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Hi everyone,
I'm planning to post this in the WAMC forums as well, but as I am a re-applicant, would love feedback here as well. I applied this year broadly to MD schools; however I believe I made a mistake of applying to many public OOS schools that had small # of OOS applicants thinking I would stand a better shot. Will be revamping my school list for this upcoming application. Also wasn't complete at most schools until late Sept/through Oct which I plan to remedy as well.
Stats:
3.42 cGPA, 2.85 sGPA (taking classes with the intention of increasing it to ~3.00 by Aug)
3.7 SMP GPA
MCAT 29 - 9/11/9 (1/15), 504 (6/15)
(taken twice already, both times did not study enough ~1 month, which is a huge red flag, aiming to retake end of May, already scoring ~510 on practice tests so I'm confident I can bring it up)
ECs:
~1000 hours in clinical research
~1000 hours volunteering (hospital ED, habitat for humanity, red cross)
- worked throughout undergrad/grad program (PT freshman year, resident advisor 2nd year, senior resident advisor - 3rd and 4th yr, clinical research during grad)
- 9 months FT as a outpatient scribe (recently promoted to chief scribe in Feb)
- multiple clubs and organizations that I can go into if needed
- dancer (performing non-competitively) since the age of 10
The major change would be that I'll be switching my CA residency to Louisiana. I went to undergrad and SMP in LA, this will be my 6th year in the state. I plan to establish residency in a few months, so for application purposes, I will be a LA resident and will be able to apply to LSU-S in addition to LSU-NOLA (which I applied to OOS this year). I applied this year as a CA resident because parents insisted I try my luck at CA schools (which I know was stupid and naïve)
If you need any other information, please let me know. I didn't list all of my ECs, like other smaller clubs and organizations as well. Thank you!
I'm planning to post this in the WAMC forums as well, but as I am a re-applicant, would love feedback here as well. I applied this year broadly to MD schools; however I believe I made a mistake of applying to many public OOS schools that had small # of OOS applicants thinking I would stand a better shot. Will be revamping my school list for this upcoming application. Also wasn't complete at most schools until late Sept/through Oct which I plan to remedy as well.
Stats:
3.42 cGPA, 2.85 sGPA (taking classes with the intention of increasing it to ~3.00 by Aug)
3.7 SMP GPA
MCAT 29 - 9/11/9 (1/15), 504 (6/15)
(taken twice already, both times did not study enough ~1 month, which is a huge red flag, aiming to retake end of May, already scoring ~510 on practice tests so I'm confident I can bring it up)
ECs:
~1000 hours in clinical research
~1000 hours volunteering (hospital ED, habitat for humanity, red cross)
- worked throughout undergrad/grad program (PT freshman year, resident advisor 2nd year, senior resident advisor - 3rd and 4th yr, clinical research during grad)
- 9 months FT as a outpatient scribe (recently promoted to chief scribe in Feb)
- multiple clubs and organizations that I can go into if needed
- dancer (performing non-competitively) since the age of 10
The major change would be that I'll be switching my CA residency to Louisiana. I went to undergrad and SMP in LA, this will be my 6th year in the state. I plan to establish residency in a few months, so for application purposes, I will be a LA resident and will be able to apply to LSU-S in addition to LSU-NOLA (which I applied to OOS this year). I applied this year as a CA resident because parents insisted I try my luck at CA schools (which I know was stupid and naïve)
If you need any other information, please let me know. I didn't list all of my ECs, like other smaller clubs and organizations as well. Thank you!
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