Will a 3.2 sGPA get me auto-screened with a 519 MCAT?
Hey guys, just got my MCAT back and I'm really quite a splitter. Trying to get a reality check on my odds and see if my low sGPA is going to completely kill my cycle. Maybe I should do a masters? (really dont wanna ugh)
Stats:
- MCAT: 519
- cGPA: ~3.4 (graduating senior)
- sGPA: ~3.2-3.3 (Yeah... it's rough. Upward trend though - i felt like the upper levels were easier than the weedout core classes, I really just took some Ls in lower/mid level chem and bio classes).
- State: NJ resident
- Demographics: South Asian, First Gen
EC’s:
- 1k-1.5k hours clinical: Split between ER Patient Care Tech (nurse aide) and volunteer EMT. Lots of hands-on patient care and wild ER stories.
- 500 hrs research: Pulmonology research lab assistant, minor poster no pub though.
- Leadership/Unique stuff: Student gov (helped pass some campus health policy legislation) + Editor and Treasurer for our campus satire newspaper.
- Volunteering: Working on pumping up non-clinical volunteering now.
Obviously I know 519 is great, but my sGPA has me sweating that I'm just going to get auto-screened before anyone even looks at my 519 or clinical hours.
A few questions:
- Is a 3.2sGPA going to get me auto-rejected at most MDs, or does the 519 save me from the trash can?
- How forgiving are the NJ state schools (NJMS, RWJMS, Hackensack, Cooper) with low sGPAs if you're in-state with a high MCAT?
- Outside of NJ, what OOS private MDs actually interview splitters like this? (I'm looking at Drexel, NYMC, Jefferson, Temple, Albany, etc.) Should I even bother throwing secondaries at upper-tier schools, or is that just throwing money away?
Be as brutally honest as you need to be. Thanks guys.
u/Zealousideal_Law1249 — 6 days ago
