r/medschooladmissions

At the current rate (I think they are on June 1st), when do you guys think a June 5th primary submission will get processed and verified? Thank you!

Do you guys think the med school applicants will sky rocket in the next few years. Or will we see a withdraw from medicine. What are your guys prediction will we continue to see a abundance of competivness and a lack of spots

I feel like my app is not enough atp. I remember being happy over my 515 but then I just see how many greater apps are out there. I also have a 4.0 science with a 3.9x cumulative as a URM FGLI but I’m still told it’s not enough to be competitive for T20s. Like I’ll be happy at any MD school but the feeling of being locked out just feels like applying to undergrad all over again with a bad SAT 😔

i am so discouraged and depressed. i don’t even think uworld and aamc and anki can get me over a 500 in a month. I test on 8/15. Applying this year.

I feel so stupid studying for this exam. I cannot afford to take another gap year.

ORM from nj and highly considering retake - have a 3.9 science GPA and 3 years of experience (1 year clinical research and 2 years med assistant) in gap years

I’m a recent bachelor’s grad that would appreciate any advice and inspiration from my fellow premeds. I walked in May of 2025 with a 2.72 final CGPA and had to save up to finish the remaining credits in spring of 2026. I had a rough few years in undergrad and I was irresponsible about my grades.

I tool the MCAT once in April 2025 and did really poorly with a 482, but I know I did not study properly for it. Since that point in my life, a lot has changed and I have tried as hard as I could with my circumstances to turn it around. My last semester in undergrad, I got a 4.0 GPA and made the deans list, I was able to pull my CGPA up to 3.01 (B.Sc. Biology, Concentration in Bioinformatics, Minor in computational data science). I really dont want to give up on my dream of med school; MD, DO, DPM it doesnt matter.

I recently started working full time in the IT field and am making roughly 60k, and am trying to figure out the best route to do things in order to make it into med school. I often struggle with prolonged periods of studying and maintaining focus, and I feel as though I need to start from the ground up for preparation. I want to be a provider for others and my own loved ones, and I just need some advice pointing to the right direction.

Thank you guys for taking the time to read through my ted talk. Any words are appreciated (honesty especially). If theres any other information needed Id be happy to add, thank you all.

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21f white pa resident(but lived in Ca k-8th and still has family)

i took one gap year since i wasn’t pre med till senior year

gpa: 3.89 sgpa: 3.7 something

mcat:520

small liberal arts college

clinical experience as PCT in a nursing home~800 hours

non clinical volentering ~ 100, clinical in hospice~ 150

research 150 in cognitive psych

psych stats tutoring 90

biology TA 200

I would love to limit my list to 20 school for the fee reduction program so I want a strong list.

im also mainly interested in fm, peds or psych

PLEASE BE BRUTALLY HONEST

Let's assume all other aspects of an application were unique and competitive etc. Would someone who has a good story but doesn't write poetically or particularly "prettily" still getting accepted to these top schools? Have any of you? :)

See now I can't figure out how to edit the title and it's glaringly obvious that this post is about me lol. Oh well!

This is a long and disjointed rant. I don't expect anyone to read it, but I had to get it off my chest.

I got low MCAT and never retook. 3.98/507 from a public school, as an ORM white guy. It's probably what most people say with a low score, but I know I could have done better. I didn't really apply myself or believe in myself. I had to take the test by a deadline for a high score, the last step for my conditional MD acceptance. Obviously didn't get that. The low MCAT posts usually say I studied hard and was averaging a 514 or something, which I feel bad for them, but I took one practice test beforehand and got a 501. Don't know how you can feel bad for that. So I'm very frustrated with myself. This is all uncharacteristic of me, and I think. I was in a bad state of mind.

Every one of my closest friends and pretty much everyone I know is already accepted MD in 2025 cycle.. I know these people worked hard and deserve it. It's very selfish, but it's not a great feeling to see everyone I know moving on

As far as my application, I thought it was decent, I did 1.5k hrs of 911/CCT EMT. I did 1k preclinical and now full-time clinical research, both in my main field of interest (with 3 mid author publications in the preclinical lab). I had 700ish hours of non-clinical volunteering, and was volunteer scribe at a free clinic. I had the leadership positions. I'm not a reapplicant.

To make matters worse, I spent a pretty significant amount of time on my PS, but for some reason the day before it opened, I felt compelled to change my final sentence to something cliche and, in retrospect, just flat out very cringy. And now I'm verified, but I'm barely prewriting. Now any time I to try to write secondaries, I can't stop thinking about how I screwed up for various reasons, so I haven't been able to write anything yet.

I will apply DOs. I don't want a whole another year to retake, so if I'm fortunate to get a DO, I'll be happy. I'm not the kind of person who cares if I have a MD or DO after my name. The things is, I met a surgeon through my job, who allows me to scrub in to watch his major surgeries, it is hands-down the most incredible thing I've ever seen. Since then I've wanted to be a surgeon.  He is a typical surgeon, and it's impossible for him to comprehend MD is unrealistic for me. He lets me come back anytime I want and is already offering research and opportunities to start me on my path for the competitive specialty. I've been a little depressed, and I didn't even ask for a letter, nor have I been going back or staying in contact. I know it's not impossible to be a DO surgeon, but at least to my knowledge its certainly more risky. Honestly, I could see myself being content in family medicine, with my personality it's probably much more fitting anyway. But if I ever end up improving my self-esteem , it would have been nice to at least have the chance to try for the very competitive speciality. Oh well

Anyway, honestly my accepted friends (who I previously would have ranted to) deserve to move on and put all this behind them, so I guess I'm ranting on reddit lol, where no one is forced to read it.  I know it's not just me going through it, and it sucks for everyone. I've got to somehow get it together to at least try to submit some applications, but I haven't found a way to do that. If anyone has any advice to offer, that would be greatly appreciated. Maybe even someone to give some tough love and say it sucks for everyone, get it together man would be alright.

