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I am currently applying to medical school in the 2023-24 cycle, and had one previous application during 2021-22 (23 schools, one II from NYULI which turned into a hold, then an R). I have a WAMC from earlier this year that has, for the most part, stayed consistent. I'll put my school list down at the bottom of this post. My WAMC tldr is as follows: 3.7xcgpa/3.5xsgpa/516/T10 undergrad/ heavy clinical, good research w 1 pub, meh service, good LORs
I have one II that I just had literally yesterday, and although I thought it went well, the school only admits about 30-40% of its applicants. This school being my only II, I'm hopeful but trying to stay realistic/prepared. My first cycle (2021-2022) I didn't prepare for the possibility of being a reapplicant at all, and ended up taking a gap year before applying again. If I need to reapply a second time, I would prefer to do so without taking a gap year and going into the 2024-2025 cycle. At this point, I'm not sure if I can take a 4th cycle- this is my 2nd cycle and I intend to make my third one, if it happens, my last. I'm not sure what I'll do if I'm unsuccessful a third time honestly- go PA? Give up and do something with a linguistic degree? Who knows. But hopefully, thanks to all of you, this won't be an issue!
I know that, for most schools, my MCAT will have expired if I need to apply again, which means that I'll need to start studying for the MCAT probably in December/January of this 2023/24 if I want to have a chance of applying for the 2024-2025 cycle. The thought of that is absolutely terrifying, but I guess it's better to think about it now than take another gap year?
I know, as well, that one other thing that I should be focusing on if I need a 3rd cycle is service. I have volunteered, but it was for a non-profit and not for a community organization. I've worked with vulnerable communities before, but it's in the context of clinical research.
That being said, a couple questions:
1. I need money (lol). I'm probably not going to be living at home with parents, so I need a way to make enough money to pay rent. Considering that I have a gap in service and by the next time I apply I'll have thousands and thousands of clinical hours, is there a way to do service-oriented things while making enough money for rent- or, another side-question, will spending an entire year without clinical work be looked at as a red flag? I'm not keen on research so I don't intend on doing that.
2. I'm aware of the Thanksgiving Rule, and I'm also aware that I've cleared the thanksgiving rule because I have one II already. However, when should I aggressively think about reapplying? I'd love a gameplan now, but I'd also like to remain hopeful for another month or two since it's only October. Or, should I prepare as if I will be reapplying anyway?
3. the answer is probably no, but I'll ask anyway. Is there any merit in submitting more applications? I'm open to DO as well as MD, but I'd need to completely rewrite my app.
And finally, my official school list! all applications were complete by early-mid August, and I'll write any updates to the application in parentheses. If there are no parentheses, I have heard nothing (lol). My application centers around patient empowerment and medical literacy as a linguistics major, and I have little interest in research.
UChicago (my undergrad. R)
UMass (my instate. II on 9/10, and my interview was 10/17)
Georgetown (R)
Mayo (R)
VCU (R)
BU (R)
GW
Loyola
Rosalind Franklin
Rush
Temple
Drexel
Geisinger
NYULI
Hackensack (I got a weird email about "your app is still under consideration." most people on SDN received an II after. I have not, lol)
UWI
URochester
Mt Sinai
Northwestern
Dartmouth
UVM
Tufts
Cooper Rowan
Quinnipiac
Thank you everyone for all of your feedback! If your feedback is "you're being neurotic calm down," feel free to write just that. It's probably true lol!
I am currently applying to medical school in the 2023-24 cycle, and had one previous application during 2021-22 (23 schools, one II from NYULI which turned into a hold, then an R). I have a WAMC from earlier this year that has, for the most part, stayed consistent. I'll put my school list down at the bottom of this post. My WAMC tldr is as follows: 3.7xcgpa/3.5xsgpa/516/T10 undergrad/ heavy clinical, good research w 1 pub, meh service, good LORs
I have one II that I just had literally yesterday, and although I thought it went well, the school only admits about 30-40% of its applicants. This school being my only II, I'm hopeful but trying to stay realistic/prepared. My first cycle (2021-2022) I didn't prepare for the possibility of being a reapplicant at all, and ended up taking a gap year before applying again. If I need to reapply a second time, I would prefer to do so without taking a gap year and going into the 2024-2025 cycle. At this point, I'm not sure if I can take a 4th cycle- this is my 2nd cycle and I intend to make my third one, if it happens, my last. I'm not sure what I'll do if I'm unsuccessful a third time honestly- go PA? Give up and do something with a linguistic degree? Who knows. But hopefully, thanks to all of you, this won't be an issue!
I know that, for most schools, my MCAT will have expired if I need to apply again, which means that I'll need to start studying for the MCAT probably in December/January of this 2023/24 if I want to have a chance of applying for the 2024-2025 cycle. The thought of that is absolutely terrifying, but I guess it's better to think about it now than take another gap year?
I know, as well, that one other thing that I should be focusing on if I need a 3rd cycle is service. I have volunteered, but it was for a non-profit and not for a community organization. I've worked with vulnerable communities before, but it's in the context of clinical research.
That being said, a couple questions:
1. I need money (lol). I'm probably not going to be living at home with parents, so I need a way to make enough money to pay rent. Considering that I have a gap in service and by the next time I apply I'll have thousands and thousands of clinical hours, is there a way to do service-oriented things while making enough money for rent- or, another side-question, will spending an entire year without clinical work be looked at as a red flag? I'm not keen on research so I don't intend on doing that.
2. I'm aware of the Thanksgiving Rule, and I'm also aware that I've cleared the thanksgiving rule because I have one II already. However, when should I aggressively think about reapplying? I'd love a gameplan now, but I'd also like to remain hopeful for another month or two since it's only October. Or, should I prepare as if I will be reapplying anyway?
3. the answer is probably no, but I'll ask anyway. Is there any merit in submitting more applications? I'm open to DO as well as MD, but I'd need to completely rewrite my app.
And finally, my official school list! all applications were complete by early-mid August, and I'll write any updates to the application in parentheses. If there are no parentheses, I have heard nothing (lol). My application centers around patient empowerment and medical literacy as a linguistics major, and I have little interest in research.
UChicago (my undergrad. R)
UMass (my instate. II on 9/10, and my interview was 10/17)
Georgetown (R)
Mayo (R)
VCU (R)
BU (R)
GW
Loyola
Rosalind Franklin
Rush
Temple
Drexel
Geisinger
NYULI
Hackensack (I got a weird email about "your app is still under consideration." most people on SDN received an II after. I have not, lol)
UWI
URochester
Mt Sinai
Northwestern
Dartmouth
UVM
Tufts
Cooper Rowan
Quinnipiac
Thank you everyone for all of your feedback! If your feedback is "you're being neurotic calm down," feel free to write just that. It's probably true lol!
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