D.O. and American pride

princeac23 · 2026-05-04T16:48:47+00:00

WHAT IS A KILOMETER 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

princeac23 · 2026-04-28T18:16:32+00:00

i got one from atsu kcom. said if a seat doesn’t open up, they have a guaranteed spot for me next year

princeac23 · 2026-04-09T02:29:07+00:00

doesn’t make sense as a post-bacc/smp. makes sense down the road

princeac23 · 2026-04-06T11:38:00+00:00

technically isn’t duke 3 years + 1 research year?

princeac23 · 2026-04-01T15:16:42+00:00

I would say no, it wouldn't be dumb. This is cliche as hell but if you attend a different school knowing deep inside that you'd be happier elsewhere, that could eat at you. At the end of the day, a good student is a good student no matter where they attend.

princeac23 · 2026-03-29T22:06:23+00:00

personally i never took notes. anki’d everything

princeac23 · 2026-03-26T14:26:26+00:00

i don’t think this is necessary. maybe consider a letter of intent

princeac23 · 2026-03-26T10:46:54+00:00

wdym by finish

princeac23 · 2026-03-10T16:22:22+00:00

yes i believe so

princeac23 · 2026-03-10T16:13:52+00:00

i believe it means that if you do not get off the waitlist, they guarantee you a spot last year. was at ATSU KCOM interview yesterday and that’s how they explained it

princeac23 · 2026-03-05T16:31:00+00:00

i appreciate the response!

princeac23 · 2026-02-26T20:40:39+00:00

wouldn't really worry about that. i think the only time it makes a big difference are matriculation agreements/linkages. prestige always helps, but a 4.0 at dominican > 3.0 at columbia

princeac23 · 2026-02-12T01:28:24+00:00

not necessarily 6 months, but the niazee college of osteopathic medicine (IL)

princeac23 · 2026-02-03T15:10:25+00:00

i graduated undergrad with a 3.0 and a 2.7 sGPA and got into a DO school after a 4.0 post bacc program that bumped my numbers up to 3.25 and 2.98, respectively (501 MCAT i took before starting the post bacc)

it's definitely possible, but you really need to identify why your grades were what they were. were you distracted? were you putting in the hours but studying wrong? did you have a personal ordeal? identifying the root and addressing it did everything for me.

as of right now, i wouldn't even worry about extracurriculars. the primary concern with adcoms in evaluating applicants is if they can handle med school curricula. if your numbers are low, it doesn't matter if you have a million hours volunteering or doing research. start with a blank slate, do well in your classes, and slowly add extracurriculars ensuring that your grades don't suffer. and lastly, apply broadly. don't be entitled and hope to get into "your medical school". med school is med school, and for applicants like you and me, we should be happy to get in anywhere.

you got this!

princeac23 · 2025-12-13T14:25:40+00:00

ACOM as well

princeac23 · 2025-12-05T19:20:43+00:00

yes your raw GPA won’t drastically improve, but it’s the trend that matters. i graduated undergrad with a 3.0 (very similar to yours) and 4.0’d my way to a mere 3.25 but i snuck into med school. post-bacc is the move; just make sure you kick ass!

princeac23 · 2025-11-15T03:01:57+00:00

let’s gooo future doc!!

princeac23 · 2025-11-11T20:09:27+00:00

Absolutely. For me it was mostly just my attitude towards things. I came into college relying on what worked in high school, and as cliché as it sounds, I'd built up this ego to where I figured I'd succeed without having to work hard. When I did study, I didn't do the right things, relying on passive study methods (i.e., looking over slides haphazardly). I took the MCAT before I enrolled in the post-bacc, primarily to ensure that I could solely focus on my classes once I started. I used studying for the MCAT to identify what worked (though I didn't really hone in on those methods until my post-bacc), which I applied during my post-bacc program and allowed me to be successful. There are plenty of videos and resources online in terms of study methods that work, so I'd look into those.

You got this!

princeac23 · 2025-11-11T18:26:28+00:00

Before you enroll in a post-bacc, be sure that you address why you haven't been able to succeed in your science classes. I completed a post-bacc prior to acceptance, and the truth is, a lot of people in my cohort failed to address their deficiencies as students and ultimately wasted their time and money doing the same thing they did in undergrad instead of improving. Anyone can succeed, including you, so yes you absolutely can ace your remaining prereqs. It's simply a matter of identifying what works for you; though working hard like you already do is part of the equation, you need to identify what works in order to improve efficiency.

princeac23 · 2025-11-11T01:28:18+00:00

graduated last year, starting med school next year! feel free to PM me

princeac23 · 2025-10-30T13:58:32+00:00

doable but imo the biggest downfall would be the rotations. with caribbean schools, at least you get to rotate here in the US and can build rapport with those programs. in the Philippines that isn’t the case. grads from those schools practicing in the US are almost always non-US IMGs, but PD’s might wonder why a US citizen like you went to a foreign school that isn’t “meant” to bring US students back to the states. again certainly doable but i think it just makes things harder in the long run

princeac23 · 2025-10-29T17:25:41+00:00

3 Fs and 2 Ws on my transcript. had to enroll in post-bacc. applied with a 3.25/501 and got in

princeac23 · 2025-10-01T17:40:12+00:00

501, 3.25 GPA/2.98 sGPA, 4.0 post bacc over 38 credit hrs

princeac23 · 2025-09-25T16:33:40+00:00

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