Hello!
I am seeking some advice about a reapplication cycle after my first cycle didn’t go the way I had hoped. Since my first application cycle, I have made some big changes and want to make sure I am on the right track before I start my application in May. I originally applied with 75 clinical hours, but now have a job as a PCA/STNA/CNA in the NICU at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. I will put the stats that I have now and the stats that I project to have by the time I fill out my primary application in May down below.
Gender: Female
MCAT: 518
GPA: 3.96
Major: Biochemistry
Minor: Chemistry
Publications: 5 (no first author)
Research: 450 hours
Shadowing: 40 hours now (10 more scheduled)
Leadership role in a club that taught science to elementary students: 130 hours
Clinical Hours (working as a PCA): 500 hours now, expect to have 1500 hours when I apply
Volunteering: 270 hours now, 305 hours when I apply
Volunteer at a summer camp for children with disabilities: 125 hours
Clinical volunteering at a Children’s hospital: 40 hours now (will have 75 when I apply)
Volunteer at the storytime at my public library: 45
Volunteer in the pathology department and pharmacy department at a local hospital: 60 hours
I plan to apply as early as possible and fill out and submit my secondaries right away. In addition, I am about to train a service dog for a child with disabilities, but have not started yet, so I will have more volunteer hours from that experience. I want to make sure that I am going into this cycle as prepared as possible. I don’t want there to be any gaps in my application, and if there are any areas that do need improvement, I would like to know now so that I can take corrective action. Please let me know if there is anything else I should be doing.
My plan right now is to apply to around 30-40 schools this cycle. I reside in Ohio but went to the University of Illinois for undergrad, so I plan to apply to all Ohio schools and many of the schools in Illinois. I would really appreciate some recommendations on which schools to apply to the second time around based on my new stats. Additionally, any other advice on my application and about anything I could change/adapt would be greatly appreciated!
I am seeking some advice about a reapplication cycle after my first cycle didn’t go the way I had hoped. Since my first application cycle, I have made some big changes and want to make sure I am on the right track before I start my application in May. I originally applied with 75 clinical hours, but now have a job as a PCA/STNA/CNA in the NICU at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. I will put the stats that I have now and the stats that I project to have by the time I fill out my primary application in May down below.
Gender: Female
MCAT: 518
GPA: 3.96
Major: Biochemistry
Minor: Chemistry
Publications: 5 (no first author)
Research: 450 hours
Shadowing: 40 hours now (10 more scheduled)
Leadership role in a club that taught science to elementary students: 130 hours
Clinical Hours (working as a PCA): 500 hours now, expect to have 1500 hours when I apply
Volunteering: 270 hours now, 305 hours when I apply
Volunteer at a summer camp for children with disabilities: 125 hours
Clinical volunteering at a Children’s hospital: 40 hours now (will have 75 when I apply)
Volunteer at the storytime at my public library: 45
Volunteer in the pathology department and pharmacy department at a local hospital: 60 hours
I plan to apply as early as possible and fill out and submit my secondaries right away. In addition, I am about to train a service dog for a child with disabilities, but have not started yet, so I will have more volunteer hours from that experience. I want to make sure that I am going into this cycle as prepared as possible. I don’t want there to be any gaps in my application, and if there are any areas that do need improvement, I would like to know now so that I can take corrective action. Please let me know if there is anything else I should be doing.
My plan right now is to apply to around 30-40 schools this cycle. I reside in Ohio but went to the University of Illinois for undergrad, so I plan to apply to all Ohio schools and many of the schools in Illinois. I would really appreciate some recommendations on which schools to apply to the second time around based on my new stats. Additionally, any other advice on my application and about anything I could change/adapt would be greatly appreciated!
