Hello! I think I won't be matriculating into any medical institutions this year, unfortunately. I applied to 23 schools and not 1 II. Editors have said I had solid writing and PS but it is what it is, right? So, I wanted to composite a list together for medical schools that I'm applying to this following year and I would really appreciate some insight.
BS in Neuroscience & BS in Human Biology in 4 Years (w/ Minor in Spanish Language/Culture)
MCAT: 503 first try, then 513 a year later with (129/125/130/129) (I'd say I'm fairly articulate in most situations, but I'm pretty dumb when it comes to CARS)
Ethnicity, Residence, and Institution: ORM Asian, 1st Gen, Midwest, State School
LORs: 1 strong from professor, 2 strong from 2 doctors, (4th would've been PI but he hasn't responded in months)... I will get a fourth at some point
Clinical Exp: ~100 hours in hospital volunteering, ~75 hours in Motherland assisting in emergency department of an underprivileged community (definitely my worst but I will add 400-500 hours for this cycle, assume that as you may)
Research Exp: ~300 hours in computational bioinformatics, genetics, and obesity research (was close to two pubs but never culminated), reaching out to PIs for more experience and possible pub
Volunteer Non-Clinical: ~1000 hours over span of 7 years at my church (leadership, inaugural event coordinator, feeding less fortunate, taking care of children, etc.), ~300 hours as group fitness training leader, ~75 hours in hospitals outside of U.S.
Shadowing: ~225 hours with 5 different specialties (ortho, cardio, ENT, trauma, and derm) (2 solid letters from this), ~30 hours in the Dominican Republic shadowing doctors
EC: Fitness (I used to weigh 300lbs in high school and have grown a passion for it, huge gym-bro now, social media account with >25k followers encouraging healthier lifestyle)
Work: Over 8000 hours combined since freshman year of high school managing three family businesses (I went extensively into detail with my responsibilities in my app because one of the businesses was 1/3 of the most meaningful experiences (taught me discipline, teamwork, leadership, handling stress, working 14-16 hour shifts during holidays and summer, etc. I'd also go home every single weekend during college to work and volunteer)
~200 hours as STEM tutor for 3 years during college
MD Schools for next cycle: U of Michigan, Chicago Rosalind, Vanderbilt, Michigan State CHM, Ohio State, Tulane, Temple, Rush, Rutgers, C Michigan, Phoenix Arizona, Tuscon Arizona, Wisconsin, Wake Forest, Western M, Loyola
I want to add several more (12-15 more) but I don't know. Which schools are OOS friendly? Should I add Texas Schools even though I'm not a resident? And what about DO schools? I would rather have more comments on my weaknesses than my strengths, please and thank you. I am pretty disappointed in myself, but it'll add more to the discipline I've developed over my life and will test my resilience and tenacity for the following months.
BS in Neuroscience & BS in Human Biology in 4 Years (w/ Minor in Spanish Language/Culture)
MCAT: 503 first try, then 513 a year later with (129/125/130/129) (I'd say I'm fairly articulate in most situations, but I'm pretty dumb when it comes to CARS)
Ethnicity, Residence, and Institution: ORM Asian, 1st Gen, Midwest, State School
LORs: 1 strong from professor, 2 strong from 2 doctors, (4th would've been PI but he hasn't responded in months)... I will get a fourth at some point
Clinical Exp: ~100 hours in hospital volunteering, ~75 hours in Motherland assisting in emergency department of an underprivileged community (definitely my worst but I will add 400-500 hours for this cycle, assume that as you may)
Research Exp: ~300 hours in computational bioinformatics, genetics, and obesity research (was close to two pubs but never culminated), reaching out to PIs for more experience and possible pub
Volunteer Non-Clinical: ~1000 hours over span of 7 years at my church (leadership, inaugural event coordinator, feeding less fortunate, taking care of children, etc.), ~300 hours as group fitness training leader, ~75 hours in hospitals outside of U.S.
Shadowing: ~225 hours with 5 different specialties (ortho, cardio, ENT, trauma, and derm) (2 solid letters from this), ~30 hours in the Dominican Republic shadowing doctors
EC: Fitness (I used to weigh 300lbs in high school and have grown a passion for it, huge gym-bro now, social media account with >25k followers encouraging healthier lifestyle)
Work: Over 8000 hours combined since freshman year of high school managing three family businesses (I went extensively into detail with my responsibilities in my app because one of the businesses was 1/3 of the most meaningful experiences (taught me discipline, teamwork, leadership, handling stress, working 14-16 hour shifts during holidays and summer, etc. I'd also go home every single weekend during college to work and volunteer)
~200 hours as STEM tutor for 3 years during college
MD Schools for next cycle: U of Michigan, Chicago Rosalind, Vanderbilt, Michigan State CHM, Ohio State, Tulane, Temple, Rush, Rutgers, C Michigan, Phoenix Arizona, Tuscon Arizona, Wisconsin, Wake Forest, Western M, Loyola
I want to add several more (12-15 more) but I don't know. Which schools are OOS friendly? Should I add Texas Schools even though I'm not a resident? And what about DO schools? I would rather have more comments on my weaknesses than my strengths, please and thank you. I am pretty disappointed in myself, but it'll add more to the discipline I've developed over my life and will test my resilience and tenacity for the following months.