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Hello,
This is my first time posting on SDN, but after a few weeks of reading threads I am really impressed with how supportive and helpful people are. I am hoping for some constructive criticism.
I applied last year, and thus far I have been unsuccessful. I understand my biggest weakness was a lack of clinical exposure. I am currently planning on reapplying. I have listed my stats below for the current cycle. I applied to 20 schools ranging from top ten to unranked. It was a bit top heavy, but had a good number of unranked schools. I applied mainly in the northeast. I submitted my primary late July and finished my secondaries from late Sept to Nov.
~Top Ten Undergraduate University
~3.7 cGPA/3.8 sGPA (Dean's List)
~36 MCAT
~6 Months as a Lab Tech
~2 Years Research (no publications)
~1 Grant for Research
~4 Years Model UN
~1 Year Dorm Council
~1 Year Teaching some classes at a High School
~TA for Undergraduate Course for 1 Semester
~Study Abroad
~Good LORs (Told by one of the places where I interviewed.)
This past year I have continued working in the lab and my current project may yield a poster or a paper, but probably after I have to leave the lab. I have also been tutoring at a high school for a year and volunteering at a local hospital where I play with children in the nursing unit. I have also shadowed several times through the year for fun. I am redoing my personal statement and should be done with it soon.
Can anyone give me an idea of whether or not the stuff I did this past year would be good enough clinical experience. Also what is good turn around time for secondaries? I was told 2 weeks, but when I received them it was an avalanche. Also if you have any other suggestions I would be more than happy to read them.
Thanks a bunch.
Nantucket Nectar
This is my first time posting on SDN, but after a few weeks of reading threads I am really impressed with how supportive and helpful people are. I am hoping for some constructive criticism.
I applied last year, and thus far I have been unsuccessful. I understand my biggest weakness was a lack of clinical exposure. I am currently planning on reapplying. I have listed my stats below for the current cycle. I applied to 20 schools ranging from top ten to unranked. It was a bit top heavy, but had a good number of unranked schools. I applied mainly in the northeast. I submitted my primary late July and finished my secondaries from late Sept to Nov.
~Top Ten Undergraduate University
~3.7 cGPA/3.8 sGPA (Dean's List)
~36 MCAT
~6 Months as a Lab Tech
~2 Years Research (no publications)
~1 Grant for Research
~4 Years Model UN
~1 Year Dorm Council
~1 Year Teaching some classes at a High School
~TA for Undergraduate Course for 1 Semester
~Study Abroad
~Good LORs (Told by one of the places where I interviewed.)
This past year I have continued working in the lab and my current project may yield a poster or a paper, but probably after I have to leave the lab. I have also been tutoring at a high school for a year and volunteering at a local hospital where I play with children in the nursing unit. I have also shadowed several times through the year for fun. I am redoing my personal statement and should be done with it soon.
Can anyone give me an idea of whether or not the stuff I did this past year would be good enough clinical experience. Also what is good turn around time for secondaries? I was told 2 weeks, but when I received them it was an avalanche. Also if you have any other suggestions I would be more than happy to read them.
Thanks a bunch.
Nantucket Nectar