Reapplying this cycle. :( Chances? And would anyone be willing to read my PS?

[Chanieish]

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Hi,

1 interview and 0 acceptances, still on waitlist but it's already May. My first and only interview was MMI XD

CA resident, grew up in a foreign country, but born and educated in CA.
Undergrad: UC Berkeley MCB-Neuro
cGPA: 3.73
sGPA: 3.75
Upward trend. 4.0 in junior and senior years
Graduated with honors
MCAT: 35

EC's
-3 semesters of undergrad lab
-Honors Thesis
-Poster presentation
-Bio lab TA
-Orthopedic physician shadowing (Asia) 2 months
-Rotation in orthopedics department in public hospital (Asia) 2 months
-Founded and run an annual fundraiser/charity for patients who cannot afford treatment 3 years going strong <3
-ER volunteer 150 hours
-Neurosurgery shadowing 6 months (Asia)
-Pituitary adenoma research 6 months
-General volunteering in a foundation
-Exec board in school club
-Golf

5 Good/Great recommendation letters

Even though all my volunteering is in Asia, the deans I talked to loved the international experience.

I think my PS is good. If anyone would be willing to critique it I would be very, very thankful! 😀

What are my chances at a UC? Didn't do so well last cycle. Planning to submit my primary in June (Unlike August of last year :|)

 

[n3xa]

Where else did you apply?

Even as a CA resident with great numbers, you still need to look out of state.

 

[Chanieish]

I definitely applied out of state as well. I applied to Rochester, NYU, NYMC, Tufts, Rosalind, Drexel and a few top tier schools. 🙂

 

[FIREitUP]

I definitely applied out of state as well. I applied to Rochester, NYU, NYMC, Tufts, Rosalind, Drexel and a few top tier schools. 🙂

Wow that's crazy that you only got one interview, how many schools did you apply to in all? Is it possible you have a bad LOR or a bad PS?

 

[gl0baltrader]

I'm guessing that your interview was with UCLA ?? So there is a possibility that you will get off the waitlist since they admit students all the way up until the first day of class.

If you do need to reapply, I would recommend focusing more time on your personal statement. Have them read by someone else and be genuine in your interests in medicine.

 

[Chanieish]

Yup 1 interview. It was pretty late in the cycle too so I thought I would be interview-less with cycle, but thank gosh UCLA gave me a chance.

I'm reworking on my PS and changing some things.

I hope I'm not way down below on the waitlist haha. It would be much too awesome if I got in and will be able to withdraw my AMCAS lol.

 

[bajastapler]

it sounds like you have a solid gpa/mcat/ec core. 🙂

1) maybe try reworking a brand new PS or get someone to critically analyze your current one. Ask some friends that maybe graduated with a B.A. degree
2) apply broadly. I was at an med. school info session at my school and they were talking about how important it is for Cali students to apply out of state.

best of luck!

 

[canadanon]

Hey,
I am in a similar situation as you. Got one interview which resulted in a rejection letter. I am a Canadian Citizen though. If you want, I can read over and edit your PS. I applied really late in the cycle ( Oct end ) and to only 9 schools though which was a big mistake.

One question, are you going to change your descriptions for the EC's drastically? I had 10 last year and have 15 this year but am not sure if I should rewrite their descriptions.
Let me know