Hello all,
I am a current re-applicant who applied in 2018 without any interviews. Since then, I have completed hundreds of hours of community service and shadowing, as well as completed a post-bacc program with a 3.84 GPA. I have already reviewed MSAR and several reddit/SDN threads to calculate my odds of getting into different schools and where to apply. However, I would appreciate some human input on where people feel I should apply.
CT Resident
Male, ORM
MCAT 515
cGPA 3.67, sGPA 3.5 (both with stronger upward trend from post-bacc program. Went from 3.4sGPA-->3.5 and 3.63cGPA-->3.67)
Honors Scholar, Cum Laude
Recent ECS (last few years):
200 hours volunteering at soup kitchen/homeless shelter for over a year
~125 hours shadowing at a Psych Research center (shadowed, data entry, saw and helped get informed consent from psych patients)
100 hours preparing and submitting my honors thesis
Less recent ECs (2016, 2017, 2018)
300 hours of non-clinical research on group-based learning (publication accepted, & poster presentation at Experimental Biology)
60 hours as an undergraduate course assistant for my anatomy class
70 hours of Surgical Shadowing
80 hours as a member of the Alzheimer's Association at my school
30 hours shadowing a neurologist
Early college ECS (2014-2016)
150 hours shadowing in the ER
100 hours as a Patient Care Assistant for someone with muscular dystrophy
2500 hours as a retail associate
I feel my personal statement is good (Physicians + Pre med advisor liked it) and LORS are solid (above average, but perhaps not stellar).
I would greatly appreciate any advice that you all have
I am a current re-applicant who applied in 2018 without any interviews. Since then, I have completed hundreds of hours of community service and shadowing, as well as completed a post-bacc program with a 3.84 GPA. I have already reviewed MSAR and several reddit/SDN threads to calculate my odds of getting into different schools and where to apply. However, I would appreciate some human input on where people feel I should apply.
CT Resident
Male, ORM
MCAT 515
cGPA 3.67, sGPA 3.5 (both with stronger upward trend from post-bacc program. Went from 3.4sGPA-->3.5 and 3.63cGPA-->3.67)
Honors Scholar, Cum Laude
Recent ECS (last few years):
200 hours volunteering at soup kitchen/homeless shelter for over a year
~125 hours shadowing at a Psych Research center (shadowed, data entry, saw and helped get informed consent from psych patients)
100 hours preparing and submitting my honors thesis
Less recent ECs (2016, 2017, 2018)
300 hours of non-clinical research on group-based learning (publication accepted, & poster presentation at Experimental Biology)
60 hours as an undergraduate course assistant for my anatomy class
70 hours of Surgical Shadowing
80 hours as a member of the Alzheimer's Association at my school
30 hours shadowing a neurologist
Early college ECS (2014-2016)
150 hours shadowing in the ER
100 hours as a Patient Care Assistant for someone with muscular dystrophy
2500 hours as a retail associate
I feel my personal statement is good (Physicians + Pre med advisor liked it) and LORS are solid (above average, but perhaps not stellar).
I would greatly appreciate any advice that you all have
