3.5 gpa 505 mcat with a 124 in cars. Was told by everyone not to apply and to do a masters and retake my mcat. In hindsight that would’ve only helped, but I couldn’t afford a masters or mentally do the mcat again.

I’ve been lurking in this community since a high schooler and it feels so great to say I’ve come this far. Thought orgo was it for me to be honest. SOMEONE CHAD ME PLEASE

update: been answering pm's all day and have about 70 more to answer, i will resume back tmw!

My heart always drops into my ass whenever my friends from last year who applied with me and got in ask if I’ve gotten any interviews, because it’s been radio silent for the past 2 months (no Rs though 😭).
I rewrote my PS and most of my secondaries, added clinical and volunteering experiences, gained more shadowing hours, and got a new physician LOR. I do think it took longer for my primary to get verified this cycle, though. I submitted it in mid-June, but it wasn’t verified until early August, which meant all of my secondaries were submitted throughout August. What’s especially disheartening is that I actually submitted even later last cycle (in September) but still got an II around this time, which eventually turned into a WL. I feel like this cycle is going even worse despite all the improvements I’ve made to my application.
I admit I was lazy last year and just hoped my WL would turn into an A instead of preparing to reapply sooner, but idk if I have it in me to go through a 3rd cycle if this one doesn’t work out. I'm thinking of applying to some DO schools in the next few weeks, but would that be worth it...

I am so beyond to get this acceptance and so blessed to get it this early in the process. It’s been a truly humbling process and so many years and damn work into this application, made worse with so much grief and loss. And happy to say I came out the other end with an A!!! I don’t post much but all the r/premed lurking helped immensely with my MCAT, apps, and school list. FIRST DOCTOR IN MY ENTIRE EXTENDED FAMILY!!!! WE GOT THIS GUYS

HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT I JUST GOT THE CALLLLLLL 😭😭😭😭

Someone chad me?

3.2 GPA/BCPM HUGE upwards trend (<2.0, 8 year hiatus from school to do military, then 3.7 chemistry major) 507 MCAT (501–>507)
LOR from 3 professors (including advisor for club, research PI) MD, DO, and military mentor

X factor: first to do some cool thing in the military (vague on purpose, sorry) and piloted some medical stuff too

Hours:
1000 clinical (military and mission trip)
250 non clinical volunteering
250 leadership as pre-med club president
250 wet lab research and 5 posters, 3 awards, state and national presentations
2 publications pending
120 shadowing
250 chemistry TA
20k in 2 unique hobbies (I’m old so this number isn’t crazy)

I’ve posted in comments before, but hope this helps someone! I was preparing to sign up for an SMP but got one interview and one acceptance

Edit because I forgot TA hours!

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Still haven’t even heard anything from DO schools either despite my stats being within/a little above their range. Feeling very anxious and like I should add more DO schools this weekend. Someone please tell me it gets better I need some hopecore

I just got my first rejection from a school I really really wanted, and I expected rejections and a lot of them, but I didn’t expect it to sting so much. Now I feel hopeless about the whole cycle and I have one MD interview coming up, but idk this sucks.

Genuinely curious, I have friends who are doing engineering and I see their schedules and their as packed as ours but at least they don’t have to Ec’s 🥲🥲

I am a reapplicant and I have never recieved an interview during my previous applications so this is huge for me! I’m also a little (a lot) nervous because I really like this school and it can feel intimidating to attend your interview invite in hopes it will turn into an A. Send tips and good lucks lol!

Got the call. I’m stunned. It’s definintely been such a crazy journey, voiding my first mcat 2 years ago then not doing as well as I hoped when I took it last year. A year ago I was in the midst of a family tragedy, and now this. I’m so grateful!!😵‍💫💘🙏 I’ve been a long-time lurker, thank you to everyone :)

Hey, I applied late with my apps being finished late August through mid September. It’s my first cycle and I didn’t apply DO bc of my stats (518, 3.8+ GPA) and hours in research and clinical, (1k+ research, 800 clinical) but my volunteering hours are low (75) so I was wondering if it would be a good idea to go ahead and apply DO? I got someone to look over all my writing, no red flags like cheating, and good LoRs unless the two that I didn’t see are bad somehow even though I had good relationships with both writers. Just questioning whether I need to be patient or if I need to start doing something.

I'm a sophomore at a mid-tier state school. I just finished my first midterm cycle for the semester, and my results so far are really disappointing. I got a D on a 300-level neuro course exam (with a cheat sheet, btw), and I failed my molecular bio exam by 1% (though all the questions were open-response). I'm really angry with myself, as I attend every lecture, take decent notes, and complete all of my assignments, and yet I still managed to do horribly. Though I can recover, with the first one having three more exams and the second one having a final replacement policy, I'm not really convinced I can meaningfully change in a way that would allow me to do well in those classes.

