The good thing about my GPA is there's an upward trend after my first 2 years. My cGPA for my 3rd and 4th and half year is a 3.88.
However, my EC's worry me:
-4 years on the track and field team at UCSD
-about a year and a half of clinical research (paper is close to submission for publication)
-1 quarter of being a TA for molecular biology
-going to begin working as an emergency medical scribe early next month
My job will be part-time (2 8-hr shifts a week), so should I try to do volunteering and shadowing as well? I know it's going to look like I crammed these activities in, but I guess if I don't get in this cycle it'll help me out for the next one? I'm shooting for middle/low tier schools but my dream schools are UCSD and UCLA.
Also I'm taking a gamble and retaking the MCAT in May and really banking on adding 3+ points to my score...
Thanks
However, my EC's worry me:
-4 years on the track and field team at UCSD
-about a year and a half of clinical research (paper is close to submission for publication)
-1 quarter of being a TA for molecular biology
-going to begin working as an emergency medical scribe early next month
My job will be part-time (2 8-hr shifts a week), so should I try to do volunteering and shadowing as well? I know it's going to look like I crammed these activities in, but I guess if I don't get in this cycle it'll help me out for the next one? I'm shooting for middle/low tier schools but my dream schools are UCSD and UCLA.
Also I'm taking a gamble and retaking the MCAT in May and really banking on adding 3+ points to my score...
Thanks