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Hey, guys, I need help with my reapplication game plan if this cycle doesn't pan out. I didn’t submit my secondaries until Labor Day weekend. Next time, I need to get my primary and secondaries out earlier (June and July respectively), and the quality of my secondary essays could have been higher. Besides that what I wanted to SDN’s opinion, What can I do to improve?
My MCAT was a 508 (127|124|127|130).
The rest of my APP is as follows
cGPA: 3.82 sGPA: 3.81 at state university
Florida Res, 23, Female, White, Disadvantaged
5000 Hours in the medical camping industry (specifically non-profit settings), a mix of non-clinical & clinical volunteering and employment, as well as leadership positions. Working with children with chronic illnesses, children and adults with disabilities, helping out with fundraising
400 hours as a teaching assistant or SI leader for biochem, microbiology, anatomy, and biomedical research methods in undergrad
230 Hours of Biomedical Research with project design + 1 poster
150 Hours as a hospital volunteer
120 Hours Shadowing (primary care + specialist)
Art as a hobby
Caring for an elderly grandmother with Parkinson’s for a few months (personal care + doctors appoints etc)
Currently teaching High School Biology and AP Bio to low-income students (As of winter-break about 1000 hours into it) and still volunteering in the medical camping industry.
Background: I was sick as a kid, want to subspecialize in pediatrics to help other kids. I would love to continue my nonprofit work as a doctor and do academic medicine with a mixture of research, teaching, and the heaviest emphasis on clinical practice.
Teaching in a low-income public school is really wearing me out, but it is giving me the opportunity to work with more diverse populations and save money to move. I plan to apply broadly to research positions for next summer if I don’t have luck this cycle. I know I do not have a lot of research experience, so if this is unsuccessful, I will probably be applying to jobs in the medical camping industry as well. As looking at the peace corps, doing something with youth, education, or health.
Also, I am admittedly focused on MD, and willing to take the time to improve myself.
I applied to the following schools:
State: UF, UCF, USF, FSU, NOVA MD, FIU, FAU, UM
Out of State: Temple, Drexel, Tufts, Georgetown, George Washington, Kaiser, Wake Forest, Netter, NYMC, Vermont, Rosalind Franklin, Loyola
Any suggestions on what else I can do to improve my app besides stronger writing, and getting it in earlier? Any thoughts on retaking the MCAT? Would there be any reason why I would not want to reapply next cycle if this cycle does not go well?
Thanks for any help you can give!
My MCAT was a 508 (127|124|127|130).
The rest of my APP is as follows
cGPA: 3.82 sGPA: 3.81 at state university
Florida Res, 23, Female, White, Disadvantaged
5000 Hours in the medical camping industry (specifically non-profit settings), a mix of non-clinical & clinical volunteering and employment, as well as leadership positions. Working with children with chronic illnesses, children and adults with disabilities, helping out with fundraising
400 hours as a teaching assistant or SI leader for biochem, microbiology, anatomy, and biomedical research methods in undergrad
230 Hours of Biomedical Research with project design + 1 poster
150 Hours as a hospital volunteer
120 Hours Shadowing (primary care + specialist)
Art as a hobby
Caring for an elderly grandmother with Parkinson’s for a few months (personal care + doctors appoints etc)
Currently teaching High School Biology and AP Bio to low-income students (As of winter-break about 1000 hours into it) and still volunteering in the medical camping industry.
Background: I was sick as a kid, want to subspecialize in pediatrics to help other kids. I would love to continue my nonprofit work as a doctor and do academic medicine with a mixture of research, teaching, and the heaviest emphasis on clinical practice.
Teaching in a low-income public school is really wearing me out, but it is giving me the opportunity to work with more diverse populations and save money to move. I plan to apply broadly to research positions for next summer if I don’t have luck this cycle. I know I do not have a lot of research experience, so if this is unsuccessful, I will probably be applying to jobs in the medical camping industry as well. As looking at the peace corps, doing something with youth, education, or health.
Also, I am admittedly focused on MD, and willing to take the time to improve myself.
I applied to the following schools:
State: UF, UCF, USF, FSU, NOVA MD, FIU, FAU, UM
Out of State: Temple, Drexel, Tufts, Georgetown, George Washington, Kaiser, Wake Forest, Netter, NYMC, Vermont, Rosalind Franklin, Loyola
Any suggestions on what else I can do to improve my app besides stronger writing, and getting it in earlier? Any thoughts on retaking the MCAT? Would there be any reason why I would not want to reapply next cycle if this cycle does not go well?
Thanks for any help you can give!
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