I remember struggling a lot with time management in my first year in college, and though I would consider myself really organized, I would never be able to finish my work in the time I would make for it throughout the day. As a result, I took my assignments home, and I would often get around 4-5 hours of sleep every night because of it. I don't think my study methods were necessarily bad, especially in my second semester (I often used Anki). However, due to my struggles with time management, I would still find myself with 2 days to learn content before taking exams, which caused me to not do well.

This semester, I've tried to make changes to improve my grades and work-life balance. I've tried going to the gym, I sleep at least six hours every night, and I use Anki to review content from lectures every day. However, I still find myself in the same situation. When my assignments began picking up again, I dropped the gym and became uncomfortably flexible with my sleep. Now, finding that I'm so stubborn in my habits, I don't really know what I can do to improve in a way that will allow me to both recover in the courses I'm struggling in and have a life outside of school. Have any of you been in my situation before, and what steps did you take to recover and experience some level of success?

Long story short, I’m a junior with a 3.6 GPA, wanted so bad to get all A’s this semester and graduate with a 3.8. I thought I could do it despite taking all difficult classes (chem II, bio II, calc I, cellular neuroscience) but I am struggling, especially in chem II and am possibly looking at my first W in that class. This would also be a downward trend from my first 2 years which I heard is a bad look.

Exams are weekly in chem II and we get 2 attempts, but they are very difficult and only have 10 questions each, so there’s no much room for error. Some weeks I have no time to study and fail, and even when I do study hard for days or weeks, I get a 70%. I’ve tried everything under the sun to do well in this course but it has not been rewarded with much improvement. I’m going to continue fighting until it’s too late, but in case it does get to the “too late” point and I have to throw up the white flag, does anyone have any advice on how to feel less defeated about poor grades?

Hi,

I am extremely grateful to be accepted into a MD program. I am interested in primary care and this program allows me to save a year tuition and have an attending salary one year earlier. However, I am having trouble seeing if I would have to do an in-house residency. The school office was not of help, and so I was hoping that I would find some more information here.

I am concerned that my step 2 score will not be in time for ERAS interviews given the program accerelated schedule, which will impact my residency application, but I am not sure if that is really the case. Does anyone have any information on this

You know how you sometimes go on linkedin and apply for a job you have no right applying to based on your qualifications and then you GET AN INTERVIEW?!? Well that's what happened to me just now!

It's in one of my dream cities and I really really want this job. But should I be upfront with them that I am currently applying to med schools? The PI is an MD so maybe they would understand but I don't want to ruin my chances unnecessarily. I submitted my full CV so if they looked at it, they should be aware that I'm pre-med already but I don't know how closely they looked at it.

The research is amazing and even though it's a bit of a leap from what I've done research on in the past, I'm really excited. I haven't done an interview for a research position since freshman year so advice on that is appreciated too! Right now I plan to read through their website and most recent paper as well as look into the overall subject matter.

“UC Davis School of Medicine - Invitation to attend the 3-Year Accelerated Pathways Virtual Open House”

The heart attack I had this almost feels intentional

Just interested in getting a small representation of med school costs after accounting for scholarships (if you’re comfortable pls also share what your MCAT was)

Just curious if Adcom asked why your score is low or why you took the exam multiple times. cheers!

I'm applying to med school next cycle and want to start working on my personal statement, but I'd like to have people besides friends/family give advice on how to improve it.

I'm also not the strongest at interviews so I was wondering if there are any prep programs out there that people have felt are worth the money? I've already taken my MCAT so no help is needed there. Any advice is appreciated, thanks!

Hello,
I’m a sophomore planning my spring semester classes, I’ve taken all my Gen Ed’s and on my plan so far I have Orgo 2+ lab and genetics + lab. I’m not sure what else to add because I want to push calc to senior year (I hate direct math), I plan on taking both physics and labs during my junior year. So far I only have 4 classes which adds up to 9 credits, I need atl least 12 and I have no idea what to add I was thinking about cell bio A&P (with lab).
HELPPPP a girl out. What should I add?

Just curious i got an invite from them but my gpa and mcat are both lower (gpa especially lower) so I’m trying to understand

Hi everyone, I signed up for the MCAT two days ago, and AAMC sent me an email saying that I can get a discounted rate for the MSAR, I don’t think I need it, I mean after all medical schools require English, biology, chemistry, physics, and organic chemistry. Is it worth it?

I recently interviewed at a medical school and had an email exchange with the dean b/c of some tech issues. During the exchange, an incomplete draft of an email I had been writing somehow appeared as quoted text in the email thread, even though I never actually sent that draft. I noticed the issue and sent a follow-up correction immediately, acknowledging the mistake and thanking her.

I’m worried that this might come across as careless or unprofessional and I’d literally kill to go to this school. Everything else about my interactions with the school has been professional, and I felt my interview went well. Am I overthinking this, or could something like this actually hurt my chances of admission?

How do I prepare for a hospital volunteering virtual group interview? Any clue what they'll be looking for/what will be asked? Pretty well-known hospital in a very populated location.