2.36 GPA to Accepted Applicant | Mission: Accepted S2 Ep. 2

[@DevinThomas-b2b]

Accepted this cycle to a US medical school with a 2.94. Don’t quit.

[@user-ff9mb1ts4u]

congratulations! did you also do a post-bacc?

[@DevinThomas-b2b]

@@user-ff9mb1ts4u I didn’t. I had lots of clinical experience and a decent MCAT

[@bitario723]

How did you get accepted to Med school with less than a 3.0??

[@DevinThomas-b2b]

@@bitario723 a pretty high MCAT coupled with really good extracurriculars and 4,000 hours of research. Also, that 2.94 was with 28 credit hours of concurrent enrollment taken when I was in high school without much direction. Excluding that, I was at a 3.76. But, I have to report those classes on my application and that was the result.

[@DevinThomas-b2b]

@@user-ff9mb1ts4u I did not. I had a really high mcat score that made up the difference. Also I took 28 credit hours of STEM as concurrent enrollment in high school which really brought my GPA down. Excluding those, I had a 3.76 but I was required to list those classes on my application.

[@WatercolorwithKendra]

Followed your advice for years, wrote my application with stories, improved my gpa, accepted to medical school yesterday! Thank you, Dr. Gray!

[@AA-wo5km]

Hey do you mind if I can ask you some questions about your applications?

[@WatercolorwithKendra]

@@AA-wo5km What are your Q’s?

[@MedicalSchoolHQ]

Congrats!

[@chuksrichard3598]

Congratulations 🎉

[@jakenew5671]

Congrats

[@hf8987]

Followed your advice, told stories, didn't try to sell myself and got in one of the best programs in the country with a 3.4 and a 501 MCAT THANK YOU!!! God bless! 🙌🏽

[@shivmirani748]

Woah 🤯

[@rashnas4029]

I'm in a somewhat similar boat so I appreciate you sharing this haha Can I ask where you applied?

[@Yankee4ever2]

God Bless you

[@XxI3ioHazardxX]

I finished undergrad with a 2.99 GPA and this video helped kill the self doubt I was feeling and inspired me not to give up. If this gentleman could overcome an undergrad GPA of 2.36 and get into medical school then I can too

[@bouchser000]

This video also gave me confidence as well, shit happens life, long as you show growth in your application.

[@jaredwilliams6853]

Right my internet went down on my English exam day and I ended up getting an F and stressing trying to retake the entire class this dudes grades saving lives little does he know.

[@oliviaspencer6753]

522!!! You go!!! Congrats.

[@Kyle-fh8fe]

This is so comforting. It is literally my story so far. I'm hoping to do a GPA recovery before it gets too bad and instead be able to settle with an upward trend

[@ingothitrust5248]

Mine too. Graduated near the bottom of my class; could not afford a post-bacc, but took classes over again and did the best I could; prepping for the MCAT now, and hoping my journey plus years and years and years of clinical experience will help.....best of luck to ya....

[@Kyle-fh8fe]

@@ingothitrust5248 best of luck to you too. Keep the faith, and if necessary, grinding.

[@hf8987]

@@ingothitrust5248 it will! Keep faith! If you show them how your year and years of clinical experience is everything you have ever wanted to do (passion), you'll get in!

[@nataliesalazar4108]

This is my favorite video. Such an amazing story

[@DrStoooopid]

I needed to hear this, because I've been really wondering how to proceed. Because: I'll have my pre-req's done before I matriculate, but I didn't know if I should apply DURING or AFTER. This makes a lot of sense. Long story short...30 years since I had to drop out of school to take care of my father, finally graduating college this December, but def need a post-bacc for pre-req's (career change). That'll put me right at 59 when I finish residency lol. (VERY non-traditional)

[@bouchser000]

I've spoken to an associated dean for admissions and was informed to take all of your desired classes or amount of credits before submitting your application so that that your grades can be better reflected as a whole. Spot on far as saving something to build something bigger like a "product" in line.

