So I just got my MCAT back and frankly I'm pretty disappointed but oh well, so I already have my app in and invites for secondaries so this post is more to see if I should not bother sending in some secondaries.
First some more background as mentioned in the title sGPA is 3.88 cGPA is 3.92 MCAT is 33 (11Ps, 10VR, 12 BS). My extracurriculars are as follows: 90 hrs shadowing a wide range of specialties (mostly all for a smaller amount of time though 3-12 hrs the longest one is 16 hrs.), clinical exposure: I was a CNA for a year and a half and now I am a medical dispatcher (not really clinical but ya I got close to a 1000 hrs with the CNA and tons of experiences and such), I have 700 hrs of research over 2 years with a publication that is about to be submitted a couple of poster presentations and again lots of experiences (I study study synaptic plasticity, using single-cell, real-time PCR), my service is about 400 hrs with Utah Special Olympics as a program director and coach as well some 30 hours with Utah Heart to Home group and then another 40ish hours with a couple of misc. groups. For hobbies I put down downhill mtn biking, cooking, tennis, basketball and other sports and LDS proselytizing mission. Also I am a Utah resident.
So here is my school list I have gotten a secondary from pretty much all of them except the texas schools because because the app itself has not been verified yet. I am aware that these take mostly instate students but I wanted to apply anyway because I have a lot of ties down there. again the idea here is to see if there are any that I just shouldn't realistically bother sending in an secondary to.
1.University of Utah (#1 pick)
2.Baylor
3.Creighton
4.Duke
5.UNC chapel hill
6.Eastern Virginia
7.Loma Linda
8.Stanford
9.Washington U St. Louis (secondary already sent might have been a waste of money )
10. Oregon Health and Science University
11. Arizona State (both of them)
12. Northwestern
13. University of Rochester
14. University of Colorado
15 UT Houston
16 UT San Antonio
17 UT Galveston
18 UT Southwestern
19. The D.O school in Texas
20. University of Virgina
21. Virginia Commonwealth
22. University of Rochester
23. Vanderbilt
24. Virginia Tech Carilion
25. Wake Forest
I believe that is all of them, let me know what you guys think! thanks!
First some more background as mentioned in the title sGPA is 3.88 cGPA is 3.92 MCAT is 33 (11Ps, 10VR, 12 BS). My extracurriculars are as follows: 90 hrs shadowing a wide range of specialties (mostly all for a smaller amount of time though 3-12 hrs the longest one is 16 hrs.), clinical exposure: I was a CNA for a year and a half and now I am a medical dispatcher (not really clinical but ya I got close to a 1000 hrs with the CNA and tons of experiences and such), I have 700 hrs of research over 2 years with a publication that is about to be submitted a couple of poster presentations and again lots of experiences (I study study synaptic plasticity, using single-cell, real-time PCR), my service is about 400 hrs with Utah Special Olympics as a program director and coach as well some 30 hours with Utah Heart to Home group and then another 40ish hours with a couple of misc. groups. For hobbies I put down downhill mtn biking, cooking, tennis, basketball and other sports and LDS proselytizing mission. Also I am a Utah resident.
So here is my school list I have gotten a secondary from pretty much all of them except the texas schools because because the app itself has not been verified yet. I am aware that these take mostly instate students but I wanted to apply anyway because I have a lot of ties down there. again the idea here is to see if there are any that I just shouldn't realistically bother sending in an secondary to.
1.University of Utah (#1 pick)
2.Baylor
3.Creighton
4.Duke
5.UNC chapel hill
6.Eastern Virginia
7.Loma Linda
8.Stanford
9.Washington U St. Louis (secondary already sent might have been a waste of money )
10. Oregon Health and Science University
11. Arizona State (both of them)
12. Northwestern
13. University of Rochester
14. University of Colorado
15 UT Houston
16 UT San Antonio
17 UT Galveston
18 UT Southwestern
19. The D.O school in Texas
20. University of Virgina
21. Virginia Commonwealth
22. University of Rochester
23. Vanderbilt
24. Virginia Tech Carilion
25. Wake Forest
I believe that is all of them, let me know what you guys think! thanks!