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Hello everyone! I am posting today to get some advice on whether or not I should be applying this cycle. I am a non-traditional student who has been out of school for the past four years. I am a commissioned Marine Officer and have been serving as a platoon commander for two years. The end of my contract is December of 2020 and I have been debating on whether I should apply this cycle. With my low GPA but high MCAT, I feel very unsure if I should go all in or not. I am primarily concerned at if I have a shot at getting into DO schools, but I am definitely interested in MD as well. I really appreciate any opinions or advice, thanks!
III) Employment Medical/Clinical: 1200 hours (Emergency Department Scribe/EMT on Ambulance)
IV) Research experience: None
V) Shadow Experience: None Unless you include scribing
VI) Non-clinical volunteering: 50 hours (study abroad Volunteer Peruvian orphanage volunteer)
VII) Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc)
1)Leadership/Work Experience: 3 Years as a Marine Officer (Top 20% of my Basic School Class)
-Lead a platoon of 54 Combat Engineer Marines during two different operations deployments.
2)Other Work Experience:
-1.5 years as a university peer educator for alcohol/drug abuse and domestic violence prevention.
-1.5 years working as a crisis line responded for a suicide/crisis hotline
VIII) Letters of Recommendation:
-2 MD Letters (One primary care, One Emergency Medicine)
-1 PA Letter (EM)
-1 Professional (My Battalion Commander)
-1 Academic (Physics Professor from me retaking at local community college)
IX) Hobbies: Photography, Scuba Diving, fitness, camping, hiking
X) I am currently enrolled in two courses from UCLA Extension (Developmental Bio and Fundamentals of Immunology) in order to show some recent academic success.
- cGPA: 3.12 sGPA: 3.09
- MCAT: 514 (126,128,129,131)
- NM resident
- Ethnicity: White
- Undergraduate institution: New Mexico State University
- Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer):
III) Employment Medical/Clinical: 1200 hours (Emergency Department Scribe/EMT on Ambulance)
IV) Research experience: None
V) Shadow Experience: None Unless you include scribing
VI) Non-clinical volunteering: 50 hours (study abroad Volunteer Peruvian orphanage volunteer)
VII) Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc)
1)Leadership/Work Experience: 3 Years as a Marine Officer (Top 20% of my Basic School Class)
-Lead a platoon of 54 Combat Engineer Marines during two different operations deployments.
2)Other Work Experience:
-1.5 years as a university peer educator for alcohol/drug abuse and domestic violence prevention.
-1.5 years working as a crisis line responded for a suicide/crisis hotline
VIII) Letters of Recommendation:
-2 MD Letters (One primary care, One Emergency Medicine)
-1 PA Letter (EM)
-1 Professional (My Battalion Commander)
-1 Academic (Physics Professor from me retaking at local community college)
IX) Hobbies: Photography, Scuba Diving, fitness, camping, hiking
X) I am currently enrolled in two courses from UCLA Extension (Developmental Bio and Fundamentals of Immunology) in order to show some recent academic success.
