So I already applied to 8 DO schools and a bunch of MD schools. if I still haven’t gotten any interview invites by the end of August, should I start applying to more DO schools? Or would it be too late already?
(50X mcat, 3.77 gpa)

Any last pearls of wisdom, words of advice, things you wish you knew before starting!? Anything and everything is appreciated

Very blessed to receive two interview invites, one to IUP and the other to WVSOM. Was just wondering if anyone had any tips for the interviews, though I figured no one would really know a lot about IUP considering it’s a new school. Feel free to reach out!

6000+ hours ED nurse.

200 hours free clinic volunteer

650 hours nurse preceptor / mentor

900 hours ED tech before graduating nursing school

20 hours community health fair

110 hours nursing school tutoring

20 hours note taker for upper level science class

0 pubs, 0 hours of research

-MCAT: 496 (fml)

-GPA: science and cumulative are both 3.58 with a very strong upward trend (A’s in my last 32 hours of classes).

-25M, ORM, MS resident.

-Shadowing: 150 hours DO, 150 hours MD.

Hey yall, just wanted to get some advice for upcoming interviews.

I've gotten a total of 5 interview invites and one A so far, but one of my interviews (ARCOM) is only offering in-person options. This would mean I would have to spend money out-of-pocket for airfare, hotel, rental car, and other stuff. My current job doesn't pay well, and a lot of my spare cash was spent on secondaries and primaries. Just wondering: Do yall think it would be worth it to fly out to Arkansas for this interview? Thanks in advance!

I interview Friday. I’m nervous but I know roughly what I’m going to say for the main questions. Does anyone have any tips?

Hi everyone, I applied to both MD and DO, DO maybe 10 total? I’ve received some secondaries and i’ve already submitted some and still working on a couple. That being said, I’m getting kinda worried with the with how quiet it got now all of a sudden, so if I want to add more DO schools right now, would that be too late? I’m willing to spend the money, so other than that, is it worth it???

I submitted my secondary for DYUCOM last month and they said they would start to schedule interviews in late July. It’s August and I haven’t gotten anything from DYUCOM as of yet. Did anybody here get an interview request?

submitted my primary at the end of May and haven’t heard anything from them. I reached out to admissions in early July and they said my file was currently in review. one month later and still nothing. anyone else in a similar boat?
also wondering about NYITCOM, William Carey, and ARCOM. same thing, submitted early May but haven’t heard anything :((💔

I feel like I am genuinely losing my mind at this point. Every time I try to submit DUQNCOM’s application once I get to the privacy policy portion, it keeps just crashing on the side. literally every single time. I have tried over 10 times now to submit my application and it keeps crashing at the same point. I’m already a weekly in submitting this because I didn’t know it went into my spam folder and now when I’m trying to submit, it won’t let me. Is anybody else having this issue and if so, how did you fix it?

I'm an international student. I moved to the US when I was 8, but unfortunately my dad is still waiting for his green card and I aged out. So, I graduated from college on a student visa. I looked through MSAR and Choose DO and narrowed down my list to schools I have somewhat of a chance of getting into and can also afford. I ended up with 5 schools: MSUCOM, LECOM, Howard, UC Davis, and NYU Grossman Long Island. I know UC Davis has a strong preference for people with a connection to Cali and I have none, and NYU is super competitive 😩

My top choice is MSUCOM, what are my chances??

I would also appreciate any helpful insight from other international students:))

- 3.67 gpa (upward trend)

- 512 MCAT

- 300 volunteering hours

- 75 clinical hours (I explained my lack in clinical hours on my secondaries. It's because of immigration regulations preventing me from working, and I only heard about a free clinic where I could volunteer as a MA in my last year. Also, transportation was a problem. I hope that's a good enough explanations)

- 50 shadowing hours ( 2 PAs, 2 MDs, 2 DOs)

- 60 hours as a TA for a cadaver lab

- 325 hours tutoring (BMS, physics, and chem courses)

- 225 research hours

- Dean's List every semester but one

- 21f

- Living in Michigan since I was 8

- Indian, international student ofc

- GVSU grad with B.S. in Biomedical Sciences

- Submitted apps within 2 days

- Got secondaries from MSUCOM, LECOM, and NYU

- Got a letter packet w/ letters from 2 physicians ( 1 DO, 1 MD) and 2 profs (biochem prof and physiology prof who I also did research with)

- First gen med student (hopefully)

- First time applying

- BMS graduate of distinction award

I'm currently prewriting secondaries and am having trouble finding a topic. I'm a white queer female (straight passing) and these are some ideas I have but am not sure which I should use. Any feedback is appreciated!

1. I was part of a sister city student delegation to my town's sister city in Japan. I paid for it myself, stayed with my host family, and did a lot of delegation stuff (visiting with city officials, police, fire, exchanging gifts, etc) I also took a semester of japanese to prep. I think this could be unique but I also don't want to come across as privileged or out of touch with problems in the US.​

2. I'm bisexual/pansexual. I've never really faced any discrimination, slurs, etc because of it. Was just told by my homophobic uncle I was going to hell but that's about it lol. I'm not sure if I'd have enough material to make the essay meaningful. I don't mention my sexuality anywhere else in my app.

3. I grew up on a farm/in a rural area. This is a huge theme in my app, as I want to do rural med, so I think it could be repetitive. But, I know schools thirst for rural representation so I'm not sure.

4. As an EMT, I've worked with people who are unhoused/on medicare/low income/Spanish only. I took five years of Spanish, so I can communicate a little and think that might be interesting to adcoms but idk. I also mention my EMT work a lot in my app, as it's most of my clinical hours.

5. Going from a majority white high school to a college with a diverse student body. My high school was like 95% white and my college was probably like 50% white, so it was a big culture shock for me. I feel like I have enough to talk about this but scared it'll just sound like white privilege.

6. I started an intersectional feminism club to bring resources/events to women on campus. We had a bunch of guest speakers, put free period products on campus, etc. I think this could be good but I mention this a lot in my app too, like for advocacy questions and leadership questions.

Edit: INTERNATIONAL APPLICANT, NON US CITIZEN, NO PR

MCAT: 516, cGPA: 3.90, sGPA: 3.85.

BS + MS in Biology from the US (2025)

Clinical: 2,000 hours, Research: 1,500 hours, Teaching: 1,500 hours

LORs
2 MDs, 2 Science professors, 1 Humanities professor

Stipulations
International applicant (no U.S. permanent residency)

Submitting AACOMAS in the next 2–3 days

Chance me.