Also, I am aware of the AAMC table where I supposedly have a 52.7% chance or whatever. I guess it's proof I do have a chance after all, but somehow it doesn't make me feel much better. I see the MSAR where I’m below 10th percentile at every NE school (I'm a resident of a large NE state), as ORM without any hardships or an outstanding application, I just don't have much hope.

I know I might just be psyching myself out but I’m having trouble understanding when schools sent out secondaries. I’ve received a few already, some from schools that screen and some that don’t. However, there’s still schools in my list that don’t usually screen that haven’t sent me secondaries yet even though on SDN it shows that they normally send out secondaries relatively early like June 29-30ish. What’s concerning me is that my app was sent with the first couple batches since I was verified relatively early and am wondering are those schools just not interested in my application or do they send out secondaries later to some students even if they are in the first batch to get verified.

Ca orm
Gpa is in the low 3s
But significant upward trend, straight A for 8 semesters until graduation. Been in undergrad slightly longer than others but my first couple years were rough and tanked my gpa.
My mcat score is not released yet but im assuming low to mid 500s idk...
I have great extracurricular with 7 years of emt and 6 months er teching.

Am i a DO only candidate or should I also apply broadly md. If so where? I did get msar but its hard to tell where to apply cuz of my mcat score but trying to prep my list. Would like some help building DO and MD list. Thank you.

Hi everyone, i need help to know how to go about reapplying.

my MCAT is a 490, i cannot afford the time to retake it bc i have retaken it in the past and got a 490 on the dot 3 times (only god himself could make me take it again).

I matriculated into Elephant (bc its the elephant in the room ha ha ha. jk, but im not gonna name the school lol) in Fall 2025 straight after graduating from undergraduate in May 2025, and did not do well the first semester and ended up being academically dismissed. I then applied to the Masters program for Biomedical Sciences at Elephant still to prove myself to the same faculty, i finished the first semester (January-May) with a 3.06 GPA, SIGNIFICANTLY better than that fall 2025 semester at Elephant.

I am reapplying to medical school right now (all DO schools) for the entering class of 2027. I am applying to Elephant again ofc bc that may be my best chance. other than that I am applying to Burrell College of Health Sciences School of Osteopathic Medicine, Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine Bradenton Campus, and Indiana University of Pennsylvania College of Osteopathic Medicine. i need to know how to approach this to make me get interviews and acceptances for sure.

I submitted my primary application in June and just got my application verified and sent to schools by the end of June or first couple days of July. it is July 3rd and I just got 4 automatic secondary emails from Burrell, Lake Erie, Lake Erie-Bradenton, and Elephant.

Im thinking about if I should purchase a program or something to get help with my secondaries so they're foolproof. lmk bc i dont mind purchasing them as long as they're not outrageous and genuinely can help my nontraditional application.

with this information if anyone could direct me in what to do, how to approach, any advice, any secondary resources, anything to help me in achieving my dreams friends :)

and note: if you have anything negative to say, the door is open, you can leave. i didnt invite you with cookies and milk to shit on me ♡ thank you kindly.

Hellooo,

I really need some guidance on how to navigate this upcoming application cycle. My path has been super messy, but I’m doing everything I can to rebuild and could use some advice on how to approach these schools.

To give you the honest background:

• After Dismissal: I went to a psychiatrist to figure out what went wrong and found out I have severe ADHD, along with anxiety and MDD. I’m medicated now and in therapy, which has been a complete game-changer.

Where I am right now: I’m reapplying right now for the entering class of 2027 (applying all DO). I’m reapplying to my original school since that might be my best bet, plus Burrell, VCOM, ICOM, LECOM (Erie & Bradenton), and IUP.

I submitted my primary in June and it just got verified. It’s July 3rd and I already have 4 automatic secondaries from Burrell, LECOM, LECOM-Bradenton, and my original school.

My questions for you guys:

1. I really want my secondaries to be flawless. I’m seriously considering buying a consulting program or an editing service to help with my essays—I don't mind paying for it as long as it's not an outrageous price and will actually help a non-traditional app like mine. Any recommendations?
2. Beyond writing amazing secondaries, how can I proactively contact or network with these specific schools to show them my growth and get them to consider me for an interview?
3. Is there anything else I can possibly do right now to show these schools I’m ready?

I’m willing to do whatever it takes to achieve my dreams. Thanks so much guys!

How did you guys answer this? I keep jumping around between saying family is the reason for this campus but I'm not sure if that is a good reason.

3. Briefly describe the reasons for your campus/site choice and comment on one or two factors that are most important to you in choosing where you wish to pursue your medical education. (Max. 1000 characters)

Over the past year, I've worked at a very productive clinical lab that is quite liberal with authorship (any contribution gets you authorship) and has a surplus of projects, allowing undergrads to even lead some projects. I've been able to get 2 first-author papers and ~10 co-author papers, all published at well-respected journals, definitely not predatory.

I also have a middle-author paper under a biology wet-lab.

I understand the cycle of clinical papers is much shorter than wet-lab papers and therefore are less impactful to adcoms. I was wondering whether the impact of having getting publications ever tapers off in the eyes of the admissions committee.