jellybean26
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Hello Everyone!
I have been lurking around here a while but this is my first post.
I applied to 20 schools this cycle and now am down to 12. I have not received any interview invites so far and since we are in January, I am not really betting on anything. I have a good feeling where the deficiencies in my application may be, but I still would like to have others input to make sure I am not overlooking anything:
21 Female ORM Very Low Income California Applicant
MCAT 520 (127/131/130/132)
Cumulative GPA 3.76 when I applied, 3.8 now (I had a 3.4 my freshman year and all A's my sophomore year, junior year and so far my senior year)
Major: Computer Science
Paid Clinical Hours: None
Clinical Volunteering: None ( I was supposed to start at the end of my junior year, but then COVID happened)
Research: 2 years no pubs (maybe 1000 hours)
Shadowing: 30 Radiology
Leadership: Communications Chair for largest pre-health org on campus, lead a team to create a website for another pre-health org on campus
AMCAS Submitted: 8/07/2020 Dumb me thought I should wait around for my MCAT scores to come in
AMCAS Verified: Mid September
Other: Paid employment: SAT tutor, SI leader (like an IA)
Hopefully that is all. Ideally I would like to go to a UC (not UCSF though).
I realize that my biggest issue is my clinical experience. I was really hoping to dedicate most of this past summer to that but I could not because of COVID and I don't think that I will be able to get in enough hours before the start of next cycle if things remain the way they are so I will potentially have to take two gap years. I am also debating whether I should start doing some virtual volunteering in this time (tutoring underserved communities, working with the homeless) but I am not sure how beneficial that would be considering it is virtual. What is the best way to spend this time to strengthen my application? Please be as critical as you like, I would rather hear the criticisms from you than from the adcoms.
I have been lurking around here a while but this is my first post.
I applied to 20 schools this cycle and now am down to 12. I have not received any interview invites so far and since we are in January, I am not really betting on anything. I have a good feeling where the deficiencies in my application may be, but I still would like to have others input to make sure I am not overlooking anything:
21 Female ORM Very Low Income California Applicant
MCAT 520 (127/131/130/132)
Cumulative GPA 3.76 when I applied, 3.8 now (I had a 3.4 my freshman year and all A's my sophomore year, junior year and so far my senior year)
Major: Computer Science
Paid Clinical Hours: None
Clinical Volunteering: None ( I was supposed to start at the end of my junior year, but then COVID happened)
Research: 2 years no pubs (maybe 1000 hours)
Shadowing: 30 Radiology
Leadership: Communications Chair for largest pre-health org on campus, lead a team to create a website for another pre-health org on campus
AMCAS Submitted: 8/07/2020 Dumb me thought I should wait around for my MCAT scores to come in
AMCAS Verified: Mid September
Other: Paid employment: SAT tutor, SI leader (like an IA)
Hopefully that is all. Ideally I would like to go to a UC (not UCSF though).
I realize that my biggest issue is my clinical experience. I was really hoping to dedicate most of this past summer to that but I could not because of COVID and I don't think that I will be able to get in enough hours before the start of next cycle if things remain the way they are so I will potentially have to take two gap years. I am also debating whether I should start doing some virtual volunteering in this time (tutoring underserved communities, working with the homeless) but I am not sure how beneficial that would be considering it is virtual. What is the best way to spend this time to strengthen my application? Please be as critical as you like, I would rather hear the criticisms from you than from the adcoms.