😀 First of all...thanks to all of you that daily post their opinions on SDN i have been using this for years now...but this is my first time posting.
I am going into my senior at an UNRANKED Private University that most of the people probably havent heard of. This is what scares me, because many of the low GPA people that get into SMP are (IMO...) from a reputable college that is known to be difficult.
At the time of applying to SMPs I will have:
much thanks in advance 😛😛😛😛
I am going into my senior at an UNRANKED Private University that most of the people probably havent heard of. This is what scares me, because many of the low GPA people that get into SMP are (IMO...) from a reputable college that is known to be difficult.
At the time of applying to SMPs I will have:
- 3.1 cGPA (i can get it up to 3.33 by the time i graduate in may, 2012)
- 3.0 sGPA (i can get it up to 3.16 by the time i graduate in may, 2012)
- MCAT 30O (12B - 10P - 8V)
- 100+ Hospital Volunteering hrs
- 100+ Clinical shadowing/in OR sugery hrs.
- 6 months or 50+ hrs of research at a top tier medical school
- 4+ yrs of community health care experience with holding many leadership positions in the organization
- very strong 5 LORs (2 from science teachers, 1 from philosophy teacher (to back up my low verbal scores plus i have a good relationship with my PHIL teacher, 1 from a very supportive plastic surgeon that i have worked with, 1 from a reputable top 15 medical school's associate dean)
much thanks in advance 😛😛😛😛
