Dr. Shelton,
I am a university graduate and current Peace Corps Volunteer. I want to start Medical School (most likely osteopathic) in 2013, but I’m not clear on my timeline. Currently my plan is:
-November 2012: Finish my Peace Cops Service
-January-Feb 2013: Take college science courses to improve my GPA, Shadow a D.O. and get a letter from a D.O., take the MCAT.
March-July 2013: Work on essays, Apply for Osteopathic Med Schools in the US and allopathic schools in the Caribbean and Europe.
August-October 2013: Interviews, Secondary Essays, Get Accepted
November 2013-Aug 2014: Work?
Sept. 2014: Start school
Does this timeline seem accurate? Are there ways to improve this timeline, or my chance of acceptance into medical school with this timeline? Do European/Caribbean school have a different schedule I should consider?
Thank you very much for your help, and I look forward to your response!
“Peace requires the simple but powerful recognition that what we have in common as human beings is more important and crucial than what divides us”. Sergent Shriver, Peace Corps Founder
