is there any hope left?

[littleemt]

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Hey,

Graduated 2006 from NY's CUNY college with a BS in Biochemistry.
GPA - 3.5 Science - 3.5 Non-Science - 3.7
downward trend plus got 2 c+ grades from physiology classes. everything else were A or B's.
April 2005 MCAT - 28R - 10V, 10B, 8P
January 2007 MCAT - 30O - 9V, 11B, 10P

Have undergraduate chemistry research, working in a medical school research lab for 2 years (huge study - no publications though). Before that worked in medical office. Have been an EMT and volunteering on an ambulance for 2 years. Teaching a 6month long EMT class twice a year.

Applied 3 times so far.

1st - 15+ applications, handful of secondaries, 1 interview, 1 waitlist
2nd - 20+ applications, lot of secondaries, 1 interview, 1 waitlist
3rd - 30+ applications, almost all secondaries, 3 interviews, 2 waitlists

Should I even try this year? Feel like I want it so much but cant seem to even get past the interview stage.

 

[NontradICUdoc]

have you ever called the schools that waitlisted you but never took you off to find out what is the best thing to do to make the jump off the list?

 

[FutureCTDoc]

Apply broadly consider top tier DO schools, NSU-COM, WesternU, UNECOM, OSU-COM and NYCOM also apply broadly to lower to mid tier MD institutions. You should reassess your list, are you applying to schools that are out of your league (i.e. Harvard, Yale or Stanford) or applying only or mainly in NY where there are relatively few seats per person?

 

[dragonfly99]

Agree w/calling the schools that you interviewed at previously, to find out why they didn't take you. Call the ones where you got wait listed, but also the others. Apply even more broadly, agree w/DO schools too.
You may want to see if you can take some upper level bio courses and ace them as well. Consider MCAT retake but it doesn't seem like that is the whole problem...academics look OK though not great...GPA a bit borderline especially if downward trend...consider trying to get a new LOR(s) if the ones you have aren't from MD's or PhD's who teach a lot of premeds and thus will know what to say in a LOR.

 

[faith2]

Did you have a premed advisor at CCNY look at your app. I graduated from there maybe there is something you are not seeing. Your numbers are okay i know mines are worse. Apply also to DO schools. Your numbers are excellent for DO. But I thinkk you should call the schools and find out what is wrong so you can work on it. Do not give up the solution is available once you find the problem🙂😉🙄😳😛

 

[Food]

Wow. I really can't believe that. I feel really bad! 3 interviews that turned into 2 waitlists? I've had 1interview/1waitlist last cycle...your story is scaring the bejezus out of me.

 

[Pet of the Week]

Did you apply to osteopathic schools at all?