Hi all, I decided to make an account here to get some advice about what I should do to improve my application.
I not exactly asking about my chances, I know my application is weak right now. I'm looking for some advice in improving my app the most I can in a year.
I'm a Hispanic male going to a state school in FL. I'll be graduating this summer and plan to apply next summer. I believe that gives me two years before I'd enroll but only a year before I apply. I'm looking for some ideas about how to best prepare to apply. Here are my stats / EC's
MCAT:512 131/128/126/127. I tested 3/12 and I'm a little disappointed in my score. I know its not a poor score by any means, but it's lower than my AAMC FL averages. I got a 519 on a FL two weeks before I tested and a 516 not long before that so I was expecting better.
GPA: 3.93 - sGPA around 3.88. I'm having a rough semester right now; these might go down if I get a few B's
Volunteering (Both clinical and non-clinical). Around 50 hours lol. I want to blame covid for not letting me do anything for most of my time in college, but I know 50 is too low to be graduating with. This is a mixture of volunteering at a food shelter and doing different assignments at a local hospital.
Research: Did a poster presentation about refugee healthcare in Europe and the United States. This was a group project as part of a class so I'm not sure if it would be counted as research.
Internships: Did a virtual internship with a clinic in a third-world-country that treats immigrants from other third world countries. Despite being online I learned a lot about global inequalities in health. I was meant to take a trip to this clinic through my school, but it was cancelled twice due to the pandemic.
Other stuff: 4 semesters of Japanese, Fluent Spanish speaker, can converse a little in Italian. Chess and Ping-Pong clubs. I'm an Honors student and made the deans list a few times.
Not the greatest resume after 3 years of college but here I am. What should I focus on? Getting research? My advisor told me about the NIH IRTA and other stuff to get a 1-2 years under my belt. Would I be better off getting a clinical job like phlebotomy or scribing? Is it worth retaking the MCAT? I'm worried that I won't have enough to apply by next summer but I'm curious to hear what you all think.
I know this is a lot of questions but I'm facing two years where I won't be in school with no idea of what I should be doing. Any help/advice is greatly appreciated.
I not exactly asking about my chances, I know my application is weak right now. I'm looking for some advice in improving my app the most I can in a year.
I'm a Hispanic male going to a state school in FL. I'll be graduating this summer and plan to apply next summer. I believe that gives me two years before I'd enroll but only a year before I apply. I'm looking for some ideas about how to best prepare to apply. Here are my stats / EC's
MCAT:512 131/128/126/127. I tested 3/12 and I'm a little disappointed in my score. I know its not a poor score by any means, but it's lower than my AAMC FL averages. I got a 519 on a FL two weeks before I tested and a 516 not long before that so I was expecting better.
GPA: 3.93 - sGPA around 3.88. I'm having a rough semester right now; these might go down if I get a few B's
Volunteering (Both clinical and non-clinical). Around 50 hours lol. I want to blame covid for not letting me do anything for most of my time in college, but I know 50 is too low to be graduating with. This is a mixture of volunteering at a food shelter and doing different assignments at a local hospital.
Research: Did a poster presentation about refugee healthcare in Europe and the United States. This was a group project as part of a class so I'm not sure if it would be counted as research.
Internships: Did a virtual internship with a clinic in a third-world-country that treats immigrants from other third world countries. Despite being online I learned a lot about global inequalities in health. I was meant to take a trip to this clinic through my school, but it was cancelled twice due to the pandemic.
Other stuff: 4 semesters of Japanese, Fluent Spanish speaker, can converse a little in Italian. Chess and Ping-Pong clubs. I'm an Honors student and made the deans list a few times.
Not the greatest resume after 3 years of college but here I am. What should I focus on? Getting research? My advisor told me about the NIH IRTA and other stuff to get a 1-2 years under my belt. Would I be better off getting a clinical job like phlebotomy or scribing? Is it worth retaking the MCAT? I'm worried that I won't have enough to apply by next summer but I'm curious to hear what you all think.
I know this is a lot of questions but I'm facing two years where I won't be in school with no idea of what I should be doing. Any help/advice is greatly appreciated.
