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I would love some advice on how to improve my chances of getting accepted into medical school.
I'm finishing up my associates degree in Biology this quarter and will be graduating from my community college with a 3.89. This is with some minor setbacks, I did decide to audit Organic Chemistry one quarter because I was in 3 other classes and knew that I didn't have enough time to do well in all 4 classes. I finished that quarter with a 4.0 in all 3 classes and an Audit. I also decided to retake 2 math classes that I got B-s in and will finish with As. My community college replaces your grade when you retake a class. In total after replacements I will only have one grade below an A or A- which is Engineering (calculus) Physics 1 which I got a B-. I was accepted into my local university with highest distinction (given to 5% of applicants). I plan on studying all summer for the MCAT and taking it in September. As for ECs by the time I apply to medical school in just over a year I will have worked in the healthcare field with one company for 9 years, I am a registered nurses assistant doing in home care giving for DD adults. I have experience in this job with hospice, managing chronic health issues and extreme behavioral issues, and have some experience in minor medical care (shots, giving meds of all forms, compression stockings, breathing machines for those in heart failure, etc). I also have worked with a different company doing hospice care for 2 years. For volunteering I have been fostering with a no kill animal rescue for 3.5 years so far, personally fostered between 100-200 cats and dogs, have brought upon significant growth in the rescue, and will be on the board soon. I have literally thousands of hours of volunteer work with this rescue as I always have cats and dogs in my house. I also provide minor medical care to these animals and have brought some back from death's door, even my vets were surprised. I don't have any clinical volunteer work or shadowing yet, however my job has given me a lot of clinical experience with a variety of clients and medical conditions. This shows dedication, commitment, and that I'm not doing this to just look good for a medical school. If needed, I can volunteer at a local planned parenthood or hospice center for clinical volunteer experience. I want to know if it is necessary in my case due to my work experience and extensive non clinical volunteer work.
I plan on applying to the medical schools my state (Northwest), but in reality my heart belongs in in the south where it's warm, specifically Texas. I know that Texas schools are extremely hard to get into as they only can accept 10% of OOS applicants. I will also be applying to other medical schools in the south. I am not trying to get into a competitive school, I just am ready to live where it's warm. I can write a strong secondary app on why I want to go to the OOS school and hope to stay in my medical school state permanently.
MCAT and GPA aside, how can I strengthen my changes of being accepted into an out of state school, Texas specifically because it is so competitive.
I'm finishing up my associates degree in Biology this quarter and will be graduating from my community college with a 3.89. This is with some minor setbacks, I did decide to audit Organic Chemistry one quarter because I was in 3 other classes and knew that I didn't have enough time to do well in all 4 classes. I finished that quarter with a 4.0 in all 3 classes and an Audit. I also decided to retake 2 math classes that I got B-s in and will finish with As. My community college replaces your grade when you retake a class. In total after replacements I will only have one grade below an A or A- which is Engineering (calculus) Physics 1 which I got a B-. I was accepted into my local university with highest distinction (given to 5% of applicants). I plan on studying all summer for the MCAT and taking it in September. As for ECs by the time I apply to medical school in just over a year I will have worked in the healthcare field with one company for 9 years, I am a registered nurses assistant doing in home care giving for DD adults. I have experience in this job with hospice, managing chronic health issues and extreme behavioral issues, and have some experience in minor medical care (shots, giving meds of all forms, compression stockings, breathing machines for those in heart failure, etc). I also have worked with a different company doing hospice care for 2 years. For volunteering I have been fostering with a no kill animal rescue for 3.5 years so far, personally fostered between 100-200 cats and dogs, have brought upon significant growth in the rescue, and will be on the board soon. I have literally thousands of hours of volunteer work with this rescue as I always have cats and dogs in my house. I also provide minor medical care to these animals and have brought some back from death's door, even my vets were surprised. I don't have any clinical volunteer work or shadowing yet, however my job has given me a lot of clinical experience with a variety of clients and medical conditions. This shows dedication, commitment, and that I'm not doing this to just look good for a medical school. If needed, I can volunteer at a local planned parenthood or hospice center for clinical volunteer experience. I want to know if it is necessary in my case due to my work experience and extensive non clinical volunteer work.
I plan on applying to the medical schools my state (Northwest), but in reality my heart belongs in in the south where it's warm, specifically Texas. I know that Texas schools are extremely hard to get into as they only can accept 10% of OOS applicants. I will also be applying to other medical schools in the south. I am not trying to get into a competitive school, I just am ready to live where it's warm. I can write a strong secondary app on why I want to go to the OOS school and hope to stay in my medical school state permanently.
MCAT and GPA aside, how can I strengthen my changes of being accepted into an out of state school, Texas specifically because it is so competitive.