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Hi all,
Longtime lurker here hoping to get started on SDN and contribute to the community in any way I can. I just applied during the 2014-2015 cycle and got no luck at all (0 interviews, lots of pre-interview holds). Still have some schools where I haven't received the rejection hammer yet but I am starting to prepare for re-application in the next cycle.
I was wondering if I could get some of your input on what I could do to improve my application. I did the recommended stuff by applying broadly (20+ schools of varying ranges) and got my primary in on day 1, but submitted secondaries a bite late (mid August - September).
App:
Graduated Bio major from UC Berkeley
CA resident
cGPA: 3.61
sGPA: 3.42
MCAT: 34
2+ years clinical research (no publications but worked closely with the PI alot so LOR is solid)
~100 hrs health fair volunteering
~ 80 hrs shadowing (40 for primary care, 40 for specialties)
Tutored for a quarter and led a bunch of leadership camp stuff throughout college.
Stuff I did this year (that wasn't on my app)
Worked as an EMT (probably 500+ hours by now)
Didn't apply DO last cycle but definitely considering it now since I want to go into primary care. Should I apply to SMP and post-bacc? Worried a bit about my sGPA being on the lower side. Felt like I had strong LORs ( 1 from PI, 2 from profs, 2 from extracurricular). Reading over my PS I feel like it could have been alot better so really going to try to focus on that. Anything else that really stands out that I could improve on?
Really appreciate your advice and help 🙂 Looking forward to being more active on SDN!
Longtime lurker here hoping to get started on SDN and contribute to the community in any way I can. I just applied during the 2014-2015 cycle and got no luck at all (0 interviews, lots of pre-interview holds). Still have some schools where I haven't received the rejection hammer yet but I am starting to prepare for re-application in the next cycle.
I was wondering if I could get some of your input on what I could do to improve my application. I did the recommended stuff by applying broadly (20+ schools of varying ranges) and got my primary in on day 1, but submitted secondaries a bite late (mid August - September).
App:
Graduated Bio major from UC Berkeley
CA resident
cGPA: 3.61
sGPA: 3.42
MCAT: 34
2+ years clinical research (no publications but worked closely with the PI alot so LOR is solid)
~100 hrs health fair volunteering
~ 80 hrs shadowing (40 for primary care, 40 for specialties)
Tutored for a quarter and led a bunch of leadership camp stuff throughout college.
Stuff I did this year (that wasn't on my app)
Worked as an EMT (probably 500+ hours by now)
Didn't apply DO last cycle but definitely considering it now since I want to go into primary care. Should I apply to SMP and post-bacc? Worried a bit about my sGPA being on the lower side. Felt like I had strong LORs ( 1 from PI, 2 from profs, 2 from extracurricular). Reading over my PS I feel like it could have been alot better so really going to try to focus on that. Anything else that really stands out that I could improve on?
Really appreciate your advice and help 🙂 Looking forward to being more active on SDN!