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Hello all,
So, it looks like I will potentially be a reapplicant to medical school. I am planning to reapply this upcoming cycle, but it would be great to get your thoughts on whether this would be a good idea. Here is an outline of the application that I just submitted in 2014, with additional info in bold:
Stats:
(11 PS/6 VR/10 BS) for a 27 on the May 8, 2014 MCAT
(12 PS/8 VR/11 BS) for a 31 on the July 24, 2014 MCAT
3.78 verified cGPA (will be 3.82 when I reapply)
3.68 verified sGPA (will be 3.70 when I reapply)
EC's:
300 hours of volunteering in 2 hospital ERs
+ 55 hours of volunteering in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit
+ 16 hours of volunteering as a patient escort
100 hours of physician shadowing (1 ER physician, 2 family practice)
Founder of website hosting company (10 years so roughly 1000 hours spent)
Member of 2 university bands for a few semesters throughout college
Played for church since I started with my instrument (10 years ago, 1000 hours total across practicing and university playing)
Chemistry Teaching Assistant - 1 year, will be 1.5 by the time I interview, 230 hours (have continued this into senior year, will have 2 years [4 semesters], 460 hours total)
Member of Campus EMS club - 1 semester
Research Assistant (1 semester in addition to winning a $4000 Summer Fellowship for this past summer) 7 months total, 480 hours, no publications
Mentor for Disadvantaged (low income) elementary children - 1 semester, 40 hours
Dean's List and Partial Academic Scholarship
I am currently attending a large state university majoring in Pharmaceutical Sciences with a minor in Business. I am an Ohio resident, non-URM and going to be graduating this May.
My School List (with secondary completion dates):
Ohio State U (9-9-14)
NEOMED (9-2-14)
University of Toledo (9-7-14)
Wright State University (8-29-14)
University of Cincinnati (8-29-14)
Case Western Reserve U (did not complete secondary)
University of Michigan (did not complete secondary)
Wayne State (11-10-14, they screen, was sent to me 11-3-14)
Michigan State U (9-21-14)
Oakland University (9-7-14)
Medical College of Wisconsin (9-14-14)
University of Wisconsin (9-15-14)
Indiana University (9-4-14)
University of Kentucky (9-6-14)
Pennsylvania State U (9-10-14
The Commonwealth Medical College (did not complete secondary)
University of Colorado (did not complete secondary)
I did receive 4 interviews this past cycle. I interviewed at University of Toledo, Oakland University, and Indiana University in February, and NEOMED in March.
I was waitlisted at Toledo (not sure of priority), Oakland (third tier, so basically rejection), and am still waiting to hear back from Indiana and NEOMED (should hear within the next week).
I do not have my hopes up for an acceptance at this point in the game, and I figured it would be smart to plan a reapplication, get feedback, get some new LORs, etc in case I do need to reapply.
My questions are:
1. Does my improved application look OK to reapply with? I submitted it late July and it was verified August 24 because I wanted to ensure that my MCAT was higher before releasing it to all schools. I know that this was a big mistake.
2. What is your opinion on my MCAT? Being that I did get 4 interviews, I am inclined to think that it is OK. I really don't want to study for the new one.
3. Any suggestions on my school list? I was planning to reapply to all of them except Case. Anyone have some insight on schools I should add/remove?
4. I have two options for my gap year. The chemistry department is seeking teaching assistants for summer gen chem. I was going to go ahead and do that for 7 weeks, then continue teaching in the autum and spring semesters while going to interviews. The money is pretty good, and if I take on more responsibility (i.e. more labs) I will get paid more during the school year. The other option is to apply for a research assistant position in the neuroscience department - I just received the email posting for it today. From the job description it looks like I would be maintaining mouse colonies and doing routine paperwork, etc. I would much prefer doing the teaching, but would this be OK for my application? Since it would be submitted, it wouldn't matter right?
5. Lastly, I do have all secondaries and PS saved. Should I completely rewrite my PS, or just tweak it? Being that I did get 4 interviews, I would like to think that my main problem was applying late. Any thoughts?
Thanks very much for any advice.
