Prepping for a re-application. Looking for advice

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IN-Resident, 3.95 cGPA, 3.98 sGPA, 508 mcat (129/124/129/126), 2000 clinical experience as a phlebotomist. I worked as an in-patient phlebotomist, so I got to get experience in every unit in the hospital.
500 clinical volunteering. I volunteered at a clinic for people with no health insurance. basically just took their vitals, asked standard questions, and reported back to their nurse.
100 non-clinical volunteering. I did voluteering at a soup kitchen. Just passing out food to people.
Leadership experience as a club president. I would help plan a number of student events (Debates, competitions, and other random crap).
80 hours shadowing (Nephrology, cardiology, and internal medicine +LOR from the nephrologist) = 200 hours tutoring. I tutored in basically every med school prereq.
This cycle I had applied to 12 MD schools and 4 DO schools. 1 DO ii (post ii rejection) and 1 MD ii (waiting to hear back). Considering a DO school rejected me, Im assuming my interview skills are just garbage. I also think I did a poor job picking out a school list.
For reference I applied to
MD: IU (ii), Albany, Temple, Drexel, Rosalind Franklin, wright state, Penn state, Tufts, FIU herbert wertheim, George Washington (pre-ii hold), Wisconsin, and Suny downstate.
DO: MU-COM (post-ii R), KHSCCOM (ii), MSU-COM, and Des Moines.


Any advice would be nice.
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Have you thought of retaking the MCAT? You may understandably not want to, but that seems to be the only thing holding you back given your superb GPA and extracurriculars. Granted, the cycle is not over and I'm sure one of your II will pan out! Good luck!
 
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Have you had your personal statement vetted by somebody? Admissions office expects personal statements to be perfect, and a bad one can really hurt your chances for interviews. Your GPA and MCAT score don’t seem to be an issue to me. Considering you’ve had only two ii’s so far, I wouldn’t jump straight to your interview skill as an issue.
 
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You've got some really strong numbers. A slightly higher MCAT would boost chances(~20% from raw statistics) but you got some interviews so it's probably not the main determinant.

Interviews are hard and if feel that you could improve on them, then I would trust your instinct and consider how you want to improve those skills.

Make sure you sit up straight, speak clearly, etc. Some mock interviews will be a big help. In my experience with helping people for their interviews, a big thing is the speed at which they speak. It's hard for your interviewer to assess what you say when you say three things in two seconds. I don't know if this is your situation with interviews but I would encourage you, in your mock interviews, to record them and hear how fast you answer questions.

Slowing down and getting every word out clearly will mean you can't say as much in as short a timeframe but your interviewer will hear you clearly and being fast often comes off as being memorized. Your interviewer is expecting that you have answers and can give them quickly but that's recall and answering, not necessarily the speed of speaking.
 
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