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just joined this site. some of your posts in this thread have brought me nearly to tears. i just hope i can be in your shoes someday.
my story: i'm re-applying this june for class 2006. i applied for class 2004 but didn't get in (obviously).
my background: i went to a very well known school for undergrad. i was premed and while there i began having major health problems that majorly affected my schoolwork. i continued taking premed courses (regret that) and did about average in the classes. thought i could handle the MCAT while being on a ton of meds and of course did poorly on that (low 20s). took care of all my health issues (they are all resolved now). 6 months after graduation i got a good research job and worked there for 1.5 years. really liked the work (found out recently i'm 3rd author on the accepted paper) but decided that med school really was my dream and i decided to do a post-bac. so i'm finishing up a post-bac right now (done in may) and then i have the glide year. since college i've been involved in volunteering (big brothers big sisters, hospitals) and shadowing docs. in college i wrote for the school newspaper and was one of the choreographers for a dance troupe (that's leadership right?)
My overall undergrad GPA = 3.18, science was about 2.8.
the postbac has significantly improved that (last semester = 3.9). i retook the MCAT last summer and got a 27 (BS=11, PS=10, V=6, N).
a few questions:
1. does it make sense to retake the MCAT (would be the third time)? i would work hard of course. would it look bad if the BS and PS went down but V went up? how could i improve on my verbal? i got tutoring from a kaplan instructor and i was doing VERY well on the practice tests (from 31 to 37). but the real thing screwed me over. did you all study using kaplan, princeton, or neither?
2. what did you all do during your glide year? how can i get good leadership experience during that year? by teaching?
3. if i don't get in for 2006, what would your advice be to me? reapply or go to a caribbean med school?
4. anything else i could add to my application to improve my chances of getting in somewhere?
i CAN'T WAIT to feel the sense of relief some of you are feeling after having gotten in!!! CONGRATS!!!!!!!
my story: i'm re-applying this june for class 2006. i applied for class 2004 but didn't get in (obviously).
my background: i went to a very well known school for undergrad. i was premed and while there i began having major health problems that majorly affected my schoolwork. i continued taking premed courses (regret that) and did about average in the classes. thought i could handle the MCAT while being on a ton of meds and of course did poorly on that (low 20s). took care of all my health issues (they are all resolved now). 6 months after graduation i got a good research job and worked there for 1.5 years. really liked the work (found out recently i'm 3rd author on the accepted paper) but decided that med school really was my dream and i decided to do a post-bac. so i'm finishing up a post-bac right now (done in may) and then i have the glide year. since college i've been involved in volunteering (big brothers big sisters, hospitals) and shadowing docs. in college i wrote for the school newspaper and was one of the choreographers for a dance troupe (that's leadership right?)
My overall undergrad GPA = 3.18, science was about 2.8.
the postbac has significantly improved that (last semester = 3.9). i retook the MCAT last summer and got a 27 (BS=11, PS=10, V=6, N).
a few questions:
1. does it make sense to retake the MCAT (would be the third time)? i would work hard of course. would it look bad if the BS and PS went down but V went up? how could i improve on my verbal? i got tutoring from a kaplan instructor and i was doing VERY well on the practice tests (from 31 to 37). but the real thing screwed me over. did you all study using kaplan, princeton, or neither?
2. what did you all do during your glide year? how can i get good leadership experience during that year? by teaching?
3. if i don't get in for 2006, what would your advice be to me? reapply or go to a caribbean med school?
4. anything else i could add to my application to improve my chances of getting in somewhere?
i CAN'T WAIT to feel the sense of relief some of you are feeling after having gotten in!!! CONGRATS!!!!!!!