taker, I finished each section with time to review
- my C/P and B/B are not representative of my understanding and I know where my weak points are
- but...
- I want to apply this cycle and don't want any pending MCAT score to delay my application (admittedly, I am a little unclear about MCAT scores and application processing)
- I currently work full-time (and need to) and it would be expensive to get study materials again
- I get frustrated studying this material again for what feels like the 4th or 5th time in my life
Bottom Line
I have a significant upward trend in my GPA from undergrad to postbacc. I want to go to Dell or Long because they are close to family. I don't know how to evaluate my chances because my objective numbers are average or below so I want to be able to pass any screening schools might have. There is nothing I can do about the GPA but want to make sure my MCAT doesn't draw any attention.
Appreciate the help!
