Hey all, posted a few months ago and had good feedback on school selection. Have struggled to keep up with secondaries while working full-time and volunteering. Wondering if there's any schools worth adding for me at this point. I was originally shooting for 25, have submitted 20 secondaries with LORs at this point and I'm working on two more.
Recap of app previously posted:
Non-trad, graduated 4 years ago
Low 3.7x cumulative and science GPA
MCAT: 26 (expired), 517 (last year)
AZ resident, white
Clinical experience:
2 years ED scribe, 3000 hours
2 years physical therapy tech, 2000 hours
120 hours ED volunteering, over a year
Research:
1 year independent honors thesis, committee presentation but no pub or poster
Full-time job in clinical research (with patients), current since Jan. 1000+ hours at time of app, 3000+ by next Aug.
Shadowing:
~10 hours ortho
~10 hours anesthesiology
~30 hours primary care
Non-clinical volunteering:
~150 hours as part of campus volunteer organization (non-clinical, local charities in the community)
Held leadership position in executive board
~50 hours serving as a mentor for first-generation college students coming from a disadvantaged background after personally taking part in program
~50 hours as a school tutor and youth mentor for teens living with families at a homeless shelter (current role over 100 by next year)
Other:
1.5 years facility manager and event supervisor at campus rec center (heavy leadership role explained further in app)
Honors college program
Property manager for relative’s home, 1 yr
Powerlifting hobby
First-generation American, first generation in family to graduate from college
There's some details I'm leaving out but I was advised to apply to a couple top 20s and mid-tier schools mostly. Here's my current list:
Tufts
Boston University
Duke
Temple
Case Western
Keck at USC
Drexel
University of Pittsburgh
Emory
University of Rochester
University of Arizona - Tucson
University of Arizona - Phoenix
Icahn
Albany
Mayo (MN)
Mayo (AZ)
Hofstra
Jefferson
Dartmouth
Albert Einstein
Working on:
Miami
Rosalind Franklin
So far, 1 II, 1 rejection, both in August and from schools ranked in the 30s for research, silence on the rest. Submitted secondaries between late July and now. Had 16 in by Labor Day. Anything worth adding to bring my total up to 25 or would it be a waste of money at this point? Was thinking possibly Vermont, GW, and Georgetown.
Logistically I'm not sure how far in the cycle some schools are, and for this I need some help. For example, I read that Tulane has interviews booked until 2018, so don't want to bother with schools in similar situations. I also just learned that Brown takes a lot from OOS, but reserves most of those spots to people from their own undergrad program. So information like that would be helpful. Thanks!
Recap of app previously posted:
Non-trad, graduated 4 years ago
Low 3.7x cumulative and science GPA
MCAT: 26 (expired), 517 (last year)
AZ resident, white
Clinical experience:
2 years ED scribe, 3000 hours
2 years physical therapy tech, 2000 hours
120 hours ED volunteering, over a year
Research:
1 year independent honors thesis, committee presentation but no pub or poster
Full-time job in clinical research (with patients), current since Jan. 1000+ hours at time of app, 3000+ by next Aug.
Shadowing:
~10 hours ortho
~10 hours anesthesiology
~30 hours primary care
Non-clinical volunteering:
~150 hours as part of campus volunteer organization (non-clinical, local charities in the community)
Held leadership position in executive board
~50 hours serving as a mentor for first-generation college students coming from a disadvantaged background after personally taking part in program
~50 hours as a school tutor and youth mentor for teens living with families at a homeless shelter (current role over 100 by next year)
Other:
1.5 years facility manager and event supervisor at campus rec center (heavy leadership role explained further in app)
Honors college program
Property manager for relative’s home, 1 yr
Powerlifting hobby
First-generation American, first generation in family to graduate from college
There's some details I'm leaving out but I was advised to apply to a couple top 20s and mid-tier schools mostly. Here's my current list:
Tufts
Boston University
Duke
Temple
Case Western
Keck at USC
Drexel
University of Pittsburgh
Emory
University of Rochester
University of Arizona - Tucson
University of Arizona - Phoenix
Icahn
Albany
Mayo (MN)
Mayo (AZ)
Hofstra
Jefferson
Dartmouth
Albert Einstein
Working on:
Miami
Rosalind Franklin
So far, 1 II, 1 rejection, both in August and from schools ranked in the 30s for research, silence on the rest. Submitted secondaries between late July and now. Had 16 in by Labor Day. Anything worth adding to bring my total up to 25 or would it be a waste of money at this point? Was thinking possibly Vermont, GW, and Georgetown.
Logistically I'm not sure how far in the cycle some schools are, and for this I need some help. For example, I read that Tulane has interviews booked until 2018, so don't want to bother with schools in similar situations. I also just learned that Brown takes a lot from OOS, but reserves most of those spots to people from their own undergrad program. So information like that would be helpful. Thanks!
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