Looking at MD/DO: 3.2 cGPA, 2.9 sGPA from a science/language double major at UCLA
- Slight upward trend, but not enough to be significant
- took MCAT once, got a 26R, re-taking in May: this is my senior year, so I would be submitting my app right after my scores come in
- not an URM :[
EC's:
> Research in anesthesiology lab for 2 years (4 abstracts, no papers yet- also do abstracts count as pubs among adcoms, or not really?)
> Clinical hospital volunteering : 150 hours
> Shadowing physicians in a pulmonary critical care clinic: 100 hours
> Financial director of an org that puts on free health clinics
> Leadership in two other clubs
> RA in the dorms
I know my prospects don't look great, but is there any way I would make low-tier MD's or DO's with these stats if I got, say, a 38 MCAT? Or will the 2.9 sGPA just weed me out from the start?
From lurking on here I know that the low GPA/high MCAT thing isn't something to bank on, which is why I'm thinking of pushing applying back another year.
I can't afford a post-bacc, so if I were to take a year off then I would take more upper-div science classes to raise that sGPA to a 3.0 at least, and train to be an EMT for the clinical experience.
I'd appreciate any and all advice, thanks in advance :eek:
- Slight upward trend, but not enough to be significant
- took MCAT once, got a 26R, re-taking in May: this is my senior year, so I would be submitting my app right after my scores come in
- not an URM :[
EC's:
> Research in anesthesiology lab for 2 years (4 abstracts, no papers yet- also do abstracts count as pubs among adcoms, or not really?)
> Clinical hospital volunteering : 150 hours
> Shadowing physicians in a pulmonary critical care clinic: 100 hours
> Financial director of an org that puts on free health clinics
> Leadership in two other clubs
> RA in the dorms
I know my prospects don't look great, but is there any way I would make low-tier MD's or DO's with these stats if I got, say, a 38 MCAT? Or will the 2.9 sGPA just weed me out from the start?
From lurking on here I know that the low GPA/high MCAT thing isn't something to bank on, which is why I'm thinking of pushing applying back another year.
I can't afford a post-bacc, so if I were to take a year off then I would take more upper-div science classes to raise that sGPA to a 3.0 at least, and train to be an EMT for the clinical experience.
I'd appreciate any and all advice, thanks in advance :eek: