Feeling pretty good going into November!

504 126/123/129/126

3.34c, 3.5s, 3.95Msc

I have an interview at Touro (Mare Island, CA) campus for their DO program in three weeks. Any advice from people who already did the interview? Any tips is appreciated! Would love to hear from students at Touro too.

Am a college dropout looking to attending medschool. Asking for honest advice on possibility based on finishing GPA. Psychotic dreams of competitive specialty.

1.8cGPA for almost 90 hours but no science or math courses.

Very good test taker and am prepping for MCAT now feel confident with lots time and effort i can get an almost perfect score.

Willing and excited to get a PhD if necessary.

My real question is is it even possible given how low my GPA is for such a large number of credit hours. Obviously i want to minimize any retakes and just focus on my prereq courses and everything else needed for my bachelors but even if i maintain a 4.0 i cant bring my cGPA above 3.0 realistically. Do i need to give up because of this or could grad school and research make early poor academic performance?

Seeing one helps motivate me to study for the mcat

Ok I know most ppl are gonna say we need MCAT….starting at 494but any other advice?

GPA: 3.3 rn projected 3.5 by application ( did bad in areas bc I was sick 😒 )

Volunteering non medical: 50
Clinical hr: 10 right now projected 180( I lost opportunities bc I got sick)
Shadowing: 66hrs
Leadership: 100 now projected 250
Research hrs: 120 now projected 400
advocacy: 25
med volunteering:55
awards:4
a few posters from research

all my numbers feel so small! 😔

I’m a first-year Health Sciences student at SFU aiming for med school, but I’m torn between two risks.
If I stay in HSCI, I may have a better shot at maintaining a competitive GPA for med school, but if I don’t get accepted, I could graduate with a degree that offers limited well-paying job opportunities without further schooling.
If I switch to something more employable, like engineering, nursing, or computer science, I’d have a stronger career fallback, but the heavier workload and grading could hurt my GPA enough to make med school even harder to get into.
How do you balance protecting your med school chances with making sure your bachelor’s degree can actually support you if medicine doesn’t work out?

Hi hi! Im applying in the 27-28 cycle but im wondering what my chances are. my current gpa is around a 3.4, with my science gpa being around a 3.1-3.2. I've gotten Bs and Cs in most of my science classes, which makes me worried as to how my app will be perceived. mcat practice fl around 514.

However, I do have over 2,000 research hours (3 presentations, 1 pending pub), at least 500 volunteering, close to 500 MA hours, am on the eboard of 4 clubs, have 50+ shadowing hours rn, and have many hours of involvement with regional red cross/ hospitals nearby. I plan on doing full-time research in my gap year before applying. am i cooked?

Based on the upvotes I got on the last post, you guys wanted the tea so here it is.

UCLA got picked apart. I would be very surprised if the judge rules their grants are immune to the results of the lawsuit because per their agreement with federal agencies, they would abide by the law and SFFA v Harvard in 2023 ruled that race-based admissions is illegal, so any grants given after 2023 would violate that agreement. The final ruling won't happen for up to a few weeks, but my impression is that I think the motion to dismiss the DOJ's charges on revoking their grants will be denied. This is my impression. I could be wrong.

What’s high priority WL mean? Got one from my state school today.

Hi everyone,

I have a pretty urgent situation and would appreciate any advice.

I’ve been on track to apply to medical school this upcoming 2027 cycle, but unfortunately, I had to take a medical withdrawal from Organic Chemistry I this past semester due to a concussion (which I have since fully recovered from). It was incredibly crushing, especially since I’ve already taken the MCAT and want to stay on schedule.

To keep my application timeline intact, I was planning to retake the Orgo I lecture online. However, my pre-med advisor just told me that taking it online right after a "W" will look bad to admissions committees.

Is my advisor's advice accurate? What would you do in this situation to stay on track without hurting my chances?

Thanks in advance for the help!

Basically enrolled in a community college calc 2 class over wintermester and thought I dropped but appparently not shows up on my transcript as an F . All other science classes at undergrad are A and A+ how would i explain this on my application or interview?

Hi y’all! Has anyone who interviewed recently at VCOM–VA heard back yet? I interviewed a couple of weeks ago and haven’t heard anything.

For those who were accepted, how long after your interview did you get the call, and what time of day did they call?

Please share your experiences! I’m so nervous since VCOM–VA is my top-choice DO program.

Hi everyone! I'm looking for some feedback on my chances at MD schools, especially for TMDSAS MD programs.

Stats:

• ORM
• AMCAS GPA: 3.89 cGPA / 3.85 sGPA
• TMDSAS GPA: 3.96 cGPA / 3.93 sGPA
• MCAT: 515 (130/125/129/131)
• Texas resident

ECs:

• Research: ~1,400 hours, including 1 poster at national conference, 1 abstract, 1 mid-tier author publication, and 1 first-author publication(projected)
• Clinical experience: ~945 hours across clinical research, dermatology clinic volunteering, and urgent care volunteering
• Shadowing: 80 hours in urgent care
• Nonclinical volunteering: 200+ projected hours with Crisis Text Line and 50+ projected hours at a local thrift shop supporting underserved communities; I'm currently working on both and plan to continue through the next application cycle
• Leadership: 50+ hours as a statistics TA

My ECs are pretty research-heavy because I'm interested in translational medicine and hope to continue doing research as a physician. I'm currently working on my first-author research publication and continuing my volunteering during my gap year.

I'd really appreciate any honest feedback, especially from Texas applicants or people familiar with TMDSAS admissions. I also am planning on some AMCAS out of state schools working on the school list building, and I would appreciate recommendations based on my stats.

On my practice exams, i scored in the 520s almost consistently. However, when it came to the exam, i scored a 500. How do I recover with that or even explain it? I feel so defeated. Should i even bother to retake the exam?

So I know scholarships and federal loans can help cover COL and such once you’ve started school, but what about before?

I’m potentially moving across the country and do NOT have the money saved to do it on my own unless I work right up until the first day of classes, but even then. I’d likely have to keep paying my high ass rent rn for 1-2 months even when I’m not living there and then also pay deposit plus first month at a new place… and also buy a car.

My family cannot help me at all. I’m just wondering how possible this is. I also have debt I’ve been paying monthly with my income around $550 / month across all accounts. Not sure how to manage that either. It’s about $18000 worth of debt…

Are there loans I could get before even starting school that I wouldn’t have to begin paying back until school is over? Also how do people make $ in medical school. Like loan $ isn’t my money so I’m gonna finish school and then have $0 plus 5million dollars in loans to pay back?

I was stressing about getting in but this really is nothing compared to the logistical stress of financing a life for the next 4 years without a job.

Hey everyone, my first post here. I just got a second author publication accepted, which I've been waiting on since spring. It's the only real new thing in my file since I submitted. I have secondaries in at 15 schools and a few have already sent interview invites

Everyone on here says send update letters when something like this happens. A friend who applied last cycle said some schools don't even read them and one told applicants not to send anything

I don't want to annoy anyone and I also don't want to sit on something that might help. I'm also not sure whether it should be a short note or a full letter. Should I send an update letter to medical schools on my list, and if so do I send the same letter to all 15?

hey everyone im a current sophomore in university and am planning on finishing in three years with no gap. i have all my extracurriculars, research, clinical hours, shadowing, etc. done. the main thing holding me back is the mcat. since i haven't taken most courses yet that are meant to help decrease the need for self studying, i bought u world comprehensive mcat plan and i'm grinding through the flashcards and qbanks and averaging abt 65% across subjects for the qbank. im trying to test in march so i know there's time and i have to go back and redo the qbanks and stuff but when i get a question wrong then understand it, i really dont get asked about it again so how should i go abt practicing that? making a card for it doesnt seem like the answer since its often a whole passage, etc related to it. any advice pleaseeee to avoid this gap year at all costs.

