MD How much work does my app. need?

[BAH94]

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Hey Everyone,

I was wondering about my application and what else I should be doing right now, maybe you can give me some advice. I'm currently a junior in undergad, majoring in biochemistry. I have taken all the pre req's except for physics, which I'm taking right now. My cumulative gpa is 3.9, science gpa ~3.95. I belong to several on campus organizations, including a Biology honor society, service fraternity, on campus leadership academy, and I'm an active varsity athlete on the track and field team. Since I belong to a service fraternity I have a lot of volunteer hours, but they are scattered and nothing regular or healthcare related. I also have approximately 40 hours of shadowing a family practice physician, who I spent a week with last year. My course load is pretty busy right now, and coming up in the spring I will be studying for the MCAT. I was just wondering how these stats look and what my chances would be now? And if I should spend some time getting more shadowing hours or clinic exposure, or if I should just focusing on keeping my GPA up at the moment?

Thanks All

 

[Afford]

I would get clinical volunteering experience and research experience.

 

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And if I should spend some time getting more shadowing hours or clinic exposure, or if I should just focusing on keeping my GPA up at the moment?

Do all of the above.

Also, if you're set on a higher-end school, line up some research.

 

[Catalystik]

Hey Everyone,

I was wondering about my application and what else I should be doing right now, maybe you can give me some advice. I'm currently a junior in undergad, majoring in biochemistry. I have taken all the pre req's except for physics, which I'm taking right now. My cumulative gpa is 3.9, science gpa ~3.95. I belong to several on campus organizations, including a Biology honor society, service fraternity, on campus leadership academy, and I'm an active varsity athlete on the track and field team. Since I belong to a service fraternity I have a lot of volunteer hours, but they are scattered and nothing regular or healthcare related. I also have approximately 40 hours of shadowing a family practice physician, who I spent a week with last year. My course load is pretty busy right now, and coming up in the spring I will be studying for the MCAT. I was just wondering how these stats look and what my chances would be now? And if I should spend some time getting more shadowing hours or clinic exposure, or if I should just focusing on keeping my GPA up at the moment?

Thanks All

Protecting your GPA is your most important consideration. Keep in mind that there's no rule that you must apply after junior year or even after senior year. If you can't get everything in creditably before June 2015, reset your projected timeline for an application in 2016. As looks now, you'd be applying with sparse shadowing, zero active clinical experience, and zero research, which most commonly equates with zero interview offers regardless of stats.