Nontrad 3 II 2 WL

[FishermanDon99]

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Got the news from two schools this week that I was put on the waitlist and am still waiting to hear back from the third. Hoping for some advice on what I can improve on and if I should apply this cycle or wait.

Stats: Hispanic first gen FL resident
MCAT: 516 (127,128,131,130)
uGPA: 3.3 early trend of several Ws but upward trend with 3.95 in 15 hours of postbacc classes
BCPM: 3.3
Masters in microbio GPA: 3.78

clinical volunteering: 200 hours in free clinics and hospice
Shadowing- 100 (derm, psych, Pcp, rheumatology, plastic surgeon)
Non clinical: 1000 - student resource center
Research: nothing significant ~100 hours microbio lab
Leadership: created pipeline mentor ship program for underrepresented prehealth students, student government, philanthropy chairman
hobbie: cooking (culinary club eboard)

Harvard
Columbia
BU (interview - WL)
Michigan
UCSF (secondary invite - hard screen)
Usc
Georgetown
Emory
Ohio state
Mt sinai
Einstein
SUNY Downstate (interview)
UM
UF (interview - WL)

School list in retrospect was way too top heavy but I started with my reaches and ran out of money and time before getting to safeties. Secondaries complete in the end of August up to late September.

I thought my UF interview went great but I’m not sure if their laidback nature gave me false confidence (my interviewer called me bro on my way out??)

Since submitting secondaries I have been working in a restaurant full time, taking two BCPM courses at a university, and volunteering once a week at a clinic as a scribe. I don’t think I can have a new strongly written letter in time, unless an academic letter from one of my professors will suffice.

Considering taking two more courses to reach 30 hrs of PB and doing more clinical hours. Besides the GPA I’m unaware of any glaring pitfalls and am feeling discouraged that a masters, strong MCAT and some PB work still didn’t compensate for poor uGPA .

Apologize for the lengthy post. Any advice on where to go from here is appreciated.

 

[Faha]

With 3 interviews the odds are high you will receive an acceptance by June. If not you need a more extensive and appropriate school list. Applying to only 2 of your Florida schools was a major flaw in your application strategy.
I suggest these schools:
ALL your Florida MD schools (include NOVA MD)
BU
Tufts
Quinnipiac
Vermont
New York Medical College
Hofstra
Einstein
Seton Hall
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
George Washington
Georgetown
Oakland Beaumont
Medical College Wisconsin
Loyola
Rosalind Franklin
Rush
St. Louis
Creighton
Kaiser
California University

 

[FishermanDon99]

Thank you for the feedback. Do you still think odds are high even though UF and BU supposedly have low WL movement? Also, i did send my primary to many other schools but didnt complete the supplement. Will my PS need to change a lot? @Faha

 

[Faha]

Although the odds at any one school may be low you have 3 schools where you could potentially be accepted. You will not need to change your PS a lot but you do need to apply to many more schools. Apply in June and complete all the secondaries by July.

 

[FishermanDon99]

I have interview at two different positions this past week. Paid scribing for an ortho doc that vs a lab assistant that would be mostly grunt work ( PCR and Run gels)

@Faha which should I pursue? Primary goal is to strengthen my app although the scribing would Pay $15 an hour and is 10 minutes from my house vs the lab job is 40 minutes away and only pays $11.50.

 

[Faha]

The scribing would be better since it involves some patient contact.

 

[lalalaaaaaa]

Save money and apply to more realistic schools in greater quantity. Pretty impressive you got so many interviews at your program list with your stats tbh so that's awesome and must mean your app is strong overall. I would just reapply, drop most of the programs you applied to this cycle if money is an issue and add realistic schools. Also add DO schools if you really want to be a doc.

Agree scribing is better for patient contact.

Send update emails to schools you interviewed at. Also if you get rejected from any of those schools ask for feedback about ways to improve your application. Good luck!