Woo hoo!

The righteous are triumphant,
The Trifling Jester

P.S. None of you will get in. Ever.

Here we go again. What are my chances:
3.0 GPA in Nursing
2 Years working in 2nd largest Truama Room in the Country as Registered Nurse
EMT x 7 years
Certs: Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN), BLS, ACLS,PALS, ICU
Yet to take the MCAT
Recs from SGU Alumni/SGU Professor/MDs

Have you or do you plan on taking pre-med requirements (i.e. orgo, chem, physics, and bio)? MCAT is necessary for MD program.

I have taken all the requirments except orgo II, which will be in SummerI and then hopes to take prep for mcat and get that in early september and apply for jan 09...

your thoughts?

with a good mcat you have a good chance. And the Jan class is less competitive than the Aug class (in terms of of quantity of people applying not quality). So definitely apply early sept.

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hi i heard that there are 7 applicants per seat but does anyone know the ratio of people who get interviewed and people who get accepted..... also i heard of an applicant who had a 3.8 and 31 who did not get in is there a chance that sgu knew that he/she would of gotten into a US MD or DO and didnt bother because honestly those are good enough for US schools

Any advice/opinions are greatly appreciated!

3.3 overall gpa
3.1 science gpa
Taking the MCAT in May...practice tests have been between 24-27
Volunteering, Research with published work, Medical mission trip to Costa Rica, President of my Fraternity, multiple school organizations...

I was just introduced to this website and am so grateful for all the wonderful advice I've found. Thanks again!

I currently go to Fordham University at Lincoln Center in NY with a GPA around a 3.65 in Natural Sciences (BA). I am a published author in "Genetics" after doing research for over a year, I have presented at national and international conferences and am a humanitarian ambassador working for the USO of metropolitan NY. I also have taken many acting classes, showing my duel interests. The main problem is, I got a 24 on my MCAT last year and I have been studying to retake the exam, but I am getting mainly 24s on my practices. I am worried that re-taking the exam and showing two low scores is worse then just having one low score. What do you think? What are my chances of getting in with a 24 anyway?

If you're getting 24s on your MCAT practices, you probably shouldn't give it again, unless you think you can improve your score by at least 2 points. Your MCAT is only just below average (which is 26) but your GPA is above average (3.4). Getting in with those scores is very much possible. You can try to explain your MCAT score with any decent excuse. Particularly if you did pretty bad on one particular section (like below 6).

Given the gpa that you have, you would want your MCAT score to be little bit higher than the practice test. Good luck with the test! You are going to be done with it soon!