ASIAN CA Resident, NonTrad 25yrs
Engineering Major
The Facts:
- 3.5 cGPA
- 3.4 sGPA (6 C's and 2 Ws, a few Bs and plenty As)
- 40 MCAT
- upward trend (3.0, 3.3, 3.5, 4.0)
- 4 years research + work experience - NO publications, 1 Poster @ Conference
- 2 years clinical experience (4hrs/week)
- 2 years volunteer experience (4hrs/week)
The Questions:
1. WAMC (i'm happy to go to any MD school although a research oriented one is preferred)
2. I have 1 year where I can either take 6 science classes to further pad my gpa via open enrollment (boost my gpa by .1) at a local university or work at an academic lab to further solidfy my research experience. Which would you suggest?
Engineering Major
The Facts:
- 3.5 cGPA
- 3.4 sGPA (6 C's and 2 Ws, a few Bs and plenty As)
- 40 MCAT
- upward trend (3.0, 3.3, 3.5, 4.0)
- 4 years research + work experience - NO publications, 1 Poster @ Conference
- 2 years clinical experience (4hrs/week)
- 2 years volunteer experience (4hrs/week)
The Questions:
1. WAMC (i'm happy to go to any MD school although a research oriented one is preferred)
2. I have 1 year where I can either take 6 science classes to further pad my gpa via open enrollment (boost my gpa by .1) at a local university or work at an academic lab to further solidfy my research experience. Which would you suggest?