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Originally Posted by lobita
Considering my reapplication:
My gpa is 3.91, bcpm 3.88 (graduated in 1999, but have more recent graduate work)
Is my unbalanced MCAT ( 12bs, 12vr, 9ps O) hurting me?
Should I not mention my child in applications and interviews? The experience of pregnancy and the medical care I received during pregnancy was crucial to my decision to apply to medical school...
I have lots of research, interesting ECs (I'm non-traditional, so more time to accure them  )
I had no clinical experience last round and I know this hurt me, now will have 100 hrs hospital volunteer and shadowing of several doctors.
I applied to 8 schools, interviewed at 4, three waitlists, one rejection. |
The bolded stats are great. If you didn't have any clinical experience, then that is probably what hurt you. But look at it another way - you got 50% response rate (4 interviews from 8 apps). A lot of kids in Pre-Allo would kill for the number of interviews you got. With some clinical experience, and more applications (as good as you are, you should apply to more places [min. 20]), you should do better.
And I wouldn't downplay your family. A family is a stabilizing thing (in most cases), not a detriment. As an aside, I wouldn't want to attend any place that held my family against me, for whatever reason.