thatguy373
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Hello everyone, I'm applying this cycle and was wondering if I could get any advice on my stats,
I would say I have excellent EC's (took a gap year)
2,000 hours on research (2 first authors, 1 mid author, and a national research conference presentation)
1,000 non clinical (volunteering at a temple, hosted blood drives at said temple)
750 clinical hour experiences (worked as a scribe for a while)
100 shadowing hours in ONE speciality (loved doc)
750 leadership hours (Publich health intiatives, non profit I founded)
So basically, I have a 3.96 sGPA, and I have a 3.77 cGPA, and I have a 521 on the MCAT.
the reason for my VERY low cGPA is that I took Calculus.... as a high school junior, and since I was already in the heap of it, and some counselor pressure on I could do it, handed with a death of a close family member, I ended up missing the final exam (worth 50%) of my grade, I regret it so much thinking about it, but oh well, (retook the class that EXACT summer and got a 113% in the class, and now I think I'm cooked and I shouldn't even reach for the top schools. My choices are: 1. YOLO and apply this cycle (I have a great x factor and application, I think, but this is really throwing me off if I should), and I really want to go to a hard to reach med school since I'm always reaching for perfection and all that. 2. I do a post-bacc and recover some of my GPA, get ir around 3.81? 3. Just do nothing and admit it, IDK. What do you think I should do?
I would say I have excellent EC's (took a gap year)
2,000 hours on research (2 first authors, 1 mid author, and a national research conference presentation)
1,000 non clinical (volunteering at a temple, hosted blood drives at said temple)
750 clinical hour experiences (worked as a scribe for a while)
100 shadowing hours in ONE speciality (loved doc)
750 leadership hours (Publich health intiatives, non profit I founded)
So basically, I have a 3.96 sGPA, and I have a 3.77 cGPA, and I have a 521 on the MCAT.
the reason for my VERY low cGPA is that I took Calculus.... as a high school junior, and since I was already in the heap of it, and some counselor pressure on I could do it, handed with a death of a close family member, I ended up missing the final exam (worth 50%) of my grade, I regret it so much thinking about it, but oh well, (retook the class that EXACT summer and got a 113% in the class, and now I think I'm cooked and I shouldn't even reach for the top schools. My choices are: 1. YOLO and apply this cycle (I have a great x factor and application, I think, but this is really throwing me off if I should), and I really want to go to a hard to reach med school since I'm always reaching for perfection and all that. 2. I do a post-bacc and recover some of my GPA, get ir around 3.81? 3. Just do nothing and admit it, IDK. What do you think I should do?
