New to SDN and am getting worried about my school list (I may just be impatient) and was hoping some people could provide insight into my current list and if I should add DO schools.
Non-Traditional applicant - worked in business before returning to school.
3.55 cGPA
3.8 sGPA
New MCAT ~90percentile CARS, ~90% Phys, ~70% Bio, ~70% Psych (surprised by this one but the others were about what I expected) ~80% overall (which I believe is about a 31 on the old scale)
2 Bachelor Degrees (Business Economics & Psychology)
Did my own Post-Bac program (3.8GPA w/ Chem, Physics, OChem, Biochem, Bio, Anatomy etc.)
100+ hours volunteering in Emergency Department
American Heart Association - Heart Walk Team Captain - Raised $10,000+ fundraising
100+ hours research in chemistry lab
Study Abroad (only basic language skills at this point - a couple of years since I have used)
Shadowing (GI, Internal, Cardio, Orthopedics, Surgery, ER, Derm)
Work Experience (Years of working in Business)
Strong Letters of Recommendation (1 Advisor, 1 Ochem 1/2 professor, 1 physician, 1 SVP of fortune 500 company - who I worked with and oversaw me during my time working)
Strong personal statement describing the change to medicine
Currently in internship with hospital research department (~300 hours so far)
Very into fitness (5k's etc)
Ohio Resident
Complete with all schools during August (most in early August)
Current school list:
Georgetown (Rejected)
USC (Rejected)
Arizona - Phoenix (Rejected)
Wisconsin (Rejected)
Michigan (Reach)
Stanford (Reach)
Cal - Irvine (Reach)
Michigan State
Penn State
MUSC (Have ties to the school)
Virginia
Colorado
Oregon
Wake Forest
Ohio State
Case Western
Toledo
Cincinnati
NEOMED
Curious if I have put together a good (reasonable) school list. Should I add DO schools or am I just being impatient?
Thanks for any comments/advice!
Non-Traditional applicant - worked in business before returning to school.
3.55 cGPA
3.8 sGPA
New MCAT ~90percentile CARS, ~90% Phys, ~70% Bio, ~70% Psych (surprised by this one but the others were about what I expected) ~80% overall (which I believe is about a 31 on the old scale)
2 Bachelor Degrees (Business Economics & Psychology)
Did my own Post-Bac program (3.8GPA w/ Chem, Physics, OChem, Biochem, Bio, Anatomy etc.)
100+ hours volunteering in Emergency Department
American Heart Association - Heart Walk Team Captain - Raised $10,000+ fundraising
100+ hours research in chemistry lab
Study Abroad (only basic language skills at this point - a couple of years since I have used)
Shadowing (GI, Internal, Cardio, Orthopedics, Surgery, ER, Derm)
Work Experience (Years of working in Business)
Strong Letters of Recommendation (1 Advisor, 1 Ochem 1/2 professor, 1 physician, 1 SVP of fortune 500 company - who I worked with and oversaw me during my time working)
Strong personal statement describing the change to medicine
Currently in internship with hospital research department (~300 hours so far)
Very into fitness (5k's etc)
Ohio Resident
Complete with all schools during August (most in early August)
Current school list:
Georgetown (Rejected)
USC (Rejected)
Arizona - Phoenix (Rejected)
Wisconsin (Rejected)
Michigan (Reach)
Stanford (Reach)
Cal - Irvine (Reach)
Michigan State
Penn State
MUSC (Have ties to the school)
Virginia
Colorado
Oregon
Wake Forest
Ohio State
Case Western
Toledo
Cincinnati
NEOMED
Curious if I have put together a good (reasonable) school list. Should I add DO schools or am I just being impatient?
Thanks for any comments/advice!