Is my GPA and MCAT score OK and how do I find medical schools that will be matches?

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My GPA is about a 3.71 and MCAT is a 512 (I will not be retaking as I do not have the free time to prepare anymore)

My GPA might raise a little bit after next semester (my last semester b/f graduating). I have done shadowing, volunteering, research, non-clinical volunteering, etc and am continuing to do all of these things before I apply in June

Can somebody please suggest MD schools that I have a decent shot at? And what other resources should I use to find medical schools?

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Two options for finding matches, one is to look at the GPA/MCAT stats for each school in the MSAR (https://apps.aamc.org/msar-ui/#/landing) the other is LizzyM score (https://schools.studentdoctor.net/lizzym_score)

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What will you be doing next year, your gap year?

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State of residence?

Ethnicity?

sGPA?

Your home state’s publics are always any applicant’s best chance for an admission. (Unless you live in California.)

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Thank you

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During my gap year, I will continue volunteering and hopefully find a research assistant position. I’m also helping my mother start her physical medicine & rehab private practice

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Thanks for the tip! I am an Asian female from FL. I haven’t yet calculated my science GPA

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Is your mother an MD?

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Yes she is an MD. I was curious if that would give me an advantage or a disadvantage

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Florida medical schools (median GPA,median MCAT score)

Allopathic

Florida Atlantic–3.76, 512
Florida International-- 3.71, 510
Florida State–3.74, 505
University of Central Florida–3.76, 510
University of Florida–3.84, 514
University of Miami–3.8, 513
University of South Florida–3.68, 514

New MD program opening fall 2018 --NOVA Southeastern

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Neither an advantage nor a disadvantage but she would be a good person to advise you.

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Thank you so much for all the info!

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Oh I see, thanks!

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Aren’t UF and FSU the only public schools on that list? Do the others have strong in state biases?

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Public: FSU, CFU, SFU, UF.

Miami, FAU and FIU all give substantial preference to in-state residents. (FIU’s admission page states that at least 75% of each class is drawn from instate applicants.)

State residents get tuition discounts at the privates, so I assume those schools get some funding from the state.

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Unfortunately, UMiami no longer gives preference to in state residents http://admissions.med.miami.edu/questions/florida-residency-questions

Would have been nice though lol

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@WayOutWestMom do you know if Nova will have MD dual program?

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CFU and SFU? Do you mean UCF and USF?

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@iwannabe_Brown Yeah, I meant USF and UCF. Both are public.


@m22499  Dual program? Not sure what you mean. 

Nova currently has a DO program.  That program will continue.
<a href="https://osteopathic.nova.edu/do/admissions/index.html">https://osteopathic.nova.edu/do/admissions/index.html</a>

Nova's MD program received  preliminary LCME  accreditation this fall and is currently accepting applications for its inaugural class this cycle.  See: <a href="https://md.nova.edu">https://md.nova.edu</a>

The programs are entirely separate, although both are located on the Ft. Lauderdale campus. I don't know how much, if any,  interaction between programs there will be or whether they will share facilities and instructors.