greatmed15
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Hi! I applied in the 2019-2020 cycle and only got two MD interviews (did not apply to DO schools)- of which one ended in a rejection and one in a waitlist. I am taking a year to review what happened and work on different parts of my application, but I am not sure what exactly went wrong :/ My college does not really have any pred-med counselors, and I don’t have any people close to me that are doctors/in med school, so I have no one to ask for feedback.
Here is a little about my application.
-Graduated in 2018. 3.89 GPA, 511 MCAT (first time 507). Then did 2 gap years, doing research in pharma. During those years, I mostly enhanced my leadership. In school I was an EMT for 3 years, did research for 3 years, was a TA for 2 classes and also was a mentor to international students, and volunteered at a hospital for 2 years. I have 68 hrs of shadowing (4 physicians) and a few academic awards. I have added the hours for all the activities at the end of the post
I know that I could have done better in one of my interviews (but then, I did not get that many interviews to start with- applied to 20 schools, a lot that have lower GPA/MCAT averages and a few with higher). I am a MN resident. Got an interview from the U of Minnesota (post interview rej) and Penn state (waitlist). I also did not show my personal statement and secondaries to many people (2 total, one of them a writing coach). I am wondering, is my MCAT good enough? Was it just my PS/secondaries? Was it that I have not done a lot of clinical stuff recently?
I am taking this year to work on things, so I was thinking that I get a job in a hospital to increase my clinical experience, and also volunteer again at a hospital. I could also continue conducting research at a different lab- not sure about my next steps…Does anyone have any suggestions?
Research - 5660 hrs
Non-clinical – 1050 hrs
Here is a little about my application.
-Graduated in 2018. 3.89 GPA, 511 MCAT (first time 507). Then did 2 gap years, doing research in pharma. During those years, I mostly enhanced my leadership. In school I was an EMT for 3 years, did research for 3 years, was a TA for 2 classes and also was a mentor to international students, and volunteered at a hospital for 2 years. I have 68 hrs of shadowing (4 physicians) and a few academic awards. I have added the hours for all the activities at the end of the post
I know that I could have done better in one of my interviews (but then, I did not get that many interviews to start with- applied to 20 schools, a lot that have lower GPA/MCAT averages and a few with higher). I am a MN resident. Got an interview from the U of Minnesota (post interview rej) and Penn state (waitlist). I also did not show my personal statement and secondaries to many people (2 total, one of them a writing coach). I am wondering, is my MCAT good enough? Was it just my PS/secondaries? Was it that I have not done a lot of clinical stuff recently?
I am taking this year to work on things, so I was thinking that I get a job in a hospital to increase my clinical experience, and also volunteer again at a hospital. I could also continue conducting research at a different lab- not sure about my next steps…Does anyone have any suggestions?
Research - 5660 hrs
- 2 year research program (FTE) – 4160 hrs (did not list as research at the time, listed as paid empl. -non clinical)
- immunology lab for 3 years (during school and summers) – 1500 hrs
- EMT – 300hrs
- Hospital volunteer – 400 hrs
Non-clinical – 1050 hrs
- mentor for international students – 300 hrs
- TA for 2 classes – 750 hrs
- 4 physicians ( 3 specialties)
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