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- Jan 4, 2016
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I haven't gotten in this cycle and only had one interview which I haven't heard back from, so I'm taking it as a no. Currently weighing my options about what else to do and how I can improve. I applied a little on the late side but nothing crazy, took my MCAT June 29th and sent off my applications the day I had my scores back, had all secondaries in by the first week of September.
Current senior, double major in Biochemistry/French, minors in International Studies, Biology
MCAT-513
GPA-3.75
sGPA-3.5
1000 hours research, 2 publications as author kind of far down the list
250 hours hospital volunteer
400 hours internship in social services/HIV prevention org that serves transgender people
450 hours non-health-care volunteering (soup kitchen, youth leadership)
75 hours shadowing in orthopedics/family med
President of two global health clubs, member of a sorority, marathon runner etc. etc.
Not sure what I'm missing for certain but I know that my sGPA is a little lower than it should be ideally. I got a C and a string of B's in biology my sophomore year due to some ~personal matters~ which have since been resolved. GPA has a pretty evident dip there and has been on the up and up since then.
I got a grant that will pay for me to get my masters in biology in France next year, and I am almost certain that I am going to take it, wait a year, and apply again in the 2019-2020 cycle. I am hoping that this will 1) prove that I don't actually suck at biology 2) help me get some more time/publications from researching in a pretty clinically relevant field and show my commitment to research.
My main questions are: Do adcoms care about masters that are done outside of the US? Is there anything else that it seems that I may need more of? Do I need to be applying to DO schools as well this next time around?
Thanks for any and all wisdom!
Current senior, double major in Biochemistry/French, minors in International Studies, Biology
MCAT-513
GPA-3.75
sGPA-3.5
1000 hours research, 2 publications as author kind of far down the list
250 hours hospital volunteer
400 hours internship in social services/HIV prevention org that serves transgender people
450 hours non-health-care volunteering (soup kitchen, youth leadership)
75 hours shadowing in orthopedics/family med
President of two global health clubs, member of a sorority, marathon runner etc. etc.
Not sure what I'm missing for certain but I know that my sGPA is a little lower than it should be ideally. I got a C and a string of B's in biology my sophomore year due to some ~personal matters~ which have since been resolved. GPA has a pretty evident dip there and has been on the up and up since then.
I got a grant that will pay for me to get my masters in biology in France next year, and I am almost certain that I am going to take it, wait a year, and apply again in the 2019-2020 cycle. I am hoping that this will 1) prove that I don't actually suck at biology 2) help me get some more time/publications from researching in a pretty clinically relevant field and show my commitment to research.
My main questions are: Do adcoms care about masters that are done outside of the US? Is there anything else that it seems that I may need more of? Do I need to be applying to DO schools as well this next time around?
Thanks for any and all wisdom!