Hello all,
I am a pre-med senior at Michigan State University (will graduate in December after 4.5 years) with a 3.35 cumulative and similar science GPA. I am planning to take the MCAT as early as January of 2016 and applying through the Spring and Summer. I am primarily interested in osteopathic schools because of their philosophy but also want to apply to allopathic schools. I know that a 3.3 GPA is low but I am going to list certain factors surrounding this as well as my extracurriculars over the past 4 years. I have spoken to various admission advisors but it seems they usually say very similar things. I am trying to get input from other current and past medical students or anyone else who is involved in the admission process.
Academics:
-Failed inorganic chemistry and biology lab sophmore year due to family crises
-Upward trend in grades the past 1.5 years from 2.6 to 3.35
-4.0 GPA in Genetics, Human Anatomy, Physiology I&II, Immunology, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Health Psychology, Inorganic Chem (retake)
-3.5 GPA in Virology, Organic Chemistry I, Physics I and Epidemiology
Extracurriculars:
-Volunteered in the ED for 3 semesters and inpatient for 1 semester
-Volunteered over 200 hours for the Red Cross
-Shadowed outpatient DOs amounting to 50 hours
-Work(ed) as a Medical Scribe in the ED for 6 months
-Member of Human Bio Club
-Mission trip for 1 week to Mexico
-100 hours various volunteer experience (animal shelters, food banks, blood drives)
-High school consisted of 4 years of football at private school with 40 hours communitry service
This sums up about 90% of my resume, pending 5 letters of recommendation, 2 from DOs and 1 MD.