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Looking for some advice as too if/when I should plan for a gap year then apply again.
Applied to 18 schools for 2017-2018 cycle, in hindsight 3 of them were wayyy out of my reach, also two of them my prehealth advisor encouraged me to apply to turned out to have like 20% OOS so in total probably 5 of them were just money wasters lol...
Received 4 MD IIs, 2 MD waitlists (one was my state school), 1 MD post-II rejection (also state school), 1 pending decision (felt like that MMI went well but really don't know at this point, school interviews like 1,200 for 200 seats, at interview day literally 3/4 of the applicants were from ivy leagues).
Applied at end of October for 1 DO school, received a II then got waitlisted. Applied at end of December for 3 more DO schools, received 1 II for early April, other 2 have been silence.
After 2 MD Waitlists and 1 MD rejection, I really worked on improving my interviewing skills, still got the DO waitlist but felt like I kicked ass on MMI at the pending MD decision school, not sure if DO waitlist was bc the class is already full but apparently they do pull a lot from waitlist.
512 (127 chem, 127 bio, 128 cars, 130 psych), 3.93 GPA, idk if my science scores are too low for a biology major, am completing undergrad in 3 years at a state school.
Activities:
60 hours of physician shadowing
8 months of OBGYN med assistant
1.5 years of volunteer EMT, am certified
secretary of a club, part of the student council, pre-health club, knitting club that donates items to needy
1.5 years of hospital volunteer
Should I wait till after my last DO interview and decision to plan for a gap year? And for my gap year, I'm not sure what I need to improve on. I am planning to call all the schools I've had IIs, at the end of the cycle, to ask why I wasn't accepted/the weak parts of my app, but if anyone can provide any constructive criticism, please fire away!
As of now, my gap year plan would be to retake my MCAT to aim for 515, work as a full-time scribe, maybe some non-clinical volunteering and continuing as an EMT and hospital volunteer...Since I'm aiming for more clinically oriented schools, it wouldn't be necessary for me to work in a lab for my gap year right?
Applied to 18 schools for 2017-2018 cycle, in hindsight 3 of them were wayyy out of my reach, also two of them my prehealth advisor encouraged me to apply to turned out to have like 20% OOS so in total probably 5 of them were just money wasters lol...
Received 4 MD IIs, 2 MD waitlists (one was my state school), 1 MD post-II rejection (also state school), 1 pending decision (felt like that MMI went well but really don't know at this point, school interviews like 1,200 for 200 seats, at interview day literally 3/4 of the applicants were from ivy leagues).
Applied at end of October for 1 DO school, received a II then got waitlisted. Applied at end of December for 3 more DO schools, received 1 II for early April, other 2 have been silence.
After 2 MD Waitlists and 1 MD rejection, I really worked on improving my interviewing skills, still got the DO waitlist but felt like I kicked ass on MMI at the pending MD decision school, not sure if DO waitlist was bc the class is already full but apparently they do pull a lot from waitlist.
512 (127 chem, 127 bio, 128 cars, 130 psych), 3.93 GPA, idk if my science scores are too low for a biology major, am completing undergrad in 3 years at a state school.
Activities:
60 hours of physician shadowing
8 months of OBGYN med assistant
1.5 years of volunteer EMT, am certified
secretary of a club, part of the student council, pre-health club, knitting club that donates items to needy
1.5 years of hospital volunteer
Should I wait till after my last DO interview and decision to plan for a gap year? And for my gap year, I'm not sure what I need to improve on. I am planning to call all the schools I've had IIs, at the end of the cycle, to ask why I wasn't accepted/the weak parts of my app, but if anyone can provide any constructive criticism, please fire away!
As of now, my gap year plan would be to retake my MCAT to aim for 515, work as a full-time scribe, maybe some non-clinical volunteering and continuing as an EMT and hospital volunteer...Since I'm aiming for more clinically oriented schools, it wouldn't be necessary for me to work in a lab for my gap year right?
