Any tips for increasing competitiveness?
Hello everyone! We are getting closer to the 2017-2018 application cycle and I was wondering if anyone had quick tips to increase competitiveness? So far the main school I am looking at is Drexel which...
View Article"Reach" School List
I'd love some help shaping my list of "reach" schools to apply to. Basically I'm wondering if I should even bother applying to any of the following schools, and if so which ones. Duke Harvard UPenn...
View ArticleRetaking Classes?
I was very lazy freshman year and got C's in Biology and General Chemistry. Junior year I retook them and got a B+ in Biology and an A in General Chemistry. How will med schools view this and what...
View ArticleChances for Next Cycle?
Hello All, I am curious as to where I stand and if I should do a post-bac and not apply next cycle (Summer 2017). I am URM-Mexican from San Joaquin Valley (California). First generation college student...
View ArticleLow GPA..Stressed. My chances?
Currently a junior. Recently decided to go into DO school....did not have much guidance during college, first two years were very tough with low gpa. Recently decided to go into osteopathic medicine....
View ArticleSchool list? 3.94 GPA, 515 MCAT, WI Resident, WAMC?
Looking to put a list of schools together for the upcoming application cycle! Trying to limit my list to about 20 schools. 3.94 GPA @ private Jesuit university majoring in biomedical sciences 515 MCAT...
View ArticleChances getting into MD/DO?
Hi All, I posted a thread before but no one commented so hopefully people respond on this one [please! ]. CA resident, currently have one more semester left, 3.56 cGPA 3.41 sGPA, have not taken MCAT...
View Article3.65 GPA 507 MCAT. Refine my list!
• Year in school: Graduated with B.S. Biology with Chemistry and Studio Art Minors • Country/state of residence: NY • Cumulative GPA: 3.65 (upward trend, last 3 semesters were 4.0) • Science GPA: 3.5...
View ArticleMed school acceptance chance? Psych B.A. (from liberal arts univ) - desire to...
Might anyone have advice for my situation: No doctors in my family and no one I know in medical school, and my univ is not well versed in putting students on the path I want. I am in my junior year....
View ArticleChances for 2018 application cycle?
Hello, Planning to apply to exclusively D.O. schools GPA: should graduate with ~3.6 (Neuroscience major at state university) MCAT: 505 -50 hours shadowing -150 hours clinical experience as licensed...
View ArticleWAMC/School List/What to do next
This is my first SDN post so please be gentle as I've just become super neurotic recently and need some honest opinions on my app and what I should do.... I am a graduating senior at a good private...
View Article3.67 cGPA, 3.60 sGPA, 519 MCAT-School List Help?
Hello Everyone, I could use some help with my school list. I was hoping for a critique to see if it is a reasonable list given my background and statistics. Sorry for the GPA ranges, I still have one...
View Article3.72 cGPA 3.63 sGPA 512 MCAT
Hey guys! I plan on applying to med school the next cycle and would like to have some feedback on my school list and chances. Asian (Filipino) AZ residence -School Stats Major - B.S. Physiology cGPA -...
View Article1st post, need some advice for my future
Hey guys I need some advice about my situation right now... - My cGPA right now is hovering around 3, with my sGPA abit less than that. I messed up my freshman year, didn't know I really wanted to do...
View ArticleSchool List
First SDN post , hope I'm doing this right. I'm a junior looking to see which schools I should apply to around June of 2017. I have not taken the MCAT yet. I haven't worried too much about specific...
View Article3.58 uGPA and 508 MCAT; Tx resident; 3rd time reapplicant
Hello everyone, I just want some opinions on how I should proceed or what are my chances at the moment of getting into a Texas MD/DO school. 3rd time reapplying to texas next year. Here are my stats:...
View ArticleApplying DO soon; is it too late now?
*CA applicant *non-URM *non-traditional (several years of work in research lab) *3.70-3.80 GPA; >95th percentile MCAT; LizzyM ~75+ *300-400 hours of hospital volunteering (very cookie cutter) *not...
View Article[Recent US Permanent Resident] My current situation and request for advice
I am a very long time lurker on SDN and really appreciate the information I've read on this site over the last 4 years! I never thought that I would end up posting anything on this thread myself but am...
View ArticleCanadian 515 MCAT, CGPA: 3.98, SGPA: 3.97
Hello, I was just wondering what my chances are with my stats. I'm in my fourth year of a BSc. Neuroscience My MCAT is 515, Chem-128, CARS-128, Psych - 129, Bio- 130. My cGPA is 3.98 and sGPA is 3.97....
View ArticleRN To MD WAMC?
Hey, I was wondering there were any successful RN to MD's out there or if anyone could give me a better idea of my chances of getting into medical school. The Numbers I graduated May 2016 from a BSN...
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