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Ok so I was originally pretty confident in my chances at reapplying this cycle, but I have become more and more nervous over time. I originally blamed my admission failure on a late application (August), but I am starting to see more issues in my app which I don't know if I can immediately fix. The reason I originally felt confident, was that my stats are pretty good for the schools I am targeting; cGPA 3.89, sGPA 3.94, MCAT 34 (12, 11, 11). I only got one II last cycle (from IU) and I still have not heard back from them. Aside from a late app last year, I also had very poor ECs. I had some teaching, some shadowing, some volunteering, but all together it adds up to barely 100 total hours. Unfortunately I'm not sure how well of a job I have done to fix this issue, here's a quick breakdown of what I have now:
Shadowing ~ 150 hours combined with different doctors and specialties.
Volunteering ~ 100 hours combined. This includes patient discharge, hospice volunteering, and some clerical work for a hospital.
tutoring high school students~ 25 hours so far but I am trying to increase this amount as much as possible before reapplying.
Assistant Basketball coach ~ 20 hours only for one season.
EMT ~ I did about 25 clerical hours during my EMT training, not really sure if I can count this or not.
Pharmacy Technician ~ only 20 hours so far was just recently hired (like two weeks ago) looking to work as much as I can now.
So basically I'm really concerned that my ECs are still too weak for me to gain an acceptance. I live in Illinois so I am targeting school in the Chicago area, the main school being UIC. Does anyone have any advice on what I should do to proceed, or what my chances might be at reapplying? I really do appreciate any help anyone might offer.
Shadowing ~ 150 hours combined with different doctors and specialties.
Volunteering ~ 100 hours combined. This includes patient discharge, hospice volunteering, and some clerical work for a hospital.
tutoring high school students~ 25 hours so far but I am trying to increase this amount as much as possible before reapplying.
Assistant Basketball coach ~ 20 hours only for one season.
EMT ~ I did about 25 clerical hours during my EMT training, not really sure if I can count this or not.
Pharmacy Technician ~ only 20 hours so far was just recently hired (like two weeks ago) looking to work as much as I can now.
So basically I'm really concerned that my ECs are still too weak for me to gain an acceptance. I live in Illinois so I am targeting school in the Chicago area, the main school being UIC. Does anyone have any advice on what I should do to proceed, or what my chances might be at reapplying? I really do appreciate any help anyone might offer.