lopsidedegg
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Hi all!
I submitted 34 secondaries this cycle and only received 2 IIs and one post-II R and a waitlist.
The R was from Colorado and the WL was from Mayo AZ--but with the whole Mayo MN bamboozle, it looks like they waitlisted everyone, so I doubt I'll see any movement.
I think I could definitely use some actual "clinical experiences" but it's hard to know what that counts as. I have volunteered in a non-clinic setting with patients and their families for 5 years, but I didn't count that as "clinical" where I know someone in the same role as me did for their app. (edit: I also have a complicated vaccination history where I am unable to receive any because of a bone marrow transplant and subsequent hypogammaglobulinemia aka pre-mature B -cells. so I give myself sub-q immunoglobulin infusions in place of vaccines. this has been a huge barrier to being able to volunteer in a clinic because most HR departments think i'm anti-vax and just don't understand even after I provide doctor's notes)
This year I was clinical research coordinator for an AML lab at a pediatric hospital and I also volunteered weekly at the aforementioned non-clinic place. I was hoping to apply again this coming cycle as to not wait another year. My partner just got into the two highest ranked medical schools in the US so I gotta step it up haha
Thank you so much in advance for those who care to even read this <3 <3
I submitted 34 secondaries this cycle and only received 2 IIs and one post-II R and a waitlist.
The R was from Colorado and the WL was from Mayo AZ--but with the whole Mayo MN bamboozle, it looks like they waitlisted everyone, so I doubt I'll see any movement.
- GPA: 3.72
- sGPA: 3.53 (struggled with Orgo I because I took a 5 week condensed version over the summer and got a C)
- MCAT: 518
- ORM (Southeast Asian)
- PA resident
- Graduated from an old Ivy League school with double major in Nutrition and Public Health
- 2 time cancer survivor (NHL at 12 y/o and secondary AML at 14 y/o)-wrote about this for my personal statement
- 400+ hours of pediatric oncology/bone marrow transplant research
- got one abstract from this -- the cancer space ain't great for pubs at my institution
- very little clinical experience (because my whole life is a clinical experience lol)
- edit: 70 hours of shadowing
- 500+ hours of miscellaneous volunteer work (some cancer, some nutrition in underserved communities, some patient advocacy)
- President of a vegan group at my school
- On the board of the student sustainability association
- Keynote speaker at 3 of my pediatric hospital's events
- Founder of a start-up to provide student groups with reasonably priced vegan + healthy catering (did the recipe development and food prep myself)
I think I could definitely use some actual "clinical experiences" but it's hard to know what that counts as. I have volunteered in a non-clinic setting with patients and their families for 5 years, but I didn't count that as "clinical" where I know someone in the same role as me did for their app. (edit: I also have a complicated vaccination history where I am unable to receive any because of a bone marrow transplant and subsequent hypogammaglobulinemia aka pre-mature B -cells. so I give myself sub-q immunoglobulin infusions in place of vaccines. this has been a huge barrier to being able to volunteer in a clinic because most HR departments think i'm anti-vax and just don't understand even after I provide doctor's notes)
This year I was clinical research coordinator for an AML lab at a pediatric hospital and I also volunteered weekly at the aforementioned non-clinic place. I was hoping to apply again this coming cycle as to not wait another year. My partner just got into the two highest ranked medical schools in the US so I gotta step it up haha
Thank you so much in advance for those who care to even read this <3 <3
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