Reinventor MD vs DO

Hi everyone,

I am looking for advice on what percentage of MD schools I should apply to versus DO schools.

I am a nontraditional GPA reinventor. I started college rough with my first 2.5 years around a 2.0 GPA. During my reinvention, I took around 100 college credits with a physical therapy assistant degree at a 3.5 GPA (around 45ish credits), and the other 55 credits went to a Healthcare Administration degree with a 4.0 GPA. I also did a formal post bacc at a 3.75 GPA. Overall GPA is around a 3.2 with everything included.

I took the MCAT and scored a 509 (126, 127, 128, 128), I am currently studying for a possible retake

I have about 1500 hours of clinical experience, 1000 hours as a scribe, and 500 hours as a PTA
(Graduated from PTA school during COVID and decided to switch to pursue medical school that's why PTA hours are lower)

MY volunteer experience is a little lower with only about 150 hours. 100 hours at a hospital (nonclinical) and 50 hours doing various nonclinical volunteering

I have 2 LOR from the doctors I scribe with, 1 letter from a post-bacc professor, and a committee letter

I am currently working on my application and plan on applying to my state MD and DO schools.

Should I focus on applying to more MD or DO schools?

chilly_md said:

How many credits was the formal post bacc in? Were they all BCPM classes? The healthcare administration credits are not going to help you much most likely.

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It was 36 credits with all of them being BCPM courses

chilly_md said:

What is your state of residency?

Your turnaround in grades is good, but most of the schools that reward reinvention look for a lot of non-clinical/service hours.

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Pa. I live in one of the Geisinger Med School counties. I did my post-bacc at one of the schools in my state that has a med school

Do you think I should retake the MCAT?

AJS59 said:

Agree on your hours - particularly non-clinical. You'll need 100 more minimum in that bucket. Would also recommend 50 shadowing hours. I agree with an even-ish split

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Thank you for your response! I will get working on that!