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Given your weakness in the MCAT, I can't recommend any more retakes. You've plateaued out.Hello, I am a previous medical school applicant from Texas. I just received a rejection notice from the UNTHSC medical sciences program, and would like guidance regarding my next steps. Here is more about me.
Other Information - I am an ORM and a 2nd generation college student. I wanted to seriously become a doctor in my junior year of college. In the years since my graduation, I have done research in neuroscience and worked as an ER scribe, as mentioned above.
- Undergraduate School and degree - UT Austin class of 2018, BS in chemistry
- cGPA and sGPA - 3.15, 3.16
- I had an upward trend my last 3 years, but the highest my GPA reached was a 3.5. My GPA my first year was a 2.1.
- MCAT - taken 4 times, most recent score is a 504 (older scores are 499, 500, 498)
- I have continued to have troubles with the MCAT and would like a higher score, but understand that with this many attempts that I am walking an extremely thin line with any further retakes.
- Clinical experience
- 800 hours as an ER scribe
- 400 hours working in primary care
- Research experience
- 400 hours in neuroscience research
- Shadowing experience
- 40 hours in primary care
- Volunteering
- 200 hours teaching underserved youth
- Other activities
- I have worked as a grade school tutor for 300 hours, teaching mathematics
- Relevant awards
- 1st Place in HOSA competition in college. We competed in public health
I would like to improve upon my GPA, which is why I applied to the SMP at UNT. I would like some input regarding if I should continue to apply to SMPs, apply to medical schools this year, or perhaps change my career path. I would appreciate further direction regarding other SMPs I could apply to.
I applied to all of the medical schools in Texas last year and received no interview invites. If I were to apply this year, I would apply to MD and DO schools across the US, and would appreciate help in determining a list of schools to submit to. Thank you, I greatly appreciate any help.
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