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Hello all,
I am currently a senior at the University of Illinois and I'm majoring in economics. My cGPA and sGPA are each around 3.0. I'm graduating in a few weeks and these GPA's will likely be the the same.
I think that I underestimated the amount of information on the MCAT and scored a 491. I studied inconsistently for about 12 weeks and used a Kaplan live, online course. I did not find their exams to be representative of the actual MCAT. I also used the official AAMC exams with the course and scored a 495 on both of them, I felt these were similar but slightly easier than my exam. I took the actual exam because I was hoping that if I scored around a 497 then I would have a chance at DO schools.
I currently work as an ED scribe in a hospital and have a good amount of clinical, volunteer, research, and leadership experience.
I have been accepted to Saint George's University SOM for the January 2018 start term and am seeking advice of whether I should go or not. The deposit is due in a few weeks so I need to make a decision very soon. I have have spoken to people who have recently dropped out and others who are in residency or are practicing now. Ultimately, they say that I would have to work several times harder than the average US medical student but if I can do this, then getting most residency's will not be a problem. I would need to maintain about an 80% average in these classes to pass based on what I've been told. Any feedback on this would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!
I am currently a senior at the University of Illinois and I'm majoring in economics. My cGPA and sGPA are each around 3.0. I'm graduating in a few weeks and these GPA's will likely be the the same.
I think that I underestimated the amount of information on the MCAT and scored a 491. I studied inconsistently for about 12 weeks and used a Kaplan live, online course. I did not find their exams to be representative of the actual MCAT. I also used the official AAMC exams with the course and scored a 495 on both of them, I felt these were similar but slightly easier than my exam. I took the actual exam because I was hoping that if I scored around a 497 then I would have a chance at DO schools.
I currently work as an ED scribe in a hospital and have a good amount of clinical, volunteer, research, and leadership experience.
I have been accepted to Saint George's University SOM for the January 2018 start term and am seeking advice of whether I should go or not. The deposit is due in a few weeks so I need to make a decision very soon. I have have spoken to people who have recently dropped out and others who are in residency or are practicing now. Ultimately, they say that I would have to work several times harder than the average US medical student but if I can do this, then getting most residency's will not be a problem. I would need to maintain about an 80% average in these classes to pass based on what I've been told. Any feedback on this would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!