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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!