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Hey everyone,
Per the thread I created here earlier, I have decided to skip a cycle before re-applying, to put my best foot forward: https://forums.studentdoctor.net/th...d-advisor-and-gap-year.1243295/#post-18655580
SO, now I'm trying to decide the order of activities that I will do during the 2017-2018 year and then during my re-application year which is 2018-2019. I've determined that the things I need to work on most are my sGPA and cGPA (sGPA needs more work than cGPA) and low healthcare exposure hours. To address these issues, I plan on being certified as a CNA/MA/etc in order to do a year of patient-related work, and I also plan on taking a year to do an academic enhancement program of some sort. The question is, which order should I do these in?
If I do the healthcare activity first, then medical schools will know that I have a well-informed idea of why I am applying to medical school which is great, and I can also get a new LOR from a clinical setting. However, this leaves me to do the academic enhancement second, which might put me at a disadvantage because schools may hold my application until fall grades come in, making my app late (right?). On the other hand if I do the academic activity first, then I wouldn't run into this issue and I would be able to get an academic LOR. However, this poses the issue of medical schools being unable to see that I have a clear idea of why I'm entering medicine, because I'd just be completing my healthcare experience during the time I apply.
Do you all have any thoughts on which order I should do these activities in, given these pros and cons? Please let me know, and thanks!
Per the thread I created here earlier, I have decided to skip a cycle before re-applying, to put my best foot forward: https://forums.studentdoctor.net/th...d-advisor-and-gap-year.1243295/#post-18655580
SO, now I'm trying to decide the order of activities that I will do during the 2017-2018 year and then during my re-application year which is 2018-2019. I've determined that the things I need to work on most are my sGPA and cGPA (sGPA needs more work than cGPA) and low healthcare exposure hours. To address these issues, I plan on being certified as a CNA/MA/etc in order to do a year of patient-related work, and I also plan on taking a year to do an academic enhancement program of some sort. The question is, which order should I do these in?
If I do the healthcare activity first, then medical schools will know that I have a well-informed idea of why I am applying to medical school which is great, and I can also get a new LOR from a clinical setting. However, this leaves me to do the academic enhancement second, which might put me at a disadvantage because schools may hold my application until fall grades come in, making my app late (right?). On the other hand if I do the academic activity first, then I wouldn't run into this issue and I would be able to get an academic LOR. However, this poses the issue of medical schools being unable to see that I have a clear idea of why I'm entering medicine, because I'd just be completing my healthcare experience during the time I apply.
Do you all have any thoughts on which order I should do these activities in, given these pros and cons? Please let me know, and thanks!
