Public Health Major 3.93 4.97 gpa 1510 sat

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@bodacious92

Yea your definitely right, but the MCAT seems to be an obstacle everyone dreads. It would be nice to ease into med school rigor with a BSMD and be able to explore your own passions.

I’m not sure that’s the case everywhere. UMKC says no MCAT but Pitt says:

@tsbna44

If accepted into the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine’s Guaranteed Admission Program, students must:

** Maintain a cumulative undergraduate GPA of 3.70.*
** Maintain a Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics (BCPM) GPA of 3.70 (primarily the required pre-requisite coursework for all medical students).*
** Complete the Pitt undergraduate degree within four years.*
** Achieve a minimum composite MCAT (Medical College Admissions Test) score of 517. Score must be achieved within three attempts by the June 1 prior to the student’s final year of their undergraduate program.*

I get it - and in that case, why ED to Brown? You potentially give up that right to not taking the MCAT and maybe an opportunity to be a doctor.

Brown states “Please do not assume that your admission chances are improved by applying under the Early Decision plan. The Board of Admission makes the same decisions under Early Decision that it would under the Regular Decision plan.”

So one could argue applying to Brown ED is giving away all your flexibility. Personally, I’d change to RD if possible.

You might, if you truly want to be a Dr., consider applying to LECOM schools too (a DO assurance) but there are limited spots so from what I understand, the earlier you apply the better. You have big names on it. One parent here has a student at Rhodes, a highly respected LAC, as an example.

Best of luck.

LECOM-AFFILIATED-COLLEGES-AND-UNIVERSITIES-9-4-25.pdf