[@snowflower419]

Thank you for sharing your story. It really does bring a lot of reassurance that it can be done :)

[@snow.flower]

hey idenity theft

[@medicalchalupa9928]

I’m excited to start writing. I love the flavor of writing he brought forward and it’s the type of writing I enjoy. Time to grind this application out

[@Palufay]

I couldn't understand which materials he used to study for the MCAT. Can someone clarify please? It was at the 14:00 mark

[@ashleygrey7986]

Blueprint & Altius test pack. AAMC material. Practice problems.

[@tylerhaskell1871]

Really inspiring, thank you!

[@manueldelagarza2518]

How did you come up with your school list?

[@joyleenstrozier4295]

Thanks for sharing this information with me Sir.

[@bouchser000]

I'm I reading that correctly he only accumulated 9.90 post bac credits?

[@venkatachengalvala4289]

Yes but he also sent in updates (which helped; updates are definitely not ideal compared to having a strong primary application in the first place but are still better than nothing).

[@volleyballlover43]

Thank you for sharing! This is great. What schools did he apply to?

[@doshang6627]

In total I applied to 35 schools, 31 MD, 4 DO. I plan to do a breakdown on school selection in the future.

[@marinayoussef7401]

@@doshang6627 I wanna follow up with this 🥺🥺

[@TG-im2nn]

@@doshang6627 yes please!

[@GinnyCassandra]

@@doshang6627 please post updates I just subscribed to your channel

[@davidsoto4394]

Excellent video.

[@thecarpenters9571]

Dr. Gray, the only thing I disagree with is that many in the autistic community have requested that neurotypical people use identity-first language in that instance. Other than that, I always use person-first language. I still struggle with this because person-first is so ingrained in me. This does offer some hope to me, as I’m not the person with the great GPA. Now to work on the MCAT and Applications Academy…

[@xniks101x]

So the preferred way would be to say “autistic child” instead of “child who has autism” ? I’d always assumed the latter was more PC than the former.

[@tsuisunyu]

did the guy who got 2.36 gpa got accepted to a D.O. school or MD school , I had a friend who got a 2.0 gpa and still get into several D.O. schools.

[@nabeel1119]

assuming this is an AMCAS application, MD most likely

[@royamehr4937]

Thank you!

[@TheBhopali1]

What is this S and P??

[@0mss]

an SMP is a postgraduate program designed for pre-med students to improve their credentials.

[@rlbnll123]

What’s funny is that you hear “apply early.” But the feed and I got from two schools was “your stats are competitive but you applied too early” and they provided full transparency and said that they’re really looking for that unicorn applicant and then a few months into the cycle they get humbled and as such recommend I reapply but around August/sept

[@averagebloke4474]

Wish I can get into medical school. Please help me. Too bad it's too late

[@arianacareymariahgrande3582]

it's never too late.

[@sergiootero5904]

@@arianacareymariahgrande3582 If you think it's too late, then it probably is too late

[@troopernate8046]

cool

[@Adam-ww8ei]

Is having “good stories” really what they should be looking at for medical school acceptance? I mean I get that admissions staff get tired of the same type of student over and over but why are they admitting students based solely on being “different” or “non trad”. Seems like grades, mcat, and personal statement should come first

[@Yankee4ever2]

Who are doctors at the end of the day, people. Even as a patient you’re gonna be happier with a doctor that is a human not just someone is academically talented, still good tho

[@Adam-ww8ei]

@@Yankee4ever2 I think it depends. I personally would rather have a highly knowledgeable doctor over a people person. I’m going to them for information and treatment not entertainment. But I understand what you’re saying. Not everyone thinks like I do

[@Yankee4ever2]

@@Adam-ww8ei im with you, right in the middle

[@thatonedog819]

As an autistic adult with a physical disability - most of us don't like person first language. It sounds patronizing. I'm autistic.