Sooraj5000
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I am currently applying this cycle. I am a non-trad student that is ORM. I graduated undergrad in Spring 2023. I attended two undergraduate colleges and I have 2 IAs (alcohol violations) from the first one. After my freshman year, I transferred to a better and cheaper school, but my academics suffered due to the transition to online-learning and the transition back to in-person learning I ended my undergrad with roughly a 3.2 science and a 3.45 overall. After graduating, I decided to work clinical for a year. I took my MCAT the summer going into Fall 2024 and scored a 506. Then Fall 2024, I started my SMP program at a different university. From Fall 2024 to Spring 2025, I have participated in an intensive research project regarding a new class of obesity drugs and utilizing rodent models. I currently have above a 3.93 in my SMP program.
My previous undergraduate institituion used to offer committee letters. However, I was not close with the pre-med advisory or any of my professors (except my English professor, who I plan on inviting to my white coat ceremony). During my SMP, I have had excellent mentorship from multiple of my professors, PI, and program directory. However, they do not have committee letters. I plan on graduating from my program after I present my research in Dec 2025. I will have already submitted my apps (hopefully by the middle of this week). I have already obtained 4 LORs (2 science, 1 PI, 1 physician who I used to work for and became very close with). I have accumulated 500+ research hours, 1500+ clinical hours, 200+ non-clinical hours, 100 teaching hours (from my SAT tutoring position), and 1 poster presentation. I think we will be submitting by the beginning of 2026 for peer-review and I will receive authorship. I am also working on a meta-analysis on surgical techniques with a group of friends.
Do you think the lack of the committee letter and my 2 IA's from freshman year will greatly affect me? I believe that I have turned my life around completely and I encourage my students to abstain from any types of behavior and to put themselves into a conducive environment. I am very nervous after all of this because I no longer attend my undergraduate institution and they still offer committee letters, but I have received much more mentorship and help at my new institiutions, where I have built close relationships with my current professors and believe it will be more helpful. Any critiques or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much for your time.
My previous undergraduate institituion used to offer committee letters. However, I was not close with the pre-med advisory or any of my professors (except my English professor, who I plan on inviting to my white coat ceremony). During my SMP, I have had excellent mentorship from multiple of my professors, PI, and program directory. However, they do not have committee letters. I plan on graduating from my program after I present my research in Dec 2025. I will have already submitted my apps (hopefully by the middle of this week). I have already obtained 4 LORs (2 science, 1 PI, 1 physician who I used to work for and became very close with). I have accumulated 500+ research hours, 1500+ clinical hours, 200+ non-clinical hours, 100 teaching hours (from my SAT tutoring position), and 1 poster presentation. I think we will be submitting by the beginning of 2026 for peer-review and I will receive authorship. I am also working on a meta-analysis on surgical techniques with a group of friends.
Do you think the lack of the committee letter and my 2 IA's from freshman year will greatly affect me? I believe that I have turned my life around completely and I encourage my students to abstain from any types of behavior and to put themselves into a conducive environment. I am very nervous after all of this because I no longer attend my undergraduate institution and they still offer committee letters, but I have received much more mentorship and help at my new institiutions, where I have built close relationships with my current professors and believe it will be more helpful. Any critiques or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much for your time.
