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Applying the current cycle, no II yet.

LM ~77, used to think my app was above average even for this MCAT range (or slightly above average), but I don't know anymore lmao maybe my W/A writing sucked
 
Fruitjuice said:
Applying the current cycle, no II yet.

LM ~77, used to think my app was above average even for this MCAT range (or slightly above average), but I don't know anymore lmao maybe my W/A writing sucked
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We have similar stats, and I have both the military and a good narrative going for me and I only have 2 interviews thus far where one is from a state school that doesn’t even use stats. We are still super early in the cycle - too early to be worried.
 
calipremed5768 said:
Probably depends when you submitted @Fruitjuice
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Nearly all secondaries (except Duke lol) submitted ~2-7 days from receipt, which was usually within a day or two of SDN posting "secondary received!!"

MemeLord said:
We have similar stats, and I have both the military and a good narrative going for me and I only have 2 interviews thus far where one is from a state school that doesn’t even use stats. We are still super early in the cycle - too early to be worried.
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yeah trying to stay calm *eye twitch*

though definitely a humbling experience and makes me rethink WARS/what constitutes as "competitive"
 
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Current applicant with a T10 interview, MCAT at 25th percentile with BB below 10th percentile. Traditional applicant, Publication, >5 posters/presentations, >4000 hours research across both academia and industry, >500 hours non-clinical (most of them longitudinal, over 2 years), >200 hours clinical, a couple of impressive athletic achievements (not collegiate or anything like that), strong LoRs. Personal Statement was a "stand-out" according to my pre-med advisor (who served on Harvard's Adcom for >10 years), for whatever that's worth...
 
Fruitjuice said:
though definitely a humbling experience and makes me rethink WARS/what constitutes as "competitive"
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Definitely. My LizzyM is 74.5 but my WARS is 92. So theoretically, I should be drowning in the II, but these calculators can only go so far. However, I am not worried. Like I said, we are barely a month post transmission and only like a third of schools have even started sending interviews.
 
LizzyM is pretty broken IMO, because it weighs GPA and MCAT in the same way. There is a much bigger difference between 3.7 and 4.0 than there is between 520 and 523. I have shied away from using LizzyM because I think it overestimates my stats, haha.

WARS would have me applying S-tier with only 22~ schools on my list, which I can't help but worry is not enough. I don't want to become a Swiss cheese statistic haha.
 
Another reason calculators are flawed is that a lot of schools only take applicants from certain schools. Of course there are exceptions but most T20 schools value pedigree. I’m sure if I didn’t go to one of Stanford/MIT/Chicago then I wouldn’t have the IIs from NYU and Michigan (no brag) I think that at some schools applying from a non feeder school is like applying with an MCAT below the 25th percentile. Not calling out WARS guy or anything because it’s a good estimate but I think that MCAT/GPA/undergrad school should be viewed more as gates rather than gates rather than points.
 
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ChymeofPassion said:
Current applicant with a T10 interview, MCAT at 25th percentile with BB below 10th percentile. Traditional applicant, Publication, >5 posters/presentations, >4000 hours research across both academia and industry, >500 hours non-clinical (most of them longitudinal, over 2 years), >200 hours clinical, a couple of impressive athletic achievements (not collegiate or anything like that), strong LoRs. Personal Statement was a "stand-out" according to my pre-med advisor (who served on Harvard's Adcom for >10 years), for whatever that's worth...
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Are you applying as a rising senior?
 
So over 4700 hours in 3 years. Not sure if srs. How did you even study? Did you not go out on weekends? Not being sarcastic just genuinely curious.
 
calipremed5768 said:
So over 4700 hours in 3 years. Not sure if srs. How did you even study? Did you not go out on weekends? Not being sarcastic just genuinely curious.
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Scheduled all my classes from 8-12, did research till 6 most days. Volunteered during weekends. Probably 40 hours per week during classes of research/volunteering, worked full-time during summers. Had plenty of time to study and go out haha. Having a long-term girlfriend during the whole thing made it so I probably wasn't going out as much as most people though.
 
calipremed5768 said:
So over 4700 hours in 3 years. Not sure if srs. How did you even study? Did you not go out on weekends? Not being sarcastic just genuinely curious.
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Also curious, I work 40-50 hr a week and won’t even get those hours by matriculation (I think)
 
ChymeofPassion said:
Scheduled all my classes from 8-12, did research till 6 most days. Volunteered during weekends. Probably 40 hours per week during classes of research/volunteering, worked full-time during summers. Had plenty of time to study and go out haha. Having a long-term girlfriend during the whole thing made it so I probably wasn't going out as much as most people though.
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4000 hours is like full-time for two years
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OxenFoxen said:
4000 hours is like full-time for two years
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6-7 hours of research a day during classes while increasing to a standard 9-10 during the summers comes out to about that. A lot of my hospital volunteering was done on the 5-8AM shift to find extra hours in the day.
 
Wow that’s impressive..admiring the work ethic. Tfw work 1/4 as much and go out every weekend but still can’t get a gf
 
calipremed5768 said:
Wow that’s impressive..admiring the work ethic. Tfw work 1/4 as much and go out every weekend but still can’t get a gf
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Found girlfriend when I was a lazy League of Legends addict in HS, and she's stuck with me for some reason.
 
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