Hi Nwin1994. I know a lot of what may be going through your head at this time in terms of changing professions. I will be attending Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine in the Fall of 2016. But before this, I graduated in 4 1/2 years at my undergrad as pre-dental before I switched over to podiatry. I spent ~200 hours in dental practices and dental labs. I can wax a crown like clockwork (kind of), I brush my teeth, and I floss occasionally. So I think you know that I know that you know that I know I can maybe give you some perspective. Your GPA is okay. If you had a 4.1 you may have had a little bit of a better chance to get into podiatry school. Your DAT score is what 99% of pre-dents wish they could have scored on their DAT. And your extracurriculars.....wow...maybe if you had done 3+ years of each then we could have some sort of conversation....But seeing as how you are the perfect candidate for most medical professions, here's some more serious talk about some of the questions you have asked:
1. Based on the recent update to the AACPMAS (Basically TMDSAS or AADSAS, but for Podiatry) there will be no Podiatry school that will accept your DAT scores. Check via http://ift.tt/1IfGCZ6 and also please check the school's website to make sure. Or call them.
2.If you want to know if they will deliver the same standards for scholarship to international students, I would get in contact with the schools. There's only 9, which makes it pretty easy.
3. First 2-3 years of podiatry school paid is......without using profanity........very.......extremely......good. On a serious note, I am terribly sorry that your father passed away to make this possible. It's great that you are pursuing a medical career that will allow you to really help people in ways you may not (or may!) understand just yet. You haven't chosen one that doesn't change, or even save, lives. The fact that your aunt is willing to help you with this endeavor is amazing. I am not sure what the loan procedures for international students are, so I cannot comment on this. However, it may help to again, contact the individual schools or AACPMAS.
4. Podiatry school applications open the first Wednesday in August and last until July. Depending on the school, spots may fill up in very late winter/early spring (~30 per class), or almost all the way to July (~100 per class). As far as shadowing time goes, I did ~140 hours of shadowing and was accepted. Some people had much less than this and were accepted. Don't sweat it.
5. You are going to be accepted.
The biggest thing at this point is you getting some shadowing experience and taking your MCAT. Since you have started shadowing already then you are in good position to get the experience you need as well as setting yourself up to secure a Letter of Recommendation. Your MCAT is your biggest obstacle right now from what I can see. The new MCAT is pretty intense. It is a very different mindset of studying compared to the DAT. I studied for the DAT quite a bit before I switched and noticed a stark difference in style. I highly recommend using http://ift.tt/1MK7fnS to plan your studying accordingly. It helped me quite a bit.
You wanting to spend time with your friends and figure out what you want is not a deal breaker...if you want to enter as part of the class of 2021. You can finish everything you want to by this point. However, if you want to start so that you are in the class of 2020, you need to get all of your stuff done before this next semester is over. The biggest part of this is taking your MCAT, getting interviews, and scheduling your interviews around everything else important going on in your life. This is going to take time...there is no doubt about that. The main obstacle is probably taking your MCAT though. It takes a lot of time to study for the MCAT if you want to do well on it. I took 6 months to study for it after I graduated last December. I studied for 6-8 hours a day after I got off of work at 6pm. I did this mainly out of necessity. Not everyone takes this long to study or has to subject themselves to such awkward hours. But it was what I was working with and it paid off. And thank the powers that be that my girlfriend put up with it! That's besides the point. But I got a pretty good scholarship, and scholarships for your first year are based off of merit at some schools, which takes your GPA and MCAT score into consideration. And your MCAT score can be as much as 2/3 of the deciding factor in your award package. You have a bit of a different situation, and you have amazing credentials already. All you need to do is figure out why you want to make this your career, and then do what you need to do to secure it. As far as the schools go, what is the best school? Well they all are good from what I can see. Certain schools may have advantages that others don't. I found it very different of an experience than it was pursuing dental school. Don't take any of the schools for granted. Get the interview, assess the situation, and then make your own decision based on the experience. I'm sure some people may be able to answer some of your question more thoroughly than mine, but if you have any other additional ones then feel free to pm me.
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Regarding scores and scholarships at Podiatry schools
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