<p>I am a junior with a GPA of 3.5 in biomedical engineering. I know it is not a competitive GPA, especially for an international student here. There is also a high chance that my MCAT score probably is not competitive, as I have not taken one and not been ready for it.
So
my question is that is there any hopes that I can get into med schools?
If my GPA is not so great, would I even get a chance for interviews? Should I just give up the thought of applying to med school?</p>
<p>International applicants are at a severe disadvantage during med school admissions for a number of reasons, including a limited number of slots available for international students, steep competition among internationals for those limited slots, and a lack of financial aid for internationals.</p>
<p>[International</a> Applicants](<a href=“Pre-Professional Advising | Student Affairs”>Pre-Professional Advising | Student Affairs)</p>
<p><a href=“Pre-Professional Advising | Student Affairs”>Pre-Professional Advising | Student Affairs;
<p>AAMC data on legal residence of matriculants.</p>
<p><a href=“https://www.aamc.org/download/321462/data/2012factstable4.pdf[/url]”>https://www.aamc.org/download/321462/data/2012factstable4.pdf</a></p>
<p>(International students are at the very bottom of the table. For the past 10 years, fewer than 200 internationals each year have matriculated into all US medical schools combined.)</p>
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<p>Your GPA is not out of range for medical school, but without a MCAT score and some idea of your ECs, it’s impossible to say if you’d be a competitive applicant or not.</p>
<p>Thanks a lot!</p>
<p>I don’t know about our MD admissions for sure, but the dean of our PhD program flat out said they take into consideration the fact that someone is engineering when looking at their GPA.</p>
<p>That being said, 3.5 is certainly good enough even without any sort of consideration.</p>