MI, Likely Reapplicant

[4339133]

2021-2022 Cycle
State/Country of Residence: MI
Undergraduate Major(s)/Minor(s): Biochemistry and Nutrition/ Healthcare management and Health policy
Cumulative GPA: 3.7- upward trend Science GPA: 3.65
MCAT Score(s): 506(125/127/127/127)-->509(128/124/128/129)
Research Experience: 1 summer in a neuro lab, 3 years in developmental bio lab, 2.5 years in a clinical research lab/public health
Publications/Abstracts/Posters (include how you were credited e.g. first author, second author, etc.): 2 posters as 1st author, working on manuscript rn as second author
Clinical Experience (paid or volunteer): 60 Hours as a volunteer w/Parkinson's patients, 45 hours as patient transporter, currently working as hospital volunteer/ and pt tech will have about 250 hours at end of summer
Physician Shadowing: 70 Hours various specialtiesNon-Clinical Volunteering: 175 Hours w/ developmentally and mentally disabled, eboard for volunteer org
Other Extracurricular Activities: founded campus healthcare consulting org 125 hours, Student government 3 years about 300 hours, founded healthcare startup won 1500 in seed money 40 hours, worked on senators campaign and helped write policy 200 hours

School List:
Still Waiting: Temple, VCU, Jefferson, Ohio State, OHSU MD/MPH, Miami MD/MBA( Interviewed and Accepted to MBA portion, told I would hear back for MD in early March)
Rejected- MSU, Georgetown, Tulane, Central MI, Western MI, Wayne, Oakland, MSU, Tulane, Loyola, Wake, MCW, GW, Georgetown, Creighton-AZ, UA-Tucson, Indiana, Vermont
Pre-interview hold- NYMC, Penn State, Drexel

Added for Future Cycles:

• Submitted manuscript for publication/review
• 300+ hours as medical technician
• Continued commitments in volunteer clubs
• 3.8+ GPA in Fall Semester

Currently: Applying to CRC jobs, and healthcare consulting/ health policy jobs

What should I focus on to improve for the upcoming cycles, and should I take 1 gap year or 2 gap years?

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[Goro]

2021-2022 Cycle
State/Country of Residence: MI
Undergraduate Major(s)/Minor(s): Biochemistry and Nutrition/ Healthcare management and Health policy
Cumulative GPA: 3.7- upward trend Science GPA: 3.65
MCAT Score(s): 506(125/127/127/127)-->509(128/124/128/129)
Research Experience: 1 summer in a neuro lab, 3 years in developmental bio lab, 2.5 years in a clinical research lab/public health
Publications/Abstracts/Posters (include how you were credited e.g. first author, second author, etc.): 2 posters as 1st author, working on manuscript rn as second author
Clinical Experience (paid or volunteer): 60 Hours as a volunteer w/Parkinson's patients, 45 hours as patient transporter, currently working as hospital volunteer/ and pt tech will have about 250 hours at end of summer
Physician Shadowing: 70 Hours various specialtiesNon-Clinical Volunteering: 175 Hours w/ developmentally and mentally disabled, eboard for volunteer org
Other Extracurricular Activities: founded campus healthcare consulting org 125 hours, Student government 3 years about 300 hours, founded healthcare startup won 1500 in seed money 40 hours, worked on senators campaign and helped write policy 200 hours

School List:
Still Waiting: Temple, VCU, Jefferson, Ohio State, OHSU MD/MPH, Miami MD/MBA( Interviewed and Accepted to MBA portion, told I would hear back for MD in early March)
Rejected- MSU, Georgetown, Tulane, Central MI, Western MI, Wayne, Oakland, MSU, Tulane, Loyola, Wake, MCW, GW, Georgetown, Creighton-AZ, UA-Tucson, Indiana, Vermont
Pre-interview hold- NYMC, Penn State, Drexel

Added for Future Cycles:

• Submitted manuscript for publication/review
• 300+ hours as medical technician
• Continued commitments in volunteer clubs
• 3.8+ GPA in Fall Semester

Currently: Applying to CRC jobs, and healthcare consulting/ health policy jobs

What should I focus on to improve for the upcoming cycles, and should I take 1 gap year or 2 gap years?

Knowledge decay in your MCAT score hurt you. You have a fair number of donations in your app list. For nonclinical volunteering, get off campus and out of your comfort one, and engage in service to others less fortunate than yourself.

You need DO schools on your list; beggars can't be choosy.

 

[Faha]

Did you have any interviews ?

 

[4339133]

Did you have any interviews ?

None, just a few holds

 

[Faha]

You should include DO schools when you reapply. I suggest these MD schools:
Central Michigan
Michigan State
Wayne State
Oakland Beaumont
Toledo
Medical College Wisconsin
TCU-UNT
NOVA MD
Wake Forest
Virginia Commonwealth
George Washington
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Penn State
Hackensack
New York Medical College
Albany
Vermont
Quinnipiac
For DO schools I suggest these:
MSUCOM
MU-COM
DMU-COM
ATSU-KCOM
KCU-COM
TUNCOM
AZCOM
LECOM (all schools)
PCOM (all schools)
CUSOM
NYITCOM
Touro-NY

 

[deleted1099068]

Knowledge decay in your MCAT score hurt you. You have a fair number of donations in your app list. For nonclinical volunteering, get off campus and out of your comfort one, and engage in service to others less fortunate than yourself.

You need DO schools on your list; beggars can't be choosy.

I agree with everything except for the Knowledge Decay on MCAT part. The only score that went down was CARS, the section that involves literally no prior knowledge. If I were OP, I'd retake the MCAT since a 509 is probably not representative of the OP's otherwise solid application.
True, beggars can't be choosey, but this applies to basically every MD school.

 

[chilly_md]

I do not think a couple extra points on a 3rd attempt will move the needle much. It would turn out to be a 512 and that’s assuming the other sections don’t decrease themselves.