Hi everyone!
I'm anticipating having to reapply the next cycle and I would greatly appreciate advice on a school list (I'm so overwhelmed by all the factors). I graduated from a decent state school (2019) and already took a gap year before applying the first time (2020), so I'll have taken 2 gap years before applying the second time. 2IIs and 2WLs listed below, preII Rs or ghosted from rest.
My previous application (with things that will change when reapplying in bold):
-cGPA: 3.70, sGPA 3.65 (Bio BS, Spanish for the Health Professions minor, chem minor, 3 years)
-MCAT: (511) 127/129/125/130, 515 (129/128/130/128)
-ORM (white but middle eastern), female
-PAID CLINICAL EXPERIENCE:
Any advice on school list/anything else (how to repackage, new activities I should pursue etc) would be greatly appreciated! I anticipate applying to about 25-30 schools this time! TIA!! Love this website so much!
I'm anticipating having to reapply the next cycle and I would greatly appreciate advice on a school list (I'm so overwhelmed by all the factors). I graduated from a decent state school (2019) and already took a gap year before applying the first time (2020), so I'll have taken 2 gap years before applying the second time. 2IIs and 2WLs listed below, preII Rs or ghosted from rest.
My previous application (with things that will change when reapplying in bold):
-cGPA: 3.70, sGPA 3.65 (Bio BS, Spanish for the Health Professions minor, chem minor, 3 years)
-MCAT: (511) 127/129/125/130, 515 (129/128/130/128)
-ORM (white but middle eastern), female
-PAID CLINICAL EXPERIENCE:
- 153 hrs, expected 800 more prior to matriculation- Emergency room scribe (actual total is 200 - had to move across the country back home due to covid)
- 900 hrs- HemOnc (breast ca) scribe 900 by the time I apply, I work about 120 hrs month so expect additional 1440 hours between app and matriculation
- covid vax clinic- 50 hours before applying, clerical work and may group with scribe because same company
- 600 hrs over 2 years, translational research through burn center of hospital (I have more research from previous years but didn't feel significant enough to mention)
- publications- (3rd auth in abstract published in Jo of Immunology/same abstract in the American College of Surgeons as second author, forgot to mention this last year lol. I also have my name on a oral presentation and poster second auth in one idk if that's worth listing)
- 850 hrs- student led nonprofit benefiting patients in children's hospital directly: participated my full 3 years in college first as a member (150 hours), then sub chair (250 hours), and then as committee chair/exec member (450 hours - my proudest accomplishment and probably actually most meaningful activity.
- 3300 hrs- violin 14 years of playing, many orchestras, festivals, free lessons, etc
- 60 hrs- bilingual educator in hospital (spanish and English) over 2 school years
- 440 hrs- shadowed in high school 2014-2019, various specialties/doctors 40+40+320+40 hours (trying to do more shadowing now)
- 64 hours over 2 school years- Tutor/mentor to ESL kids- I was an ESL kid so this was super meaningful and I really wanted to mention it in case they asked me about it in an interview so I could tell them about my kiddos.
- 170 hrs- (2011-2018) mentor to turkish children- various schools/communities as I moved around
- just started teaching English to kids in rural turkey online, the group I'm part of raised money to buy them tablets (1 hour a week so not much I guess)
- just started working with a premed club at my old high school connecting members to current med students who were alum of the hs
- 695 hrs over 2 summers- 300 hours where I was a manager/trainer at one restaurant and 395 hours the summer before where i was a regular server
- 170 hrs- office assistant over a semester (not gonna mention this again)
- 300hrs- babysitting- 2 girls, 6 and 8 y/o (is this worth putting on there? I helped with homework and whatnot)
- 250 hours- Professional chem frat member, first publicity chair, big little coordinator
- broken up in paragraphs was basically: immigrant, shadowed, non profit (patients), research, scribe, all tied together with a theme of communication/cultural barriers.
- UNC (IS, interviewed 11/16, WL), GWU SMHS (interviewed 10/26, WL), Albert Einstein, Stony Brook, BostonU, Tufts, Drexel, SKMC, VCU, UIC COM, UVA, MUSC (lol i have no ties), UCLA (lol shoot my shot)
- Did not send secondaries but will now be a reapplicant anyway rip: Emory, EVMS, Keck USC, Brody ECU, Georgetown, UColorado, Icahn at Mt Sinai
Any advice on school list/anything else (how to repackage, new activities I should pursue etc) would be greatly appreciated! I anticipate applying to about 25-30 schools this time! TIA!! Love this website so much!
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