Hello! The title kind of says it all.
I'm going to be completely transparent, I am reapplying this cycle but the chronic overthinker I am, I have been stressing over being a reapplicant.
Just to go over what my stats were:
Last year
MCAT: 519
GPA: 3.97
Experience
- Medical Assistant for 1400 hours
- Volunteered in a hospital for 200ish hours
- Volunteered at a shelter for immigrants for about 200ish hours
- Shadowed for 100ish hours
- TA for Chemistry
- Recruitment chair for my organization
- Was in a pre-health organization (just as a member)
- Involved in a mental health org
This resulted in me getting 3 interviews, 2 of them being my top choices! Ended up waitlisted at my top 2 choices, but I practically have no chance of getting off at this point lol.
This year
- Same as above (except GPS is 3.92 which i hope doesn't make a difference...) plus
- Became a scholastic chair for my org
- Was the lead for a magazine project
- Also became a biochem TA
- Planned activities include 2 new research labs, MCAT tutoring, and volunteering at an aphasia center
- I revamped all my activities description, I revamped my primaries to be more active (my primaries last year were much more passive), and I plan to revamp my secondaries
I'm hoping I have more to offer this year with my application, and I have a lot more experiences to talk about. However, I think the purpose of me writing this is for 1. to see who else is also scared about reapplying, and 2. see if there is any advice people can give me (don't sugarcoat it LOL, give me your honest thoughts guys). I appreciate any and all words of wisdom you guys have!
I'm going to be completely transparent, I am reapplying this cycle but the chronic overthinker I am, I have been stressing over being a reapplicant.
Just to go over what my stats were:
Last year
MCAT: 519
GPA: 3.97
Experience
- Medical Assistant for 1400 hours
- Volunteered in a hospital for 200ish hours
- Volunteered at a shelter for immigrants for about 200ish hours
- Shadowed for 100ish hours
- TA for Chemistry
- Recruitment chair for my organization
- Was in a pre-health organization (just as a member)
- Involved in a mental health org
This resulted in me getting 3 interviews, 2 of them being my top choices! Ended up waitlisted at my top 2 choices, but I practically have no chance of getting off at this point lol.
This year
- Same as above (except GPS is 3.92 which i hope doesn't make a difference...) plus
- Became a scholastic chair for my org
- Was the lead for a magazine project
- Also became a biochem TA
- Planned activities include 2 new research labs, MCAT tutoring, and volunteering at an aphasia center
- I revamped all my activities description, I revamped my primaries to be more active (my primaries last year were much more passive), and I plan to revamp my secondaries
I'm hoping I have more to offer this year with my application, and I have a lot more experiences to talk about. However, I think the purpose of me writing this is for 1. to see who else is also scared about reapplying, and 2. see if there is any advice people can give me (don't sugarcoat it LOL, give me your honest thoughts guys). I appreciate any and all words of wisdom you guys have!