Class of 2015 - Ideas on what to do to improve my chances?

[AlphaKY1]

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Just curious as to what more I should be doing to improve my chances/what my chances are with the stats I have now.

Major: Biochemistry
Graduation date: May 2015
MCAT: Upcoming spring/summer (woke up one morning and decided to take a practice one and got a 22 with still needing multiple classes)
cGPA: 3.344

ECs:

• Been working in biofuels research since last October. Expecting publication this November-ish. (~10 hours per week during school year)
• Work rodeos on weekends (~20 hours/weekend during school)
• Founded a fundraiser dodgeball tournament for treatment and research of PTSD. First event is late September; I am expecting the tournament to raise between $15,000 and $20,000. www.ptsddodgeball.org
• 112 hours volunteering in hospital setting (nearly all have been in burn unit) I started volunteering here Spring of my freshman year
• 20 hours volunteering at humane society
• 4 hours volunteering at community event
• ~20 hours shadowing time
• Fundraising director for our Big Red Investment Club
• Member of Pre-med club
• Taught myself how to daytrade and became successful. I was ranked #8 out of 20,000 nationwide members for '% gain in 90 days'.

I realize my GPA is low, I loaded up on hard/fast paced science courses my freshman year. Sadly I brought along my lethargic high school attitude towards class. This past semester, however I held a 3.779 and attained A's in Organic I and II.


Thanks all in advanced!

Oh, hoping to being accepted into UNMC

I did receive a disorderly conduct this past summer for urinating in an alley. Officer told me if I were three feet farther down the alley I would have been fine. Why, I have no idea. Court for this is later this month, hoping to get it dropped.

 

[Goro]

Very simple. You need to rock the MCAT and get that GPA up.

Just curious as to what more I should be doing to improve my chances/what my chances are with the stats I have now.

Major: Biochemistry
Graduation date: May 2015
MCAT: Upcoming spring/summer (woke up one morning and decided to take a practice one and got a 22 with still needing multiple classes)
cGPA: 3.344

ECs:

• Been working in biofuels research since last October. Expecting publication this November-ish. (~10 hours per week during school year)
• Work rodeos on weekends (~20 hours/weekend during school)
• Founded a fundraiser dodgeball tournament for treatment and research of PTSD. First event is late September; I am expecting the tournament to raise between $15,000 and $20,000.
• 112 hours volunteering in hospital setting (nearly all have been in burn unit) I started volunteering here Spring of my freshman year
• 20 hours volunteering at humane society
• 4 hours volunteering at community event
• ~20 hours shadowing time
• Fundraising director for our Big Red Investment Club
• Member of Pre-med club
• Taught myself how to daytrade and became successful. I was ranked #8 out of 20,000 nationwide members for '% gain in 90 days'.

I realize my GPA is low, I loaded up on hard/fast paced science courses my freshman year. Sadly I brought along my lethargic high school attitude towards class. This past semester, however I held a 3.779 and attained A's in Organic I and II.


Thanks all in advanced!

Oh, hoping to being accepted into UNMC

I did receive a disorderly conduct this past summer for urinating in an alley. Officer told me if I were three feet farther down the alley I would have been fine. Why, I have no idea. Court for this is later this month, hoping to get it dropped.

 

[AlphaKY1]

Thanks, that was what I figured. With my current stats and say I get lower MCAT (~27) what would you say my chances are?

 

[tqtraq]

don't you need to take the new mcat if youre applying in 2015?

 

[AlphaKY1]

Sorry, I will be graduating 2015, applying next year (2014)

 

[jk1006]

Thanks, that was what I figured. With my current stats and say I get lower MCAT (~27) what would you say my chances are?

low
very low

UNMC has 27 as their 10th percentile for getting in, but im guessing those people who scored 27s had high GPAs

considering the national median is 32, and UNMCs median is 31, you want to be aiming for 30+, preferably higher than the medians to offset your low GPA