My senior year I will hold 6 leadership positions while taking classes

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[Tyw]

This has to be a troll post, right?

 

[Solomon]

 

[Doctor Strange]

No, this will not help your 3.1 GPA. If anything, your GPA might even take a bigger hit because you're trying to be a Jack of all trades. As far as ECs go, adcoms favor quality over quantity.

 

[Ismet]

...I'll be the VP for 3 organizations and President of 1. I will also hold 2 elected school positions (less than .003% of the student pop holds each), and I am the only person to simultaneously hold both in years.

That being said, I am doing all of this at the same time. Not something spread out across 4 years. Will this help my application a lot? I also work 2 part time jobs at the same time and volunteer at a clinic when I got the extra time (at about 80 hrs right now).

Not sure why you made a new thread about this...obviously you didn't like the advice given to you in your last thread?

I'll say it again: NO amount of EC's will make up for your current 3.1 or the 3.3 that you estimate you'll raise it to. Not sure how you're going to raise your GPA if you're doing leadership for 4 organizations, working 2 PT jobs, and volunteering on top of that. Or how you'll study for the MCAT for that matter. Sorry to be so blunt, but either you're trolling or you still don't believe the people who have already told you these things.

Also, continuity and quality >>> quantity.

 

[candbgirl]

I assume he is trolling. He has gone from from 2 leadership positions to 6 and from 1 to 2 jobs. All in 24 hours. His GPA is currently 3.1 so he is trying to beef up his application.

 

[sinombre]

...I'll be the VP for 3 organizations and President of 1. I will also hold 2 elected school positions (less than .003% of the student pop holds each), and I am the only person to simultaneously hold both in years.

That being said, I am doing all of this at the same time. Not something spread out across 4 years. Will this help my application a lot? I also work 2 part time jobs at the same time and volunteer at a clinic when I got the extra time (at about 80 hrs right now).

If you don't get anything meaningful out of doing what you're doing, it won't help. It's more likely to hurt because you'll spread yourself too thin. Doing so many things in such a short period of time is likely going to give whoever reviews your application pause. Is it possible to do so many things and actually significantly contribute to any of them?

Edit: Oh, and as everyone else said, no amount of EC's will compensate for a subpar GPA. Drop what you're doing and work on your GPA.

 

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[Camy99]

If you're going to write in your application/talk about it in your interview like that then no, these will not help you. "I'm the ONLY one who did this, I'm doing all these things AT THE SAME TIME, which is more than __% of the campus." This isn't a statistics class. Humble up.

 

[candbgirl]

If you haven't scored below 3.6 how in the heck is your GPA a 3.1?

 

[candbgirl]

What? lol are YOU trolling?? It's actually a 3.2 cuz i messed up my first 3 semesters and didn't know what I wanted to be.

I work at a university facility and am also a paid lab aid.

😕 I am only quoting you.

Im a bio major and Im pullin around a 3.1 right now. I got 2 A's and a B this past semester and I got 2 more semesters to go to pull that up. If everything goes to plan I should end up with a 3.6 max. Realistically...a 3.3ish

 

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[Mt Kilimanjaro]

...I'll be the VP for 3 organizations and President of 1. I will also hold 2 elected school positions (less than .003% of the student pop holds each), and I am the only person to simultaneously hold both in years.

That being said, I am doing all of this at the same time. Not something spread out across 4 years. Will this help my application a lot? I also work 2 part time jobs at the same time and volunteer at a clinic when I got the extra time (at about 80 hrs right now).

I currently live in a city where less than 0.00232% of the U.S. population lives. I plan to include that in my AMCAS. Too bad I can't use italics in the app itself. Or I definitely would.

It won't help your application a lot. ADCOMs will say, "This guy made mediocre grades and tried to remedy that by biting off more than he can chew. He has not yet proven that he can handle the rigors of medical school."

 

[IslandStyle808]

...I'll be the VP for 3 organizations and President of 1. I will also hold 2 elected school positions (less than .003% of the student pop holds each), and I am the only person to simultaneously hold both in years.

That being said, I am doing all of this at the same time. Not something spread out across 4 years. Will this help my application a lot? I also work 2 part time jobs at the same time and volunteer at a clinic when I got the extra time (at about 80 hrs right now).

You are doing the one thing that you should not be doing even if you had a 3.8 GPA. Right now you have just made your volunteer activities into a check list for medical school. There is no value to be gained by holding all these positions. When it comes to ECs, depth > breath. Concentrate on your GPA for now.

 

[graduate2be]

Quality over quantity everytime. You'd be better served by participating in one or two meaningful activities and focusing on your grades/admissions testing.