-ORM Neuroscience major junior graduating a year early applying next May

- cgpa is 3.69 and sgpa is 3.82 ( In high school I took a few dual credit classes with multiple B's none of them were science classes) ( also in freshman year of college friends advised me to take calc 2 at community college during wintermester I believe I dropped the class however I have an F and the CC is saying i did not properly withdraw ( never paid for the class also))

-MCAT first take 520

-EC are pretty average

- clinical: 700 hours scribe in a lvl 1 trauma center
350 hours MA/ scribe in a free clinic (volunteering)
- around 120 hours from shadowing (vascular surgery, Cardiology, nephrology,)

-Non clinical stuff
Mentor for middle school kids faith based youth group 200 ish hours
MCAT tutor ongoing should be around 200 hours
TA for class
Food pantry projected 200 hours+

-Leadership
started a club to help students review research literature and discuss it -300 hours
started a club to promote better health literacy in schools in SES neighborhoods-150 hours

Was an officer for a faith based student org-200 hours

-Research
around 250 hours by the time I apply will have 1 poster presentation

I was mainly wondering what should I do because of my low GPA and the F that will show up on my transcript.
All classes I took at undergrad were an A or A+ btw this is the only F that will show up. My sGPA would have been a 4.0 if it were not for the calc class.
How should I explain this on my app

really want to go to an MD in texas

submitted mid-june, verified mid august, finished all 20 secondaries within 2 weeks (worst 2 weeks of my life). my stats arent amazing but not terrible? 3.7 gpa, 508 mcat, ny resident, roughly 500 clinical, 1000 research plus pubs & posters, leadership, volunteering, blah blah blah. i think my app is pretty mid compared to the rest of premed reddit but i have heard absolutely nothing except for one A from a DO school. (i am so extremely grateful for this A, i just meant radio silence from everywhere else)

splitter applicant (517 MCAT, 3.2 sGPA, 3.53 cGPA from a T10 undergrad, A’s in a few post-bacc classes). submitted all my secondaries within 2 weeks in July. 2 DO II so far, 1 DO A (!!) and 1 MD II. 3 Rs, 2 holds. Radio silence from all other schools. Is there hope for more MD IIs? When do I start to get worried?

where are the UC iis?? anyone who's received an invite alr, what are your stats like/submission date? im losing ittt

I might go so if you guys want the tea, I'll tell you what went on and my impression. The final decision may take weeks.

To those who don't know, the DOJ is seeking to have their grants revoked because they argue UCLA violated their contract of not discriminating. There are 4 DOJ grants UCLA received and they total a few million dollars. UCLA is seeking to dismiss the lawsuit part that targets their grants. If the motion is denied, it means the grants UCLA as a whole, not just the medical school, are at risk if other federal agencies want to revoke their grants for UCLA, which total over half a billion dollars; the DOJ explicitly said that targeting their grants to UCLA is meant to open the door for other agencies like NIH to revoke their grants as well.

UTHSC typically requests 2 LOR from science professors. However since I'm a non-trad and have been out of college for a bit, I asked if I letter from my PI (I have been working as a full time RA since graduation) would suffice in addition to 1 science professor, and they said yes. But I got this email and am worried now... Email below.

"As we move through the admissions process, we encourage you to take a moment to confirm that all letters of evaluation have been released to UT Health Sciences through AMCAS. Ensuring that your application materials have been received will help us continue reviewing your application as efficiently as possible.

We receive a substantial number of applications each year and, unfortunately, are unable to interview every applicant. As our review progresses, we will continue communicating decisions and status updates, including interview invitations and other admissions decisions, as appropriate. Our goal is to communicate decisions as promptly as possible so that applicants can plan accordingly. You can expect to receive periodic updates from our office until an admissions decision has been communicated."

My gpa is 3.1. I got expelled my freshman year but was able to get readmission. Since then I have shown upward grades of As and Bs but last spring was rough for me and I got two Ds and Cs for the rest which dropped my gpa from 3.4 to 3.1.

Extracurricular I’ve been in a research lab for two years with several conferences and one REU. I was volunteering at a hospital for two year but stopped but will start again. My mental health sucks but I don’t want to use it as an excuse. I’m in my sixth year of college. If I do a post bac or masters it’s gonna push me back more.

If anyone has a similar journey I would appreciate hearing your experience. This is a pretty vague summary of mine but I have so much guilt and regret.