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I have looked under the graphs for my stats, so I know my chances of getting into medical schools aren't all that high. I did improve my MCAT score from a 20 to 27, so I don't know if the schools will take that into account, but it'd be nice if they did (although an improvement to a 30 would've been so much more impressive lol)
EC's - worked as a CNA for 4 years and a shooting range for 1.5 years (2 part time jobs while I was a full-time student), worked as a medical technologist in a clinical lab for 1 year now, was a tutor for 3 months for a child at a school for disadvantaged children, laboratory safety inspector at my university for 2 years, and participated in a beauty pageant my freshman yr of college that I got 5th place for (random I know). I shadowed an oncologist for a couple days in the hospital where I currently work and am planning on doing more shadowing with some other doctors. I know I don't have many EC's but since I had to work (averaging 24-30 hrs/wk) and I was a commuter, it was hard for me to have time to do more and do well in school.
I am a reapplicant because I stupidly applied the first time thinking my 20 MCAT score would improve but it didn't so I ended up not getting in anywhere. I decided to just work on improving my GPA and getting through my senior year without any other worries (medical technology is a very difficult and demanding major.) I had hoped to show more improvement than this, but I'm hoping that there are schools that will at least consider me. I'm sure I'd have a better shot with DO schools but I don't know much about them.
I write too much so I apologize, but I need a lot of help deciding which schools to apply to.
EC's - worked as a CNA for 4 years and a shooting range for 1.5 years (2 part time jobs while I was a full-time student), worked as a medical technologist in a clinical lab for 1 year now, was a tutor for 3 months for a child at a school for disadvantaged children, laboratory safety inspector at my university for 2 years, and participated in a beauty pageant my freshman yr of college that I got 5th place for (random I know). I shadowed an oncologist for a couple days in the hospital where I currently work and am planning on doing more shadowing with some other doctors. I know I don't have many EC's but since I had to work (averaging 24-30 hrs/wk) and I was a commuter, it was hard for me to have time to do more and do well in school.
I am a reapplicant because I stupidly applied the first time thinking my 20 MCAT score would improve but it didn't so I ended up not getting in anywhere. I decided to just work on improving my GPA and getting through my senior year without any other worries (medical technology is a very difficult and demanding major.) I had hoped to show more improvement than this, but I'm hoping that there are schools that will at least consider me. I'm sure I'd have a better shot with DO schools but I don't know much about them.
I write too much so I apologize, but I need a lot of help deciding which schools to apply to.