Hello guys Ive been lurking in this forum for a while and I finally decided to jump in and contribute!
Here are my stats:
Socioeconomic: Black Male 27, single, no kids, spent half of childhood in really rough urban area.
Education: BBA in marketing in 2012 (2.76 GPA). Went back to undergrad for post bac and took about 100+ hours to get a current overall GPA is 3.06 and science GPA of 3.02. Almost all classes were science based.
Job: Certified Ophthalmic Assistant - I work under the supervision of an ophthalmologist by performing visual acuity, assisting in surgery, history taking, tonometry, lensometry, motility, pupil assessment, visual fields, and may perform refraction. (1,000+ hours)
Shadowing: 50+ hours (Pediatric ophthalmologist, glaucoma specialist and retina specialist)
MCAT: Bombed it 3 times...
Extracurricular: Mentorship in Underserved community, leader of many organizations on undergraduate campus etc.
I hope that schools see my upward GPA trend. Ive managed to maintain a 3.8 GPA on my last 108 hours. My first 130 or so were pretty crappy...
Im so glad that this thread exists!!!