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Hello! So I'm currently applying but so far have ended up with some IIs, one wait list, a couple holds, some rejections, lots of silence. At the moment I'm trying to figure out what my plan is for the upcoming year. My lease is up in a couple months so that's part of what's driving me to think about this now.
Currently I am working full time at a non-science or medical related office job (really just needed the money, none of the research jobs I interviewed for wanted to take on someone who would potentially leave in a year). Other than that I've continued with my clinic volunteer position which I attend once a week. Not much else, which is my biggest concern about reapplying right away.
I think the biggest weaknesses in my application are my clinical experiences and my MCAT score. I have 2 years of volunteering at a clinic and a little less than 100 hrs of physician shadowing (MD & DO). Interview skills could definitely be improved upon as well. My ideas about strengthening my app would be to get a job that was more relevant, re-taking the MCAT and adding some different ECs. The problem is I don't know if I can get all that done between now and June. I'm kind of torn, I don't necessarily want to wait two years to matriculate, but I also don't want to rush in and end up with another unsuccessful cycle. Thoughts?
More relevant info: UG sGPA sucked, so I did a post-bacc and a master's. Graduated in 2014, so no coursework since then.
Currently I am working full time at a non-science or medical related office job (really just needed the money, none of the research jobs I interviewed for wanted to take on someone who would potentially leave in a year). Other than that I've continued with my clinic volunteer position which I attend once a week. Not much else, which is my biggest concern about reapplying right away.
I think the biggest weaknesses in my application are my clinical experiences and my MCAT score. I have 2 years of volunteering at a clinic and a little less than 100 hrs of physician shadowing (MD & DO). Interview skills could definitely be improved upon as well. My ideas about strengthening my app would be to get a job that was more relevant, re-taking the MCAT and adding some different ECs. The problem is I don't know if I can get all that done between now and June. I'm kind of torn, I don't necessarily want to wait two years to matriculate, but I also don't want to rush in and end up with another unsuccessful cycle. Thoughts?
More relevant info: UG sGPA sucked, so I did a post-bacc and a master's. Graduated in 2014, so no coursework since then.
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