Hi, I am worried that I have applied too late and have shot myself in the foot! I submitted primary on August 24th so it is still being waiting for review to be verified, and so haven't received any secondaries yet.
That said I think I have a strong and unique application that I hope will make up for it.
School list:
UMN (in-state resident, lots of local connection, references from UMN physicians)
University of Hawaii
University of Washington
Oregon Health & sciences
NOrthwestern
Rush (chicago)
Columbia
Johns Hopkins
Emory
UC San Diego
Another question I had is can I add more schools or will that delay my application even more? On AMCAS it says that I'd have to resubmit and I don't want to be thrown to the back of the line for getting my application reviewed. I would like to add more schools if I can though (Namely Tufts - or any other suggestions for schools to add?)
Thank you!!
That said I think I have a strong and unique application that I hope will make up for it.
- 3.93 cGPA and similar sGPA.
- 517, balanced except I did worse on chem/phys (127) and others were 131/129/130
- Minnesota resident, went to in-state undergraduate where I'll also apply for med school.
- White male, lower/middle class. I think according to AMCAS I am from an underprivileged economic background (family on government assistance and stuff like that)
- UMN Twin Cities - Major in microbiology and minor in public health. Graduated with honors.
- I have quite a bit of clinical experience - many hours volunteering in an ER, volunteering in community clinics, and for the last 4 years since graduating college I have worked in a community clinic that serves Native Americans. I've been a medical scribe, referrals coordinator, patient advocate and currently I am a licensed alcohol & drug counselor and so I work full time as a clinician currently.
- Two primary research experiences, one immunological on malaria in Uganda another was public health focused on health disparities. My honors thesis was done there about rural health disparities in MN. I have two publications, on one i'm 1st author.
- No shadowing but i have been a scribe in a family medicine clinic. I work very closely currently with family medicine physicians and addiction medicine.
- Various social justice/political volunteering on campus and off. Lots of grassroots community service in Minneapolis.
- One really significant part of my app is I founded a non-profit that is a syringe exchange and narcan distribution service. so I have been really involved on the front lines of the opioid epidemic in MN. that's been a wealth of leadership and community service experience
- With it being COVID, then George Floyd happened, i run a non-profit that works with people who are homeless, so at the time I was going ot be taking my MCAT and stuff there was two compounding crises in the twin cities that took a lot of my attention. Also my mother passed away in July, so my MCAT and application got really delayed over the summer. I plan to discuss those things in my secondaries - but I am nonetheless nervous that i have applied late in the cycle.
School list:
UMN (in-state resident, lots of local connection, references from UMN physicians)
University of Hawaii
University of Washington
Oregon Health & sciences
NOrthwestern
Rush (chicago)
Columbia
Johns Hopkins
Emory
UC San Diego
Another question I had is can I add more schools or will that delay my application even more? On AMCAS it says that I'd have to resubmit and I don't want to be thrown to the back of the line for getting my application reviewed. I would like to add more schools if I can though (Namely Tufts - or any other suggestions for schools to add?)
Thank you!!