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Hello!
Year in school:
Graduating in Spring 2020 at age 20.
Country/state of residence:
Texas
Ethnicity: not URM
Asian
Undergraduate institution or category:
Public state school
Cumulative GPA:
3.3
Science GPA:
2.9
MCAT Scores:
1/23/20 —> 493 (123/120/125/125); Not happy, will definitely take some time off this summer to study and only take it when my practice exams show a consistent 505+
Research/Paid Research Experience:
700+ hours: I have been working in a research lab for 3+ years. I don't have a publication, we are in the process of getting things started with a journal.
I ran my own project and I have given MANY presentations (poster/oral) on the project. My PI is one of my strong LORs.
Paid Clinical Experience:
None.
If things don't go well with SMPs, I plan on starting scribing this summer.
Volunteering (medical/clinical) – include hours/sites:
100+: Hospital volunteer in the Transplant unit, I helped patients with whatever they needed by their bedside (like giving them water, reading books for peds patients, etc). Also helped nurses with lab work and charting.
Non-clinical volunteering:
50+ hours: Volunteer in the women's center.
200+ hours: Officer for one of the clubs on campus.
100+ hours: I was a biochem TA on campus
Physician shadowing:
20+ hours: dentist
20+ hours: neurosurgery
30+ hours: peds
20+ hours: peds surgery in another country
Immediate family members in medicine?
No; actually none at all.
Interests in medicine?
I am actually really interested in peds, and I would love to attend a DO school (I actually have a LOR from a DO).
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So, I have just applied for 3 SMP programs. I am waiting for those. Should I apply to more? Will I even get accepted?
What should I do after graduation, If I don't get into the SMP? Do a post-bacc with higher-level sciences courses to increase my sGPA and then take some months off to study for the MCAT and apply next cycle (2021)??
Year in school:
Graduating in Spring 2020 at age 20.
Country/state of residence:
Texas
Ethnicity: not URM
Asian
Undergraduate institution or category:
Public state school
Cumulative GPA:
3.3
Science GPA:
2.9
MCAT Scores:
1/23/20 —> 493 (123/120/125/125); Not happy, will definitely take some time off this summer to study and only take it when my practice exams show a consistent 505+
Research/Paid Research Experience:
700+ hours: I have been working in a research lab for 3+ years. I don't have a publication, we are in the process of getting things started with a journal.
I ran my own project and I have given MANY presentations (poster/oral) on the project. My PI is one of my strong LORs.
Paid Clinical Experience:
None.
If things don't go well with SMPs, I plan on starting scribing this summer.
Volunteering (medical/clinical) – include hours/sites:
100+: Hospital volunteer in the Transplant unit, I helped patients with whatever they needed by their bedside (like giving them water, reading books for peds patients, etc). Also helped nurses with lab work and charting.
Non-clinical volunteering:
50+ hours: Volunteer in the women's center.
200+ hours: Officer for one of the clubs on campus.
100+ hours: I was a biochem TA on campus
Physician shadowing:
20+ hours: dentist
20+ hours: neurosurgery
30+ hours: peds
20+ hours: peds surgery in another country
Immediate family members in medicine?
No; actually none at all.
Interests in medicine?
I am actually really interested in peds, and I would love to attend a DO school (I actually have a LOR from a DO).
__________________________________
So, I have just applied for 3 SMP programs. I am waiting for those. Should I apply to more? Will I even get accepted?
What should I do after graduation, If I don't get into the SMP? Do a post-bacc with higher-level sciences courses to increase my sGPA and then take some months off to study for the MCAT and apply next cycle (2021)??
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