Will I go to med school?

[futureMDofAmerica]

Please help me with a realistic 20-30 school list and a few reach schools that would accept a low GPA - average MCAT + good extracurricular student

Loma Linda
California University (new school)
Quinnipiac
Albany
New York Medical College
George Washington
Seton Hall
NOVA MD
Rosalind Franklin
Rush
Creighton
UC Davis
UCLA
UC Riverside
USC Keck
Northstate
Tulane
UofA Phoenix
Vermont
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Loyola
Miami
Western Michigan
UofA Tucson
Rutgers
Wake Forest
Kaiser

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[el_duderino]

You have a good shot. Apply DO as well. School list looks reasonable at first glance, except maybe Loma Linda. Make sure you fit what they're looking for. I'm wary of Northstate, mostly because I know nothing about them and they're new.

 

[Goro]

Please help me with a realistic 20-30 school list and a few reach schools that would accept a low GPA - average MCAT + good extracurricular student

1. 3.41 cGPA and 3.10 sGPA - upward trending starting ~3.0 cGPA and graduating with ~3.8 average last 2 years
2. 511 126 / 127 / 130 / 128
3. CA resident and student
4. White - 1st Generation
5. CA Liberal Arts college top in nation
6. Clinical Experience - 100+ hours in ICU + ER at Major Hospital (Volunteer) \ 1 year shadowing / clinical research in private psychiatry clinic \ 6 month clinical research and physical therapy in hospital with largely underrepresentated population (2nd publication)
7. Research - Clinical research as mentioned above / summer internship doing pharmacology + neuropsychiatry research (1st publication) - 1 year clinical research (post graduation) at major lab with multiple poster presentations doing psychiatry clinical research with global health applications
8. Shadowing experience - 100 + hours in ICU and ER \ 1year in private psychiatry clinic
9. Volunteer - Worked with nonprofit organization and basketball team to educate/speak/play bball with children in low-ses underprivileged population through bball team also worked at various food banks etc in local community
10. 4 year basketball player and starter w leadership position
11. Multiple awards for basketball (all conference all state etc)
12. Trilingual including spanish with significant upward trend in GPA took MCAT post-grad to continue upward trend will have strong letters of rec from supervisors / advisors from medical school professors at UC medical schools (psychiatry / psychology department)
13. Applying Spring 2018

Current School List:

Loma Linda
California University (new school)
Quinnipiac
Albany
New York Medical College
George Washington
Seton Hall
NOVA MD
Rosalind Franklin
Rush
Creighton
UC Davis
UCLA
UC Riverside
USC Keck
Northstate
Tulane
UofA Phoenix
Vermont
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Loyola
Miami
Western Michigan
UofA Tucson
Rutgers
Wake Forest
Kaiser

Delete Rutgers, CNU, U AZ, UCLA. Add some DO schools.

Delete UCR if you're not from the Inland Empire

Get in more clinical volunteering.

 

[futureMDofAmerica]

Any other schools to add? Deleting 4 schools brings me to 25 total, is it still a good idea to apply to DO without any DO shadow experience?

 

[Forever Geebs]

Any other schools to add? Deleting 4 schools brings me to 25 total, is it still a good idea to apply to DO without any DO shadow experience?

Yes


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