So, it looks like I will potentially be a reapplicant to medical school. I am planning to reapply this upcoming cycle, but it would be great to get your thoughts on whether this would be a good idea. Here is an outline of the application that I just submitted in 2014, with additional info in bold:
Stats:
(11 PS/6 VR/10 BS) for a 27 on the May 8, 2014 MCAT
(12 PS/8 VR/11 BS) for a 31 on the July 24, 2014 MCAT
3.78 verified cGPA (will be 3.82 when I reapply)
3.68 verified sGPA (will be 3.70 when I reapply)
EC's:
300 hours of volunteering in 2 hospital ERs
+ 55 hours of volunteering in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit
+ 16 hours of volunteering as a patient escort
100 hours of physician shadowing (1 ER physician, 2 family practice)
Founder of website hosting company (10 years so roughly 1000 hours spent)
Member of 2 university bands for a few semesters throughout college
Played for church since I started with my instrument (10 years ago, 1000 hours total across practicing and university playing)
Chemistry Teaching Assistant - 1 year, will be 1.5 by the time I interview, 230 hours (have continued this into senior year, will have 2 years [4 semesters], 460 hours total)
Member of Campus EMS club - 1 semester
Research Assistant (1 semester in addition to winning a $4000 Summer Fellowship for this past summer) 7 months total, 480 hours, no publications
Mentor for Disadvantaged (low income) elementary children - 1 semester, 40 hours
Dean's List and Partial Academic Scholarship
I am currently attending a large state university majoring in Pharmaceutical Sciences with a minor in Business. I am an Ohio resident, non-URM and going to be graduating this May.
My School List (with secondary completion dates):
Ohio State U (9-9-14)
NEOMED (9-2-14)
University of Toledo (9-7-14)
Wright State University (8-29-14)
University of Cincinnati (8-29-14)
Case Western Reserve U (did not complete secondary)
University of Michigan (did not complete secondary)
Wayne State (11-10-14, they screen, was sent to me 11-3-14)
Michigan State U (9-21-14)
Oakland University (9-7-14)
Medical College of Wisconsin (9-14-14)
University of Wisconsin (9-15-14)
Indiana University (9-4-14)
University of Kentucky (9-6-14)
Pennsylvania State U (9-10-14
The Commonwealth Medical College (did not complete secondary)
University of Colorado (did not complete secondary)
I did receive 4 interviews this past cycle. I interviewed at University of Toledo, Oakland University, and Indiana University in February, and NEOMED in March.
I was waitlisted at Toledo (not sure of priority), Oakland (third tier, so basically rejection), and am still waiting to hear back from Indiana and NEOMED (should hear within the next week).
I do not have my hopes up for an acceptance at this point in the game, and I figured it would be smart to plan a reapplication, get feedback, get some new LORs, etc in case I do need to reapply.
My questions are:
1. Does my improved application look OK to reapply with? I submitted it late July and it was verified August 24 because I wanted to ensure that my MCAT was higher before releasing it to all schools. I know that this was a big mistake.
2. What is your opinion on my MCAT? Being that I did get 4 interviews, I am inclined to think that it is OK. I really don't want to study for the new one.
3. Any suggestions on my school list? I was planning to reapply to all of them except Case. Anyone have some insight on schools I should add/remove?
4. I have two options for my gap year. The chemistry department is seeking teaching assistants for summer gen chem. I was going to go ahead and do that for 7 weeks, then continue teaching in the autum and spring semesters while going to interviews. The money is pretty good, and if I take on more responsibility (i.e. more labs) I will get paid more during the school year. The other option is to apply for a research assistant position in the neuroscience department - I just received the email posting for it today. From the job description it looks like I would be maintaining mouse colonies and doing routine paperwork, etc. I would much prefer doing the teaching, but would this be OK for my application? Since it would be submitted, it wouldn't matter right?
5. Lastly, I do have all secondaries and PS saved. Should I completely rewrite my PS, or just tweak it? Being that I did get 4 interviews, I would like to think that my main problem was applying late. Any thoughts?
Thanks very much for any advice.