 

[Non Pizza Lunch]

with your current GPA, your application will be cut off by a computer, before anyone actually even looks at your application - so don't count on any adcom talking about those activities... or even getting an invite for that matter.

Even pulling out a 3.6's won't cut it, you should be doing everything in your power to pull off 4.0's to increase that GPA

 

[sliceofbread136]

I dunno, you might be able to get a DO acceptance with a great MCAT.

 

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[darkjedi]

I'll be honest, if I was reading your application and saw 6 leadership positions, I would seriously question if you were properly managing each group. To me, it would seem like you're just collecting leadership positions.

As others have said, it will absolutely not make up for a sub-optimal GPA.

 

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[darkjedi]

Thanks, I understand. But what if I would be able to talk about all the stuff I do in each of the organizations/leadership?

I mean..the 2 elected ones for example, I'd get kicked out immediately if I didn't do anything.

If you can get to the interview stage, and you are able to talk passionately and in-depth about each of your positions, then yes, it can help you quite a bit.

 

[circulus vitios]

College club leadership is the most inconsequential form of leadership there is.

 

[KnuxNole]

Well...it is unique to see someone like this....I don't think I've ever met anyone who was a prime active leader of 6 different organizations!

Your grades are key, and if they hurt it, you might have to cut out one or two(maybe ones that have the least passion!). Also...with TWO JOBS??? If this is a real thread, maybe it's better to hold on to a small amount that you genuinely want to be involved in.

 

[Ismet]

yeah...maybe from a top tier. Look at the stats..with a 3.2-3.4 GPA and a 30-32 MCAT there is about a 40% chance of getting into a M.D. school. Those aren't bad odds considering you dont just apply to 1 school.
https://www.aamc.org/download/321508/data/2012factstable24.pdf

I gave you that link in your other thread to show you why you should strive to IMPROVE your stats, not be complacent with where you're at. 40% chance is not a good thing...

 

[khrisskhoras]

...I'll be the VP for 3 organizations and President of 1. I will also hold 2 elected school positions (less than .003% of the student pop holds each), and I am the only person to simultaneously hold both in years.

That being said, I am doing all of this at the same time. Not something spread out across 4 years. Will this help my application a lot? I also work 2 part time jobs at the same time and volunteer at a clinic when I got the extra time (at about 80 hrs right now).

that's redonkulous...

 

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[Ismet]

Most people apply to multiple schools. If I applied to 10 schools, I should, statistically speaking, get into 4.

that's not how it works, dear.

 

[darkjedi]

Most people apply to multiple schools. If I applied to 10 schools, I should, statistically speaking, get into 4.

That 40% statistics in the AAMC numbers means that 60% of people who applied to many schools still came up with zero acceptances. That is most definitely "not a good thing"

Most MD schools have individual acceptance rates of <10%.

 

[circulus vitios]

Most people apply to multiple schools. If I applied to 10 schools, I should, statistically speaking, get into 4.

This is probably just a stupid troll post, but the average AAMC applicant applies to ~14 schools.

 

[Doctor Strange]

Most people apply to multiple schools. If I applied to 10 schools, I should, statistically speaking, get into 4.

Tell me you're joking.

 

[OCDOCDOCD]

If you have 6 leadership positions at the same time, I'm pretty sure an adcom member's reaction to seeing that will be "these must be leadership in name only positions" not "oh wow, this guy's a total boss!"

 

[Noggin]

OP that leadership is completely overkill. It is quality over quantity. Also, GPA comes first before EC's so if your GPA is lacking you should work on that first.

 

[Non Pizza Lunch]

yeah...maybe from a top tier. Look at the stats..with a 3.2-3.4 GPA and a 30-32 MCAT there is about a 40% chance of getting into a M.D. school. Those aren't bad odds considering you dont just apply to 1 school.
https://www.aamc.org/download/321508/data/2012factstable24.pdf

just in the small chance you aren't trolling. As everyone stated, that is the percentage of people during an entire application cycle applying to 15-20+ schools.

My comment earlier was describing your current 3.1, with that you will get filtered by MOST schools, so how amazing you are trying to look to an adcom with your EC is irrelevant.

You said so yourself it's possible to get a 3.6, but "realistically you get a 3.3."

If it's somehow still possible to get your gpa >3.5 drop however many activities you need to so you can achieve that. Doing that and doing decent on the MCAT are the two best ways to get your application looked by an actual person and make ANY of your EC's relevant.

 

[Josh7]

I'd try to get rid of a few leadership positions OP. As many people on SDN know, leadership positions are looked down upon. Consider joining the military for a few years or apply Carib.