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This is my second year to apply for medical school in Texas and I'm simply not getting interviews. Its turning out to be a repeat of my previous application cycle. Last year I got three interviews, one at El Paso, one at UTSW, and one at San Antonio. At the end of the cycle I was waitlisted at UTSW but was not picked up off the waitlist.
This cycle I've interviewed at only San Antonio and Galveston, but here it is late November and I'm not hearing anything from any other schools and I'm frankly confused. I've combed through my application, had friends and family go through it, current medical students and all of my advisors and professors and we can't seem to figure out a reason for what it is killing my chances outright.
I recently graduated from the University of North Texas with a 3.89 GPA with a BS in Biology and a BA in Psychology. I spent six years in college, two at community college and then four at UNT. I took the MCAT twice, first making a 28R and then a 31R. I have two and a half years of Organic Chemistry volunteer tutoring, a year of volunteering at a hospital ER, 70 hrs of shadowing a cardiologist and a pediatrician, 5 semesters of research in a microbiology lab and a semester of research in the psychology department of my school. The LORs my professors turned in were honestly stellar. I also had a part time job all through out college in retail and currently I'm a microbiologist at a lab. I did try to find a job doing research but there were no openings currently and so I'm having to wait till one opens up some where around me.
I'm simply stumped at this point and desperate for feedback. I would really like to get in this cycle, but my hopes have been shattered and my optimism has been reduced to nothing. I'm already starting to plan for next year and any feedback as to what I might be doing would be greatly appreciated. I've worked in and studied others fields and this is the only career I see myself being happy doing. I'm never going to give up, but I need to find out what I can do to get there, so that I'm not trying hopelessly. Please, someone help me.
On a side note, at every interview I go to there seems to be confusion. This year while interviewing for a md/phd program, one of my interviewers said that they were confused as to whether I had a 31 or a 35 on the MCAT. I truthfully told them a 31, but I was stumped because I don't submit the MCAT, that's AAMC. Also the previous year at El Paso, I had an interviewer tell me that I had a LOR that said I had no volunteering in which the professor highlighted it. Which is simply untrue because it all gets faxed in black and white (verified with my adviser) and that none of my letters were negative in the slightest (addressed with my adviser to make sure. I was positive it was what killed my chances if it was true, but verified it wasn't). I've also had just a terrible time at interviews. Last year in El Paso, my first interviewer was 25 min late, leaving me with a 5 min interview with her. The school was not willing to schedule another interview that day. And in San Antonio last year for the md/phd, one of my interviewers showed up 35 min late, no apologies, no second interview granted. lol, and this year mid conversation in San Antonio, Dr. Jones walked off mid-conversation to go talk to a student he knew without saying anything. At least it lets me know how the schools regard us applicants.
This cycle I've interviewed at only San Antonio and Galveston, but here it is late November and I'm not hearing anything from any other schools and I'm frankly confused. I've combed through my application, had friends and family go through it, current medical students and all of my advisors and professors and we can't seem to figure out a reason for what it is killing my chances outright.
I recently graduated from the University of North Texas with a 3.89 GPA with a BS in Biology and a BA in Psychology. I spent six years in college, two at community college and then four at UNT. I took the MCAT twice, first making a 28R and then a 31R. I have two and a half years of Organic Chemistry volunteer tutoring, a year of volunteering at a hospital ER, 70 hrs of shadowing a cardiologist and a pediatrician, 5 semesters of research in a microbiology lab and a semester of research in the psychology department of my school. The LORs my professors turned in were honestly stellar. I also had a part time job all through out college in retail and currently I'm a microbiologist at a lab. I did try to find a job doing research but there were no openings currently and so I'm having to wait till one opens up some where around me.
I'm simply stumped at this point and desperate for feedback. I would really like to get in this cycle, but my hopes have been shattered and my optimism has been reduced to nothing. I'm already starting to plan for next year and any feedback as to what I might be doing would be greatly appreciated. I've worked in and studied others fields and this is the only career I see myself being happy doing. I'm never going to give up, but I need to find out what I can do to get there, so that I'm not trying hopelessly. Please, someone help me.
On a side note, at every interview I go to there seems to be confusion. This year while interviewing for a md/phd program, one of my interviewers said that they were confused as to whether I had a 31 or a 35 on the MCAT. I truthfully told them a 31, but I was stumped because I don't submit the MCAT, that's AAMC. Also the previous year at El Paso, I had an interviewer tell me that I had a LOR that said I had no volunteering in which the professor highlighted it. Which is simply untrue because it all gets faxed in black and white (verified with my adviser) and that none of my letters were negative in the slightest (addressed with my adviser to make sure. I was positive it was what killed my chances if it was true, but verified it wasn't). I've also had just a terrible time at interviews. Last year in El Paso, my first interviewer was 25 min late, leaving me with a 5 min interview with her. The school was not willing to schedule another interview that day. And in San Antonio last year for the md/phd, one of my interviewers showed up 35 min late, no apologies, no second interview granted. lol, and this year mid conversation in San Antonio, Dr. Jones walked off mid-conversation to go talk to a student he knew without saying anything. At least it lets me know how the schools regard us applicants.
