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It's been 8-10 weeks since I've completed my apps and I have heard nothing from my schools yet (no rejections, but also no interviews). So far I've been trying to stay patient and positive, but now that it's October I'm really beginning to worry that something might be wrong. Could anyone offer advice/insight as to what might be going on?
Background:
CA applicant, undergrad at a UC, ORM. Currently taking a gap year.
GPA 3.7, MCAT 37 (a retake-- first score was 31)
ECs are standard fare. Plenty of clinical and non clinical volunteering, varied work experience, research (currently full time job in a lab). LORs good, and personal statement strong as well (unique family situation).
Applied to 15 schools, received secondaries from all as well as a LOR request from Mayo. Finished all secondaries within 2 weeks, complete throughout end of July/beginning of August. (dates complete below)
Columbia 7/21
Duke 7/21
Rochester 7/21
USC 7/22
Jefferson 7/24
UCD 7/29
Brown 7/29
UCLA 7/30
Mayo 7/30 (LORs received)
Case Western 7/31
Mt. Sinai 8/1
UCI 8/2
UCSD 8/3
Stanford 8/4
UCSF 8/10
-worrying below, sorry-
Should I have applied to more schools? Is it too late now to add? I thought my list was well-selected, as I didn't think slapping on an extra ten schools with poorer fit would have been beneficial. I'm really trying to stay in CA for personal/family reasons.
Potential red flags: I have an F on my transcript, but I retook the class and received an A. I did not address it anywhere in my app unless it was requested (UC Davis).
My 37 MCAT is a retake of an earlier 31, so maybe my list is too top-heavy? I called the schools individually and almost all of them consider the most recent score most heavily (there are two schools that average the scores-- for me, that comes out to an MCAT of 34, which is still solid; I'd have a LizzyM of 71).
Thanks in advance for any help!
Background:
CA applicant, undergrad at a UC, ORM. Currently taking a gap year.
GPA 3.7, MCAT 37 (a retake-- first score was 31)
ECs are standard fare. Plenty of clinical and non clinical volunteering, varied work experience, research (currently full time job in a lab). LORs good, and personal statement strong as well (unique family situation).
Applied to 15 schools, received secondaries from all as well as a LOR request from Mayo. Finished all secondaries within 2 weeks, complete throughout end of July/beginning of August. (dates complete below)
Columbia 7/21
Duke 7/21
Rochester 7/21
USC 7/22
Jefferson 7/24
UCD 7/29
Brown 7/29
UCLA 7/30
Mayo 7/30 (LORs received)
Case Western 7/31
Mt. Sinai 8/1
UCI 8/2
UCSD 8/3
Stanford 8/4
UCSF 8/10
-worrying below, sorry-
Should I have applied to more schools? Is it too late now to add? I thought my list was well-selected, as I didn't think slapping on an extra ten schools with poorer fit would have been beneficial. I'm really trying to stay in CA for personal/family reasons.
Potential red flags: I have an F on my transcript, but I retook the class and received an A. I did not address it anywhere in my app unless it was requested (UC Davis).
My 37 MCAT is a retake of an earlier 31, so maybe my list is too top-heavy? I called the schools individually and almost all of them consider the most recent score most heavily (there are two schools that average the scores-- for me, that comes out to an MCAT of 34, which is still solid; I'd have a LizzyM of 71).
Thanks in advance for any help!
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