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So I need to clarify. I know my stats aren't great thats why I applied to so few schools.
So I was born in the poorest country in (I think the world) or at least the western hemisphere. I was adopted at 3 and homeschooled my way through. My parents caught pretty early on that I was a smart kid. I learned to read by listening to my mom teach my siblings at 5 years old. Realize that I was speaking a different language for 3 out of the 5 years alive. Anyway my parents let me "skip" grades and do course work for classes above my age range. I skipped 2 grades. I always scored well on the standardized tests that were required to be taken.
This led me to graduate high school at 16. I was accepted to a community college in the honors program before i graduated.l. I did community college for a year 3.93 GPA and my biology teacher told me not to waste my time in a community college and go to a 4 year university.
So i did this and man was it tough. I was 17 years old, a sophmore in college and naive as can be. My first semester I kind of slacked off. I still got accepted into the honors program at the school tho. While I was in college I did alot of work in underserved communities as well volunteer oppurtunites and was in the leadership board of 2 clubs, one being the pre-health club.
Last summer I was accepted to an undergraduate research program at an Ivy League school. Mind you, the only research I had done was the basic bio labs and stuff. It was a life changing experience for me and I got to present at Mayo Clinic!
I ended up graduating undergraduate at 20 years old with a 3.53, a science gpa of 3.34...
I was offered a research job at the Ivy league school and that's what I'm doing right now for my gap year.
So then I did something so stupid and I hate myself for it. I decided that I would study for the MCAT after graduation and before i started working. Roughly 6 weeks of study time. My undergrad school kind of sucks at informing you about how brutal the test actually is. I got my results back and was crushed with a 497. I did average or better than average in everything but C/P (never been my strong suit).
I applied to 11 schools because I know my chances are low and I'm not wasting my money. I got rejected from 3 and withdrew from 4 because (again, I don't want to waste my money). I have 5 schools that I completed my application for. 3 of them prescreen the Primary. I haven't had any interviews yet but that may be because I didn't get verified till the end of August. I had 6 letters of recommendation. 1 strong letter from an Ivy league that I work at MD, 1 strong premed committee letter which interviewed me. 2 from science professors that I had a great relationship with and took many classes with. And 2 from the volunteer programs that I did for 3 years. In my gap year I am know shadowing my PI who is a doctor and I'm volunteering in the PICU unit at this Ivy league associated hospital....
Last bit of information that I don't think is that important but people seem to think is, I'm URM
Alright so give me your honest opinion. What are my chances for these 4 safety and 1 reach school that I applied to?
So I was born in the poorest country in (I think the world) or at least the western hemisphere. I was adopted at 3 and homeschooled my way through. My parents caught pretty early on that I was a smart kid. I learned to read by listening to my mom teach my siblings at 5 years old. Realize that I was speaking a different language for 3 out of the 5 years alive. Anyway my parents let me "skip" grades and do course work for classes above my age range. I skipped 2 grades. I always scored well on the standardized tests that were required to be taken.
This led me to graduate high school at 16. I was accepted to a community college in the honors program before i graduated.l. I did community college for a year 3.93 GPA and my biology teacher told me not to waste my time in a community college and go to a 4 year university.
So i did this and man was it tough. I was 17 years old, a sophmore in college and naive as can be. My first semester I kind of slacked off. I still got accepted into the honors program at the school tho. While I was in college I did alot of work in underserved communities as well volunteer oppurtunites and was in the leadership board of 2 clubs, one being the pre-health club.
Last summer I was accepted to an undergraduate research program at an Ivy League school. Mind you, the only research I had done was the basic bio labs and stuff. It was a life changing experience for me and I got to present at Mayo Clinic!
I ended up graduating undergraduate at 20 years old with a 3.53, a science gpa of 3.34...
I was offered a research job at the Ivy league school and that's what I'm doing right now for my gap year.
So then I did something so stupid and I hate myself for it. I decided that I would study for the MCAT after graduation and before i started working. Roughly 6 weeks of study time. My undergrad school kind of sucks at informing you about how brutal the test actually is. I got my results back and was crushed with a 497. I did average or better than average in everything but C/P (never been my strong suit).
I applied to 11 schools because I know my chances are low and I'm not wasting my money. I got rejected from 3 and withdrew from 4 because (again, I don't want to waste my money). I have 5 schools that I completed my application for. 3 of them prescreen the Primary. I haven't had any interviews yet but that may be because I didn't get verified till the end of August. I had 6 letters of recommendation. 1 strong letter from an Ivy league that I work at MD, 1 strong premed committee letter which interviewed me. 2 from science professors that I had a great relationship with and took many classes with. And 2 from the volunteer programs that I did for 3 years. In my gap year I am know shadowing my PI who is a doctor and I'm volunteering in the PICU unit at this Ivy league associated hospital....
Last bit of information that I don't think is that important but people seem to think is, I'm URM
Alright so give me your honest opinion. What are my chances for these 4 safety and 1 reach school that I applied to?