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I have 11 complete (or soon to be) applications at various schools. The last secondary went out in the mail yesterday and the first was marked complete on 8/17. I have a 30R MCAT, 3.25 BCPM GPA, 3.65 AO GPA, and 3.35 overall. However, I have tons of clinical experience, including one lasting over four years, tons of volunteer projects which I lead (and founded), shadowing, and 10 months of ongoing research experience.
I'm actually a reapplicant who applied very late last year and received one interview in January. Since that time, I improved my MCAT score by a few points, began research, began shadowing two doctors, continued my volunteer projects, became more fluent in Spanish (and I will be entirely fluent by the time med school begins), and improved each of my GPAs by marginal amounts.
My question is- when should I expect to hear back from the schools concerning interviews/holds/rejections? I am a very unique applicant for reasons beyond what I could reasonably divulge here, but I understand that my GPA is a little low for a pre-med. I only had one really bad semester, which was brought up to its current level by managing 17+ hours and earning good grades every subsequent semester. I have worked very hard to get to this point, and I would greatly appreciate any input into how much obsessing I have left until I hear back from my schools.
PS. I only applied to schools (with one exception) where I would be near the median MCAT score. Aside from that one school, I don't have any real reaches- though I did apply to some big schools like GWU and Rosalind Franklin.
I'm actually a reapplicant who applied very late last year and received one interview in January. Since that time, I improved my MCAT score by a few points, began research, began shadowing two doctors, continued my volunteer projects, became more fluent in Spanish (and I will be entirely fluent by the time med school begins), and improved each of my GPAs by marginal amounts.
My question is- when should I expect to hear back from the schools concerning interviews/holds/rejections? I am a very unique applicant for reasons beyond what I could reasonably divulge here, but I understand that my GPA is a little low for a pre-med. I only had one really bad semester, which was brought up to its current level by managing 17+ hours and earning good grades every subsequent semester. I have worked very hard to get to this point, and I would greatly appreciate any input into how much obsessing I have left until I hear back from my schools.
PS. I only applied to schools (with one exception) where I would be near the median MCAT score. Aside from that one school, I don't have any real reaches- though I did apply to some big schools like GWU and Rosalind Franklin.