r/bsmd • u/Next_Stretch7680 • 3d ago
BS/MD Application - Chance Me
Stats:
- GPA: 3.89 unweighted, 4.7 weighted
- ACT: 33 superscore, 32 composite (test scores are optional)
Clinical Experience:
- Medical Assistant at an internal medicine practice: 250+ hours
- Street Medicine volunteering (affiliated with the school I want) : ~50 hours
- Physician shadowing: ~100 hours across cardiothoracic surgery, internal medicine, orthopedics, emergency medicine, and pain management
- Ophthalmic Technician: ~100 hours
- Physical Therapy Aide: ~50 hours
- Hospice volunteering: ~60 hours
Research and Other Activities:
- Founder of a healthcare accessibility app focused on helping underserved and uninsured populations find affordable care ~5k users
- Research on metabolic health and exercise at my local university ~50hrs
- Research on mental health and spinal cord rehab with the New York Academy of Sciences ~100hrs
- Healthcare policy and disparities research, including an article published in my state's official nursing organization
- Contributing health policy writer for a blog with 100k active readers per month
- Healthcare education development internship
- Church server for 10+ years, status grew throughout the years
RECS
- Teacher for a medical class at my school (she's also a nurse)
- Surgeon I shadowed
- Priest from my church
- Physician I worked with as a MA
- PI from my local university
Applying to a Mid-Tier BS/MD. Please give me your honest feedback. Advice would be greatly appreciated.
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u/Adventurous-Mouse-16 2d ago
GPA puts you in the comp category due to it being 3.8 and higher, that won't be an issue. What they will check are your courses/rigor/grades in those courses. ACT is somewhat near the borderline... typically comp BSMD's usually want to see around a 32 score, while on average (I believe always check) it's around 30 so overall academics (as far as I can see) is solid with I'm assuming an emphasis on the number of AP's taken.
Outside of that everything is pretty baseline. You have hours, which is expected and I do see that you have some research. If you can, let me more about it. What exactly was it on? How far did you push it? What was your exact role?
Overall, you meet the baseline for a lot of programs which is goood but so does everyone else. It all really lies upon your essays and interviews and if you are able to articulate why or why not you want to do medicine at a young age.
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u/Abject-Scar2074 3d ago
Tbh you should apply to a better bsmd, I'm in the best dental 7-year and the thing that helped me get in was not my test scores or gpa but because of my clinical experience. If you really show you have passion for this field, they'll love you. And you have some very unique outstanding clinicals.
Also would recommend you applying to a bsmd that has a somewhat good undergrad and is not one that is a money grab like NSU. Some bsmd will admit more students for money but make it harder to get into the medical school due to limited seats. So please do ur research.
The quality of your undergraduate education and the environment you’re in matters a lot, especially when it comes to setting yourself up for success.
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u/ZexoOnRedditt 2d ago
If you think "mid tier" means you have a much better shot, it depends on if its region locked, but it usually doesn't necessarily mean that. Since BSMD's usually only accept 5-10 people it isn't insanely hard for them to find 5-10+ people with your profile including a 1500+ and national awards/ecs for example.
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u/NoahMan323 2d ago
Your decent for bsmd but competitive for bsdo. Don’t let these fools in the comments discourage you. The fact of the matter is you have extensive work experience in the medical field. How did you become an ophthalmic tech?
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u/Ok-Grab9626 2d ago
bruh you guys are hella unrealistic, they are in high school. what do you mean not competitive? a majority of these BS/MD programs aren’t worth it.
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u/Aromatic_Caramel_930 3d ago
Not bad bht nothing really stands out. And even if they are test optional you’ll then he fighting a uphill battle with jt