I am starting to wonder if I received bad advice. I applied this cycle to primarily DO schools, but received a deferred decision from UNECOM in regards to a secondary, a school that I feel like as a Maine resident interested in primary care I would be a good fit at. I have received other secondaries but am unclear if those schools screened.
I went to a top tier liberal arts school in New England that is notorious for their fight against grade inflation, with people frequently getting into medical school and grad school with gpas a few tenths below the average. The school also has had a 90% acceptance rate into medical school in the past few years, a number that is higher when it accounts for the people they told not to apply and did anyway. Anyway, all of this is to say, that I assumed that I was getting good advice and that they knew what they were talking about given their track record.
My stats are as follows:
3.18 cGPA 2.95sGPA
Due to health problems and my inability to address them well in my first two years, I have a significant upward trend, with the second two years of undergrad resulting in a 3.4 sGPA and a 3.6 sGPA respectively.
I then did 30 credits over 2 years of a DIY post bac of one retake (physics 2 where I got a C- first followed by a A-) and upper level biology classes while working 60 hours a week in research at a top ranked hospital.
My personal statement addressed how I have matured to the point where I can now take care of my health. Did not make excuses, but instead showed how I grew from the experiences and how it shapes my view of medicine.
Post Grad CV:
7000h combination of clinical and basic science research
-4 publications, 1 first author (2 submitted for publication)
-1 national conference oral presentation
-2 poster presentations
College CV:
900h college leadership
150h hospice volunteer
80h community service tutoring kids in stem in undeserved public schools
2200h working in a oral surgery practice (physicians are DMD MD) that serves an undeserved community
30h shadowing in ED nights
LOR:
excellent LORs as well as a premed committee recommendation from my college
DO letter from a surgeon I currently work with
Maine Resident, White Female
Was it too soon for me to apply? Is there anything I can do this late into applying?
I went to a top tier liberal arts school in New England that is notorious for their fight against grade inflation, with people frequently getting into medical school and grad school with gpas a few tenths below the average. The school also has had a 90% acceptance rate into medical school in the past few years, a number that is higher when it accounts for the people they told not to apply and did anyway. Anyway, all of this is to say, that I assumed that I was getting good advice and that they knew what they were talking about given their track record.
My stats are as follows:
3.18 cGPA 2.95sGPA
Due to health problems and my inability to address them well in my first two years, I have a significant upward trend, with the second two years of undergrad resulting in a 3.4 sGPA and a 3.6 sGPA respectively.
I then did 30 credits over 2 years of a DIY post bac of one retake (physics 2 where I got a C- first followed by a A-) and upper level biology classes while working 60 hours a week in research at a top ranked hospital.
My personal statement addressed how I have matured to the point where I can now take care of my health. Did not make excuses, but instead showed how I grew from the experiences and how it shapes my view of medicine.
Post Grad CV:
7000h combination of clinical and basic science research
-4 publications, 1 first author (2 submitted for publication)
-1 national conference oral presentation
-2 poster presentations
College CV:
900h college leadership
150h hospice volunteer
80h community service tutoring kids in stem in undeserved public schools
2200h working in a oral surgery practice (physicians are DMD MD) that serves an undeserved community
30h shadowing in ED nights
LOR:
excellent LORs as well as a premed committee recommendation from my college
DO letter from a surgeon I currently work with
Maine Resident, White Female
Was it too soon for me to apply? Is there anything I can do this late into applying?
