Phenylalligator
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First two years of college were god-awful for a lot of reasons so I had a 1.7 at the end of Fall, Sophomore year. Spent a year retaking classes and graduated with a 3.5 after five years of school. Problem is, that doesn't really mean anything here. GPA for AMCAS purposes at that point was 2.97. So during the lockdown I took a few more post-bacc classes and got it up to a 3.0.
Everything else is as it should be I think?
State: Texas.
MCAT: I had an old MCAT that was a 508 with a 121 C/P (121/129/129/129 if you can believe it -__-), which prompted me to retake. 2nd attempt was a 510 but C/P went up to 126.
Research I: 500 hours clinical research with a pub. Around 30% of that was working directly with patients (we had non-patient participants as well).
Research II: 400 wet lab research, sadly COVID put an end to that before I could get a chance to write
Leadership/Volunteering: I was the Community Service Director for our African and Arabic student orgs for three years. I participated in most of the service events I put together...around 400 hours total (non-clinical)
Other Activities: During the last year I've been working in elder care, about 600 hours so far. Don't know if this is clinical or not tbh. It's low mobility folks (Parkinson's, things like that) and I help them with tasks they can't do on their own--meds, BP, take them on walks, chores, bathroom, etc.
Shadowing: For shadowing I rounded with the Docs and Students at our hospital when I was doing research. Maybe around 40 hours?
Ethnicity: Black/Ethiopian
I started applying and have been going through the process (both DO and MD, but I don't want to post this twice in both forums), but I'm beginning to have strong second thoughts. I am considering an SMP or more post-bacc classes. The question is should I scrap the current apps or finish secondaries and go through with it?
Everything else is as it should be I think?
State: Texas.
MCAT: I had an old MCAT that was a 508 with a 121 C/P (121/129/129/129 if you can believe it -__-), which prompted me to retake. 2nd attempt was a 510 but C/P went up to 126.
Research I: 500 hours clinical research with a pub. Around 30% of that was working directly with patients (we had non-patient participants as well).
Research II: 400 wet lab research, sadly COVID put an end to that before I could get a chance to write
Leadership/Volunteering: I was the Community Service Director for our African and Arabic student orgs for three years. I participated in most of the service events I put together...around 400 hours total (non-clinical)
Other Activities: During the last year I've been working in elder care, about 600 hours so far. Don't know if this is clinical or not tbh. It's low mobility folks (Parkinson's, things like that) and I help them with tasks they can't do on their own--meds, BP, take them on walks, chores, bathroom, etc.
Shadowing: For shadowing I rounded with the Docs and Students at our hospital when I was doing research. Maybe around 40 hours?
Ethnicity: Black/Ethiopian
I started applying and have been going through the process (both DO and MD, but I don't want to post this twice in both forums), but I'm beginning to have strong second thoughts. I am considering an SMP or more post-bacc classes. The question is should I scrap the current apps or finish secondaries and go through with it?
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