robertjnixon
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HI, US MD reapplicant. I am currently still waiting on two MD WLs (sent update letters/LOI) but have sent in my reapplication already.
Weaknesses:
Sorry for this long post but I'm a bit lost currently and would greatly appreciate if anyone can give me feedback on my MD school list and maybe what schools I should start prewriting for (will also be adding some DO schools later) and what to remove. Any schools I should take apply to also from my maybe list? Really want this to be my last cycle so I'm open to applying broader. (School list at bottom)
I will also be reappying to the two waitlisted schools below.
App
CA ORM, socal (UCB undergrad), GPA 3.9 (BCPM gpa: 3.88), MCAT 515, AAMC FAP (qualified for this cycle)
Clinical hours total (1485 hours):
Full time senior MA at allergy clinic (new position I added since last cycle): 960 hours
small clinic so I work directly with doc, will be getting a LOR from her
Hospice Volunteering: 160 hours (had only 10 hours when I first applied, but am still continuing this -> one of MMEs)
Hospital volunteering between two hospitals (total): 365 (I had only 310 hours total of clinical in my last cycle -> this was my main clinical experience last cycle)
Roles included helping coordinate meal time for patients who required help feeding, patient transport, etc
Non-Clinical hours:
Food Pharmacy Volunteer/Educator (lead nutrition curriculum and help with distribution of produce in underserved area): 210 hours completed and continuing (newish activity for this cycle)
Volunteer Music Teacher for Underresourced schools: 260 hours (I know technically not considered non-clinical volunteering)
Research (750 hours):
Microbe lab: 650 hours (in college)
Grant recipient and poster presentation
added a second author publication (that was accepted after I submitted my primary last cycle)
Optometry lab: 100 hours (college)
Shadowing (100 hours):
Shadowed in meds diabetes clinic and followed physician from family med, psychiatry, and endocrinology
TA in college for introductory biology lab: 160 hours
Leadership (100 Hours):
Director for volunteer music clubs -> in charge of outreach and event organization
(I technically also have leadership roles in my MA job too)
Weaknesses:
- Rushed to write my PS in two weeks last cycle (waiting on my mcat score), felt like I was sorta listing activities/wasn't clear why medicine -> completely rewritten entire PS (worked on for a couple months) and got lot of feedback from med students/mentors
- Activity descriptions were too narrative like that it wasn't clear what my roles were -> completely redid activity descriptions with new MMEs
- Took casper and preview too late delayed my app being complete by a lot -> took early this cycle
- Thought my clinical/nonclinical was also too low
Sorry for this long post but I'm a bit lost currently and would greatly appreciate if anyone can give me feedback on my MD school list and maybe what schools I should start prewriting for (will also be adding some DO schools later) and what to remove. Any schools I should take apply to also from my maybe list? Really want this to be my last cycle so I'm open to applying broader. (School list at bottom)
I will also be reappying to the two waitlisted schools below.
App
CA ORM, socal (UCB undergrad), GPA 3.9 (BCPM gpa: 3.88), MCAT 515, AAMC FAP (qualified for this cycle)
Clinical hours total (1485 hours):
Full time senior MA at allergy clinic (new position I added since last cycle): 960 hours
small clinic so I work directly with doc, will be getting a LOR from her
Hospice Volunteering: 160 hours (had only 10 hours when I first applied, but am still continuing this -> one of MMEs)
Hospital volunteering between two hospitals (total): 365 (I had only 310 hours total of clinical in my last cycle -> this was my main clinical experience last cycle)
Roles included helping coordinate meal time for patients who required help feeding, patient transport, etc
Non-Clinical hours:
Food Pharmacy Volunteer/Educator (lead nutrition curriculum and help with distribution of produce in underserved area): 210 hours completed and continuing (newish activity for this cycle)
Volunteer Music Teacher for Underresourced schools: 260 hours (I know technically not considered non-clinical volunteering)
Research (750 hours):
Microbe lab: 650 hours (in college)
Grant recipient and poster presentation
added a second author publication (that was accepted after I submitted my primary last cycle)
Optometry lab: 100 hours (college)
Shadowing (100 hours):
Shadowed in meds diabetes clinic and followed physician from family med, psychiatry, and endocrinology
TA in college for introductory biology lab: 160 hours
Leadership (100 Hours):
Director for volunteer music clubs -> in charge of outreach and event organization
(I technically also have leadership roles in my MA job too)
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