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Hello all,
I am going to be a 2023-2024 reapplicant (CA ORM) after applying this past year (2021-2022). I received 3 interviews (Colorado, CUSM, Hofstra) this past year but fell short (1 R, 1 2nd tier WL, 1x WL --> R). It is clear my interviews did not go well. Despite this, I have other parts of my application I would like to get sorted out first including my school list. I did not reapply right away because I decided I needed to completely revamp my application.
My biggest conflict is whether or not I should retake the MCAT because it will expire for many schools that I fall within the range of stats-wise. I received a 522 (129/132/129/132) on 9/2020, which expires by 3 months for many schools (1/2021). I'm concerned about retaking and getting a lower score.
My cumulative gpa is 3.5 and from a "lower" Ivy.
I spent the last two years working in bench research, and as a mistake, I did not add that as my top three w/a, despite my top-heavy school list. At the time of applying, I did not know schools would weigh my research more heavily than the other activities that I listed as top 3 (D1 athletics, clinical volunteering, non-clinical volunteering). I have an IA that I am more than happy to share via DM.
I believe my biggest weakness in my application was my writing and inability to formulate a proper narrative. I am working on that by becoming a scribe to feel more confident in my clinical experiences and to have more stories to back up why I want to become a physician. I am currently looking to be a part of clinical research that I can do while scribing. I understand that next time, I will apply to schools that I match well with (outside of stats) in terms of long-term goals and school focus.
I will list all the possibilities (excluding some state schools with lower yield for OOS applicants) of schools I am willing to apply to without having to retake my MCAT and schools I would like to apply to but need to retake the MCAT for.
The schools I am providing are simply broad categories of schools I would apply to. I would like to know what people think about where I stand and whether I would fit better in the schools I have to retake the MCAT for. In my opinion, I think that the schools that I can apply to without retaking the MCAT is too top-heavy.
I would like input on the decision to retake the MCAT and any suggestions for tweaking the med school list. Please let me know if there is other information that is necessary to provide input.
Schools I've put (1st time) for are schools that I did not apply to last cycle.
Schools that I would like to apply to but my MCAT score would expire are the following (oldest MCAT taken is 1/2021 according to MSAR for my cycle):
Kaiser
Keck
UCSF
University of Colorado
Georgetown
Rosalind Franklin
Loyola University Chicago
Rush
UMichigan
Mayo Clinic
Geisel Dartmouth
Seton Hall (1st time)
NYMC
NYU Grossman
University of Cincinnati (1st time)
Drexel
Temple (1st time)
Penn State (1st time)
Brown
UVA (1st time)
Albert Einstein
Case Western
(22 schools)
Schools that I would apply to that I don't need to retake the MCAT for:
Cal Northstate
CUSM
Stanford
UC Davis
UC Irvine
UCLA
UC Riverside
UCSD
U Conn (1st time)
Yale
George Washington
University of Florida (1st time)
U Miami (1st time)
Emory
Northwestern
UChicago
Tulane (1st time)
Boston University
Harvard
Tufts
UMass (1st time)
JHU
Maryland (1st time)
Michigan State (1st time)
WashU
Duke
Wake Forest (1st time)
Rowan (Cooper) (1st time)
Albany (1st time)
Columbia
Hofstra
Mt. Sinai
Rochester
Cornell
UPenn
Thomas Jefferson
UPitt
Vanderbilt
(38 schools)
I was considering applying to schools in Texas via TMDSAS but am unsure as an OOS applicant.
I am going to be a 2023-2024 reapplicant (CA ORM) after applying this past year (2021-2022). I received 3 interviews (Colorado, CUSM, Hofstra) this past year but fell short (1 R, 1 2nd tier WL, 1x WL --> R). It is clear my interviews did not go well. Despite this, I have other parts of my application I would like to get sorted out first including my school list. I did not reapply right away because I decided I needed to completely revamp my application.
My biggest conflict is whether or not I should retake the MCAT because it will expire for many schools that I fall within the range of stats-wise. I received a 522 (129/132/129/132) on 9/2020, which expires by 3 months for many schools (1/2021). I'm concerned about retaking and getting a lower score.
My cumulative gpa is 3.5 and from a "lower" Ivy.
I spent the last two years working in bench research, and as a mistake, I did not add that as my top three w/a, despite my top-heavy school list. At the time of applying, I did not know schools would weigh my research more heavily than the other activities that I listed as top 3 (D1 athletics, clinical volunteering, non-clinical volunteering). I have an IA that I am more than happy to share via DM.
I believe my biggest weakness in my application was my writing and inability to formulate a proper narrative. I am working on that by becoming a scribe to feel more confident in my clinical experiences and to have more stories to back up why I want to become a physician. I am currently looking to be a part of clinical research that I can do while scribing. I understand that next time, I will apply to schools that I match well with (outside of stats) in terms of long-term goals and school focus.
I will list all the possibilities (excluding some state schools with lower yield for OOS applicants) of schools I am willing to apply to without having to retake my MCAT and schools I would like to apply to but need to retake the MCAT for.
The schools I am providing are simply broad categories of schools I would apply to. I would like to know what people think about where I stand and whether I would fit better in the schools I have to retake the MCAT for. In my opinion, I think that the schools that I can apply to without retaking the MCAT is too top-heavy.
I would like input on the decision to retake the MCAT and any suggestions for tweaking the med school list. Please let me know if there is other information that is necessary to provide input.
Schools I've put (1st time) for are schools that I did not apply to last cycle.
Schools that I would like to apply to but my MCAT score would expire are the following (oldest MCAT taken is 1/2021 according to MSAR for my cycle):
Kaiser
Keck
UCSF
University of Colorado
Georgetown
Rosalind Franklin
Loyola University Chicago
Rush
UMichigan
Mayo Clinic
Geisel Dartmouth
Seton Hall (1st time)
NYMC
NYU Grossman
University of Cincinnati (1st time)
Drexel
Temple (1st time)
Penn State (1st time)
Brown
UVA (1st time)
Albert Einstein
Case Western
(22 schools)
Schools that I would apply to that I don't need to retake the MCAT for:
Cal Northstate
CUSM
Stanford
UC Davis
UC Irvine
UCLA
UC Riverside
UCSD
U Conn (1st time)
Yale
George Washington
University of Florida (1st time)
U Miami (1st time)
Emory
Northwestern
UChicago
Tulane (1st time)
Boston University
Harvard
Tufts
UMass (1st time)
JHU
Maryland (1st time)
Michigan State (1st time)
WashU
Duke
Wake Forest (1st time)
Rowan (Cooper) (1st time)
Albany (1st time)
Columbia
Hofstra
Mt. Sinai
Rochester
Cornell
UPenn
Thomas Jefferson
UPitt
Vanderbilt
(38 schools)
I was considering applying to schools in Texas via TMDSAS but am unsure as an OOS applicant.
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