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Hello all--
Spring semester of junior year about to start and I would greatly appreciate your opinions on my chances on getting into medical school because I feel like I'm doing things a little non-traditional and all the advice I keep hearing is confusing and contradictory! Many thanks to you, in advance, for reading through and commenting.
- I attend a top 10 private research university in the U.S.
- I am majoring in Cultural Anthropology.
- TX resident
- I'm planning on taking a gap year, MCAT in senior spring.
- Past one and a half summers have been classes and one half summer, research.
- Current GPA is 3.688 (I know, yikes. STEM hasn't been my strong suit in college
All other classes I've received A, A- in *sigh*)
- I just spent the semester abroad in Vietnam, S. Africa, and Argentina on a comparative public health, medical anthropology program.
- I have completed 50+ hours of shadowing in various healthcare settings (hospital, private, community healthcare clinic)
- I completed 11 mos. as an undergrad. research assistant in a lab (stopped last spring bc was going abroad. Postdoc changed labs, too. Btw, my lab, also, left the state so needless to say, I will not be returning this spring.) Unfortunately, no poster sessions or publications came of my exp.
- I'm planning on volunteering in a hospital this spring and next fall.
- I have been lightly involved in like... class government (i.e. class of 2019 fall festival!) in positions like secretary and housing coordinator which are roles I actually put a fair amount of work in.
- I was a freshman advisor one year.
My questions and concerns:
I know obviously, my GPA needs work, and I am going to try my darndest to get A's in my remaining ~3~ premed classes (chem 2, stats, biochem)...
But how can I improve my extracurriculars? I'm worried I don't really have many strong recs or anything of ...substance... ?
Should I be looking for another lab to work in? (I think helping out with clinical research could be really cool and fun)
Given my current stats any school suggestions?
Thank you so much for your response!
Spring semester of junior year about to start and I would greatly appreciate your opinions on my chances on getting into medical school because I feel like I'm doing things a little non-traditional and all the advice I keep hearing is confusing and contradictory! Many thanks to you, in advance, for reading through and commenting.
- I attend a top 10 private research university in the U.S.
- I am majoring in Cultural Anthropology.
- TX resident
- I'm planning on taking a gap year, MCAT in senior spring.
- Past one and a half summers have been classes and one half summer, research.
- Current GPA is 3.688 (I know, yikes. STEM hasn't been my strong suit in college
All other classes I've received A, A- in *sigh*)- I just spent the semester abroad in Vietnam, S. Africa, and Argentina on a comparative public health, medical anthropology program.
- I have completed 50+ hours of shadowing in various healthcare settings (hospital, private, community healthcare clinic)
- I completed 11 mos. as an undergrad. research assistant in a lab (stopped last spring bc was going abroad. Postdoc changed labs, too. Btw, my lab, also, left the state so needless to say, I will not be returning this spring.) Unfortunately, no poster sessions or publications came of my exp.
- I'm planning on volunteering in a hospital this spring and next fall.
- I have been lightly involved in like... class government (i.e. class of 2019 fall festival!) in positions like secretary and housing coordinator which are roles I actually put a fair amount of work in.
- I was a freshman advisor one year.
My questions and concerns:
I know obviously, my GPA needs work, and I am going to try my darndest to get A's in my remaining ~3~ premed classes (chem 2, stats, biochem)...
But how can I improve my extracurriculars? I'm worried I don't really have many strong recs or anything of ...substance... ?
Should I be looking for another lab to work in? (I think helping out with clinical research could be really cool and fun)
Given my current stats any school suggestions?
Thank you so much for your response!
