I knew I was forgetting to do something lol hello friends! I'm applying this cycle and this is almost as stressful as MCAT studying.
AA lesbian
cGPA: 3.04, sGPA: 2.98 (up to 3.06/3.03 after finishing a summer class but those are the stats on my AMCAS)
MCAT: 516 (127/130/127/132)
75 shadowing hours (primary care and a surgical subspecialty)
1500 hours paid clinical employment
400 hours clinical volunteering
250 hours non-clinical volunteering
SMDEP/SHPEP alum
10000+ hours playing an instrument
Leadership position in LGBTQ affinity group that I co-founded
I put in 25 primaries and then added 3 schools that I figured were out of my league but they contacted me and waived my app fee. So far I've completed 23 secondaries, received 3 pre-secondary rejections from OOS state schools, a hold from GW, and one II to my state school. I didn't get my committee letter until 8/20ish so I think I'm just now starting to hear back from schools. However, it is kind of disheartening to see people with like 11 IIs already. I know my app isn't that strong but I was hoping my MCAT and story would open some doors
this whole process is so draining. People always said the cycle would be long but I had no idea how bad it would really be.
Congrats to everyone in the thread on the success so far! I hope I'll be able to contribute to it soon.