<p>I am a junior at a university, which is not listed in the top 200 universities of united states. My major is Physics, and my minor is pre-med concentration. My GPA is 3.3, and my MCAT score is 38 (11 V - 13 B - 14 P). I want to apply to United States medical school and not a foreign one. The reason for such a low GPA is poor knowledge of english, when I first started college, and some other financial/family issues. Although, since last semester I am getting A's in all the classes that i took. I wanted to know, that if I apply to a medical school in June 2013, would I be get accepted? I have good volunteering hours, and other research work. Also, i wanted to know that by taking more and more credits, will eventually raise my GPA but would medical school consider that GPA. Would I be able to update my GPA after once I submit my medical school application. I believe, that my GPA will be 3.5 by June 2014. Should I wait until then or apply in June 2013.</p>
<p>What is your status? (U.S. citizen, permanent resident, student visa? )</p>
<p>There is no way to guess if you’re likely to be accepted. It’s going to depend on many factors, including which schools you apply to, your citizenship status, your legal state of residence, the quality of your ECs and LORs, and your grades in key pre med classes like OChem and gen physics.</p>
<p>Assuming you’re a US permanent resident/citizen, AAMC data says you have a better than 50-50 chance for acceptance.</p>
<p>See: <a href=“https://www.aamc.org/download/270906/data/table24-mcatgpagridall0911.pdf[/url]”>https://www.aamc.org/download/270906/data/table24-mcatgpagridall0911.pdf</a></p>
<p>However, the best place to ask this question is probably the health professions advising office at your college since they will have data w/r/t acceptances for graduates of your college.</p>
<p>Also please realize that if you already have a boatload of credits, that it becomes increasingly difficult mathematically to raise your GPA simply by taking more and more classes. The law of diminishing returns says that at some point taking additional coursework is really pointless since the resulting change in GPA will be tiny.</p>
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<p>If by taking “more credits”–you mean graduate credits, AMCAS will consider those, but I believe AMCAS calculates grad GPAs separately from undergrad GPAs.</p>
<p>With regard to updating. You certainly can’t change AMCAS once it’s submitted but you could email all the schools in December or January when you get your fall semester grades but depending on what schools you apply to they may have already made a decision on your app by then.</p>
<p>Chem major and physical major always had a higher level of acceptance than bio due to their fewer numbers. Your high MCAT I believe would offset your gpa but many schools are starting to make a 3.5 gpa the floor even in combined programs.</p>
<p>If your status is agreeable to American medical schools, I would mention in my app that to escape extreme poverty, or a totalitarian regime the hardships you and your family went through to come to America to make your story more compelling. Good luck.</p>
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<p>That isn’t true. If you look at the data here:</p>
<p><a href=“https://www.aamc.org/download/161692/data/table18.pdf[/url]”>https://www.aamc.org/download/161692/data/table18.pdf</a></p>
<p>You’ll see that the relative percentage of bio majors accepted is almost identical to the relative percentage of physical science majors. (Number of X majors matriculants/number of X major applicants) Except for specialized health science majors, the percentages for every major are pretty much all identical.</p>
<p>I stand corrected. Thirty odd years ago Chem majors had an advantage so if you could handle P Chem you had a better shot at medical school.</p>
<p>@Raycmr,
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<p>Actually, your original statement was not totally incorrect. Physical science and Math majors do have higher acceptance rates, however it can probably be completely explained by the fact, that as a group, they have higher MCAT scores. (same logic for the health science majors, they just have lower MCAT scores)</p>
<p>Why would they have higher MCAT scores?</p>
<p>Because the classes are more focused on critical thinking than memorization</p>
<p>Just compare the physics graduating class to the bio graduating class at your school, and you’ll immediately notice the better test takers</p>
<p>^One might be better test-takers, but that doesn’t mean they’d be better doctors!</p>