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Hi everyone,
I am debating if I should apply again this cycle. I am lucky to have gotten two interviews this past cycle. Eventually I was rejected at one and currently waitlisted at the other. Should I apply again or wait a year to build up my app?
Applied: 2013-2014 cycle
Black Male, 27, California resident
Undergrad: UC Berkeley, graduated in 2008 with a major in Molecular Cell biology
cGPA/sGPA/gGPA: 3.3/3.26/3.5
MCAT:
BS 11 PS 11 VR 9 2013
BS 10 PS 14 VR 4 2013
BS 10 PS 11 VR 7 2007
AMCAS primary submitted: 7/19/13; verified 9/17/13
I know my application was submitted really late. My secondaries were completed by late September/early October.
ECs:
1. Elementary/middle school literacy tutor- 200 hrs
2. High school math/science tutor – 64 hrs
3. Community Health Worker – 80 hrs
4. Chemistry Instructor – 240 hrs
5. Math/Science high school instructor – 1360 hrs
6. College teaching assistant – 1600 hrs
7. Graduate Student Researcher – 3200 hrs
8. MS in Physiological Science
New information for 2014-2015 cycle:
1. First author paper
2. Three poster presentations
3. Abstract submitted for Neuroscience conference
4. 200 hrs volunteering in a clinic
5. 50+ hrs shadowing an Internal Medicine physician
New list for 2014-2015 cycle
* = reapplicant
Howard
Baylor
Drexel
UCI*
UCD*
UCSD*
UCLA*
UCSF*
Cornell
Columbia*
Keck USC*
Duke
University of Pennsylvania
Boston University
University of Michigan
University of Pittsburgh
Case Western
Tufts
Temple
University of Colorado
University of Iowa
University of Massachusetts
Stony Brook University
I am applying for MD/PhD programs this cycle. Any advice would be greatly appreciated?
I am debating if I should apply again this cycle. I am lucky to have gotten two interviews this past cycle. Eventually I was rejected at one and currently waitlisted at the other. Should I apply again or wait a year to build up my app?
Applied: 2013-2014 cycle
Black Male, 27, California resident
Undergrad: UC Berkeley, graduated in 2008 with a major in Molecular Cell biology
cGPA/sGPA/gGPA: 3.3/3.26/3.5
MCAT:
BS 11 PS 11 VR 9 2013
BS 10 PS 14 VR 4 2013
BS 10 PS 11 VR 7 2007
AMCAS primary submitted: 7/19/13; verified 9/17/13
I know my application was submitted really late. My secondaries were completed by late September/early October.
ECs:
1. Elementary/middle school literacy tutor- 200 hrs
2. High school math/science tutor – 64 hrs
3. Community Health Worker – 80 hrs
4. Chemistry Instructor – 240 hrs
5. Math/Science high school instructor – 1360 hrs
6. College teaching assistant – 1600 hrs
7. Graduate Student Researcher – 3200 hrs
8. MS in Physiological Science
New information for 2014-2015 cycle:
1. First author paper
2. Three poster presentations
3. Abstract submitted for Neuroscience conference
4. 200 hrs volunteering in a clinic
5. 50+ hrs shadowing an Internal Medicine physician
New list for 2014-2015 cycle
* = reapplicant
Howard
Baylor
Drexel
UCI*
UCD*
UCSD*
UCLA*
UCSF*
Cornell
Columbia*
Keck USC*
Duke
University of Pennsylvania
Boston University
University of Michigan
University of Pittsburgh
Case Western
Tufts
Temple
University of Colorado
University of Iowa
University of Massachusetts
Stony Brook University
I am applying for MD/PhD programs this cycle. Any advice would be greatly appreciated?
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