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Hi guys,
I am a re-applicant whose 1st choice school is The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. I am a re-applicant with a high GPA (3.97), but low MCAT score (511). I unfortunately took the MCAT 3x and improved from a 25 to a 511 but my 3rd score was the exact same as my second. I'm not sure how good of a chance I stand with this school, but I do know they take your highest scores across one sitting. I've been working avidly on building up my clinical experiences this past year, as I have seen U Miami's interview selection rubric, which seems to emphasis patient experiences. Here are their interview selection criteria in detail and a list of my relevant experiences as they pertain to these criteria. Please let me know if any one you think I have a good shot at this school.
NON-ACADEMIC CRITERIA:
Patient contact experiences (60 points): Very involved w/ ~1500 hrs total with most working as a patient care technician for The Little Clinic. Clinic is run by entirely by 2 people: PCT and nurse practitioner so I end up having a lot of responsibility in running the place. I'm essentially a medical receptionist (registering patients, collecting co-pays, dealing with billing/insurance issues, following up with patients, calling for lab results), medical assistant (taking vitals, history, administering tests, assisting with physicals) and medical translator (for Mandarin-speaking patients). My part-time scribe job is at the ER in a rural part of the state I live in. Pretty standard stuff: HPI, ROS, PE, and progress notes. Overall, lots of experiences I can write about.
Life Experience (45 points): Highlights include 1) Figure skater: synchronized team won silver at Mid-America Competition, 2) Violinist in XXXX Philharmonic Youth Orchestra in high school 3) Research accomplishments: 1st co-author paper published helping to find non-toxic alternatives to chemo to treat AML, some national awards 4) Clinical Research Associate at Medpace (starting June): travel around the country and work with physicians and clinical research coordinators to introduce late phase clinical research trials and audit their progress, very cool job 5) Chinese folk-dancing in high school 6) Hobbies: ballroom dancing, food artist
Letters of Rec (45 points): Should be strong overall, as all of my rec letters let me craft a draft of the letter and include points I want emphasized. 1 research rec, 1 humanities rec, 3 clinical recs (doc I shadowed since high school, scribe letter, little clinic nurse practitioner letter), clinical letters will be able to comment on my patient experiences and personal characteristics, 1 additional premed committee letter for a total of 6.
Life Adversity (30 points): Going to write about overcoming an emotionally abusive relationship that impacted my 1st MCAT score and how I overcame it.
ACADEMIC CRITERIA:
Quality of Academic Institution (30 points): Admissions Dean said they use Barron's selectivity criteria with tier 1 being most competitive. My undergrad institution has a selectivity of 1.
MCAT score (45 points): My downfall. 31-32 on old scale
GPA (45 points): Nailed this part
Any advice and honest feedback will be appreciated. My LizzyM Score matches the average of the school (~71) but admissions are so competitive that I don't know where I stand. I'm just going to write some great essays and secondaries and apply early.
Thanks,
PP
I am a re-applicant whose 1st choice school is The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. I am a re-applicant with a high GPA (3.97), but low MCAT score (511). I unfortunately took the MCAT 3x and improved from a 25 to a 511 but my 3rd score was the exact same as my second. I'm not sure how good of a chance I stand with this school, but I do know they take your highest scores across one sitting. I've been working avidly on building up my clinical experiences this past year, as I have seen U Miami's interview selection rubric, which seems to emphasis patient experiences. Here are their interview selection criteria in detail and a list of my relevant experiences as they pertain to these criteria. Please let me know if any one you think I have a good shot at this school.
NON-ACADEMIC CRITERIA:
Patient contact experiences (60 points): Very involved w/ ~1500 hrs total with most working as a patient care technician for The Little Clinic. Clinic is run by entirely by 2 people: PCT and nurse practitioner so I end up having a lot of responsibility in running the place. I'm essentially a medical receptionist (registering patients, collecting co-pays, dealing with billing/insurance issues, following up with patients, calling for lab results), medical assistant (taking vitals, history, administering tests, assisting with physicals) and medical translator (for Mandarin-speaking patients). My part-time scribe job is at the ER in a rural part of the state I live in. Pretty standard stuff: HPI, ROS, PE, and progress notes. Overall, lots of experiences I can write about.
Life Experience (45 points): Highlights include 1) Figure skater: synchronized team won silver at Mid-America Competition, 2) Violinist in XXXX Philharmonic Youth Orchestra in high school 3) Research accomplishments: 1st co-author paper published helping to find non-toxic alternatives to chemo to treat AML, some national awards 4) Clinical Research Associate at Medpace (starting June): travel around the country and work with physicians and clinical research coordinators to introduce late phase clinical research trials and audit their progress, very cool job 5) Chinese folk-dancing in high school 6) Hobbies: ballroom dancing, food artist
Letters of Rec (45 points): Should be strong overall, as all of my rec letters let me craft a draft of the letter and include points I want emphasized. 1 research rec, 1 humanities rec, 3 clinical recs (doc I shadowed since high school, scribe letter, little clinic nurse practitioner letter), clinical letters will be able to comment on my patient experiences and personal characteristics, 1 additional premed committee letter for a total of 6.
Life Adversity (30 points): Going to write about overcoming an emotionally abusive relationship that impacted my 1st MCAT score and how I overcame it.
ACADEMIC CRITERIA:
Quality of Academic Institution (30 points): Admissions Dean said they use Barron's selectivity criteria with tier 1 being most competitive. My undergrad institution has a selectivity of 1.
MCAT score (45 points): My downfall. 31-32 on old scale
GPA (45 points): Nailed this part
Any advice and honest feedback will be appreciated. My LizzyM Score matches the average of the school (~71) but admissions are so competitive that I don't know where I stand. I'm just going to write some great essays and secondaries and apply early.
Thanks,
PP
