Overview
Age: Mid 40s
Background: First Gen, White Male
Education: Non-science
Work: unrelated to healthcare
cGPA: 2.75 upward graduate work trend, after premed could be close to 2.9, but won't breach 3.0
sGPA: 2.50 after premed coursework, this should be in the 3.25-3.50 range
MCAT: not taken yet
ECs: just getting started
Areas of interest: EM, IM, FM, and Psychiatry
If I do all things right, raise GPA in a DYI post-bac, strong MCAT, confirm passion through ECs, get admitted to DO program (Caribbean is off the table), I am extremely concerned about not matching.
It's simply not enough to get into medical school at my age. There will not be much time left to do more research, volunteering, graduate work, etc. to match 2 years later.
Based on my research, the common thread for not matching seems to be weak Step scores and/or unrealistic matching goals.
I am not finding enough anedoctal information on non-traditional older matching candidates.
I imagine there are very few, which may explain things.
Are there any place to track success and failure of DO or MD matching based on an applicant's age?
Age: Mid 40s
Background: First Gen, White Male
Education: Non-science
Work: unrelated to healthcare
cGPA: 2.75 upward graduate work trend, after premed could be close to 2.9, but won't breach 3.0
sGPA: 2.50 after premed coursework, this should be in the 3.25-3.50 range
MCAT: not taken yet
ECs: just getting started
Areas of interest: EM, IM, FM, and Psychiatry
If I do all things right, raise GPA in a DYI post-bac, strong MCAT, confirm passion through ECs, get admitted to DO program (Caribbean is off the table), I am extremely concerned about not matching.
It's simply not enough to get into medical school at my age. There will not be much time left to do more research, volunteering, graduate work, etc. to match 2 years later.
Based on my research, the common thread for not matching seems to be weak Step scores and/or unrealistic matching goals.
I am not finding enough anedoctal information on non-traditional older matching candidates.
I imagine there are very few, which may explain things.
Are there any place to track success and failure of DO or MD matching based on an applicant's age?
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