citylightsdrumoctave
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Give yourself a break. Slow down. Focus more on your end goal (becoming a doctor and from your handle I'm guessing that ultimately you want to be a psychiatrist) and give your "schedule" a back seat. If you have to, lighten your course load so that you can ace your classes and eventually the MCAT AND get in more clinical experience. Research is a real nice to have, but not in the same category as clinical. If you ace the remaining classes and do well on the MCAT, you may not need the post-bac or SMP. Time will tell. And, time could also give you the means to avoid a post-bac or SMP.How am I doing? What should I improve on?
I am currently a junior who switched to premed at the beginning of this school year. I have 3.4 cGPA and a very low (<3.0) sGPA but I still have 12 science courses (including this semester’s) to complete, which I plan to use to bring up my sGPA.
I am taking the in Spring 2023.
I have ~150 non-clinical volunteering hours but was recently accepted as a crisis hotline operator.
I have 0 clinical volunteering hours but will start volunteering at a clinic this month. I am also waiting to hear back from a medical scribe position.
I have 0 research experience and am unsure how/when to get any at my college.
I have <100 hours of physician shadowing
I am URM.
I plan to apply in the 2023 cycle to matriculate in August 2024 but feel that I am so behind. Is this enough time to complete my checklist and be able to matriculate by August 2024?