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[medschoolbro]

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I got waitlisted everywhere. What should I do?

 

[SuaveCardigans]

Unfortunately all you can do is wait

 

[moequestions]

A waitlist is not an acceptance so it is not something you can bank on. I would recommend you figure out if you want to reapply this upcoming cycle. And if so look at weaknesses in your app and find ways to strengthen them.

 

[SpoiledMilk]

If you provide your metrics, stats, ECs, and school list, we can provide an objective assessment. If you are concerned with anonymity, just vary the identifying details.

 

[Goro]

I got waitlisted everywhere. What should I do?

ALL SDNers should be working on Plan B until they have their accept email in the Inbox.

You need to identify what your deficits are, rewrite all your essays and work on interview skills.

 

[Tim_Hortons_Cafe]

What were your biggest weaknesses on your application? If it's MCAT, start studying to retake it. If it's GPA, maybe you applied to schools that were too competitive. You might want to consider applying broadly for DO schools if you're just under having a competitive GPA for MD. If your GPA or science GPA is bad, consider an SMP. Also, make sure you have enough community service hours and physician shadowing experience. If you don't, then work on that now for next cycle. Leadership experience is a big plus, as well. I would put all of that first and if you can, try to find some clinical experience, if you don't already have any. If all of that is fine, then work on your interview skills. Might be worth it to review your application with an adviser, they could possibly give you some insight on your weaknesses in the application you submitted. You may not have an acceptance this year, but you can work hard for next years cycle and hopefully get one then. Keep your head up and Good luck!

 

[medschoolbro]

If you provide your metrics, stats, ECs, and school list, we can provide an objective assessment. If you are concerned with anonymity, just vary the identifying details.

I have LM of 75 with pretty high GPA and MCAT, have around 60 hours of shadowing, 100 hours clinical volunteering, 100 hours regular volunteering, 2 years of research without publication, couple leadership positions.

 

[Goro]

I have LM of 75 with pretty high GPA and MCAT, have around 60 hours of shadowing, 100 hours clinical volunteering, 100 hours regular volunteering, 2 years of research without publication, couple leadership positions.

An LM of 75 requires more ECs than the mere cookie cutter numbers you have. Frankly, this is not the application of a person who dearly wants to be a physician. It is the application of someone who wants to be a doctor as long as it is convenient.

 

[DubbiDoctor]

I have LM of 75 with pretty high GPA and MCAT, have around 60 hours of shadowing, 100 hours clinical volunteering, 100 hours regular volunteering, 2 years of research without publication, couple leadership positions.

As I ascertained by briefly looking at your post history, you may have run into problems because of your school list. When in the cycle did you apply, how many schools did you apply to, and how many of those schools were in-state or below average in terms of matriculated stats for OOS private?

 

[RinShanKaiHo]

An LM of 75 requires more ECs than the mere cookie cutter numbers you have. Frankly, this is not the application of a person who dearly wants to be a physician. It is the application of someone who wants to be a doctor as long as it is convenient.

Also how do you comment on your interview skills? You might want to schedule a mock interview and get feedback from your premed advisor

 

[Psych_hopeful]

An LM of 75 requires more ECs than the mere cookie cutter numbers you have. Frankly, this is not the application of a person who dearly wants to be a physician. It is the application of someone who wants to be a doctor as long as it is convenient.

I love the frankness here.

 

[SpoiledMilk]

Being honest and not to be mean. But I agree with @Goro that those EC numbers are check-the-boxes-type. However, you did get IIs. Therefore, you would have needed to ace your interviews and give the schools something that they wanted. So, it looks like you might want to work on your interviewing skills if you don't come off of any WLs, and continue to accumulate more EC hours.

 

[mwsapphire]

I have LM of 75 with pretty high GPA and MCAT, have around 60 hours of shadowing, 100 hours clinical volunteering, 100 hours regular volunteering, 2 years of research without publication, couple leadership positions.

Only 100 hours clinical experience? ( Shadowing is passive, doesn't count) . Only 100 hours non clinical volunteering isn't so terrible, if you had more clinical experience. On top of that, you have two years research experience. Your numbers aren't the issue, it's just that your EC"s make you seem like someone who wants to go to a PhD program instead of medical school. You'd need at least 200 hours of clinical experience, if not 250 , just to be competitive these days.

You need way more clinical exposure, and some more non clinical volunteering couldn't hurt.

As for what Goro said, your EC's are weak, even if you had an 80+ LizzyM. Numbers only get you so far. Weak EC's are weak EC's and have NOTHING to do with your numbers , which are totally competitive numbers.

 

[Goro]

Only 100 hours clinical experience? ( Shadowing is passive, doesn't count) . Only 100 hours non clinical volunteering isn't so terrible, if you had more clinical experience. On top of that, you have two years research experience. Your numbers aren't the issue, it's just that your EC"s make you seem like someone who wants to go to a PhD program instead of medical school. You'd need at least 200 hours of clinical experience, if not 250 , just to be competitive these days.

You need way more clinical exposure, and some more non clinical volunteering couldn't hurt.

As for what Goro said, your EC's are weak, even if you had an 80+ LizzyM. Numbers only get you so far. Weak EC's are weak EC's and have NOTHING to do with your numbers , which are totally competitive numbers.

And to follow up, SDNers who have shared with what what their "hook" was to get into Harvard/Stanford class schools all have in common that they had 100s, if not even 1000s of hours of clinical and/or non-clinical volunteering, or clinical experiences. Service to others less fortunate than themselves was also common.

In short, if you wanna go high, you have to be high

 

[PreMedMissteps]

I got waitlisted everywhere. What should I do?

Have you been told where you’re at on the WL’s? Upper third? Middle third? Bottom third? Or do you expect your schools to reveal that in april or may?

 

[21Rush12]

In short, if you wanna go high, you have to be high

I saw this on a tee shirt at a Grateful Dead show

 

[SuaveCardigans]

I saw this on a tee shirt at a Grateful Dead show

didnt you know goro was a deadhead?

 

[Isoval]

didnt you know goro was a deadhead?

The first time I read this, I thought you called Goro a d*ckhead.

 

[Microbug]

The first time I read this, I thought you called Goro a d*ckhead.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

 

[RinShanKaiHo]

Scramble apply to DO

 

[RicochetThis]

Scramble apply to DO

...how.. how did you find this post? LOL

the OP is already an MS3 at Rutgers

 

[RinShanKaiHo]

...how.. how did you find this post? LOL

the OP is already an MS3 at Rutgers

Lmao sorry dude it popped up on my feed I didn't check the date