I'm not sure what defines a non-traditional applicant but I think this is the right place for my post!
I want to see what you fellow applicants/already accepted students think about my chances to get into public medical school in Texas. My heart is set on TCOM (D.O.) right now, but if I get accepted I'm going!
Here's my path:
I graduated with a degree in accounting last August and began working as an auditor, but during undergrad I decided I wanted to go to medical school so I did my medical prerequisites simultaneously with my accounting classes. The whole reason I finished my accounting degree instead of switching was because I knew I would have a year of "off time" after graduating to get my resume in order and I wanted to have a well-paying job that would help me save for medical school. By the time I interview (hopefully) this fall I will have a year of auditing experience.
I volunteered in an emergency room for 6 months during my junior year of college.
Before my new job (and even partly during) I worked in a pediatric ER where my job specifically was to shadow doctors and take their notes. I spent over 1000 hours doing this.
Last August I went on a surgical mission trip to Central America where I helped the nurses in the recovery room and spent about 25 hours circulating in the operating rooms watching three types of surgeons and some anaesthesiologists work.
I have volunteered in three week-long camps for children, two for abused children and one for children with renal problems.
I have been volunteering for a hospice twice a month for 6 months.
I am signed up for genetic research credits over this next summer and will be continuing it throughout the fall.
My undergrad GPA was a 3.7. I graduated from my school's Honors Program. My science GPA was about a 3.65. I was an officer in one honor society and involved in two others.
I am taking my MCAT in April and should make at least a 28, but hopefully above a 30. (I really have no clue I began a two month cramming session Sunday and I am feeling more confident.)
BUT...I do have several weaknesses on my resume. My bio grades were not stellar. A couple A's, a couple B's, one C in Animal Phys, and one D in Genetics. I think the D in Genetics might help me, though, because I made it up and got an A (and am also going to do research for this professor, and he's writing me a letter). I think I can tie my low-grades into working full-time during my final two years of college.
And my GPA has a slightly downward-sloping trend in my 4th year but I did get it back up my final two semesters.
I would appreciate input!
Sometimes I think I'm ahead of the game, sometimes I think I'm not doing enough but I don't know how I could do more, and sometimes I think I'm in the middle. So obviously I don't know where I am!
I want to see what you fellow applicants/already accepted students think about my chances to get into public medical school in Texas. My heart is set on TCOM (D.O.) right now, but if I get accepted I'm going!
Here's my path:
I graduated with a degree in accounting last August and began working as an auditor, but during undergrad I decided I wanted to go to medical school so I did my medical prerequisites simultaneously with my accounting classes. The whole reason I finished my accounting degree instead of switching was because I knew I would have a year of "off time" after graduating to get my resume in order and I wanted to have a well-paying job that would help me save for medical school. By the time I interview (hopefully) this fall I will have a year of auditing experience.
I volunteered in an emergency room for 6 months during my junior year of college.
Before my new job (and even partly during) I worked in a pediatric ER where my job specifically was to shadow doctors and take their notes. I spent over 1000 hours doing this.
Last August I went on a surgical mission trip to Central America where I helped the nurses in the recovery room and spent about 25 hours circulating in the operating rooms watching three types of surgeons and some anaesthesiologists work.
I have volunteered in three week-long camps for children, two for abused children and one for children with renal problems.
I have been volunteering for a hospice twice a month for 6 months.
I am signed up for genetic research credits over this next summer and will be continuing it throughout the fall.
My undergrad GPA was a 3.7. I graduated from my school's Honors Program. My science GPA was about a 3.65. I was an officer in one honor society and involved in two others.
I am taking my MCAT in April and should make at least a 28, but hopefully above a 30. (I really have no clue I began a two month cramming session Sunday and I am feeling more confident.)
BUT...I do have several weaknesses on my resume. My bio grades were not stellar. A couple A's, a couple B's, one C in Animal Phys, and one D in Genetics. I think the D in Genetics might help me, though, because I made it up and got an A (and am also going to do research for this professor, and he's writing me a letter). I think I can tie my low-grades into working full-time during my final two years of college.
And my GPA has a slightly downward-sloping trend in my 4th year but I did get it back up my final two semesters.
I would appreciate input!
Sometimes I think I'm ahead of the game, sometimes I think I'm not doing enough but I don't know how I could do more, and sometimes I think I'm in the middle. So obviously I don't know where I am!
, so I need a little free time now and then.
