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Hello all and thanks for reading. I would really appreciate your thoughts on my situation.
During the 2014 - 2105 application cycle, my application was verified mid-August. I felt that this was already late in the cycle and became discouraged. I applied to seven schools but completed secondaries for only three of them. Before you tell me anything, I already know how wrong that was.
Two of the schools that I applied to are state schools (Mercer and MCG) where (I feel) my credentials are inline with their average matriculant credentials. I received interviews at both and, after interviewing at both in February, was rejected. I have not yet discussed the rejection with the schools so I am unsure what led to the rejection. I sincerely hope that it was not the interview itself.
Now, I want to try again. With my current credentials, what US MD schools do you think that I have a shot at? Will applying more broadly help? And, are my credentials curently too poor to consider US MD? I am considering re-taking the MCAT but, given the time needed to study, the score wouldn't be released until July.
Basic info: White male, mid-twenties, living in "underserved" Georgia, originally from upstate New York.
GPA: 3.56 cumulative, 3.68 BCPM, 3.33 AO. My first 30 collegiate credit hours amount to a 2.35 GPA. One science credit at a community college: Physics (A). Three if you count Calculus I and II (A and B).
MCAT: 30 - 9/11/10. Wrote 2013. Studied over the summer with scattered marks on official AMCAS practice tests. My highest score was 41, my lowest score 30, average 36. The actual test had several passages in the PS section about topics that I was weak with. Second guessed myself during the BS and changed to wrong answers.
Other: 1000+ hours hospital volunteer; 100+ hours physician shadow; 1000+ hours research (nothing to show for it); 2000+ hours paid employee at a biomedical company in a laboratory setting.
Thoughts? How much will boosting my MCAT in July score help this cycle? I'm willing [edit-- see: I wouldn't mind permanantely relocating. I'm not so worried about where I go to medical school.] to move to another region, especially regions with bustling cities such as Massachusetts, New York, California, Texas, Arizona, and NOLA. I'm not excited to do more research (as a stepping stone to medical school) or take more classes to boost my GPA.
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During the 2014 - 2105 application cycle, my application was verified mid-August. I felt that this was already late in the cycle and became discouraged. I applied to seven schools but completed secondaries for only three of them. Before you tell me anything, I already know how wrong that was.
Two of the schools that I applied to are state schools (Mercer and MCG) where (I feel) my credentials are inline with their average matriculant credentials. I received interviews at both and, after interviewing at both in February, was rejected. I have not yet discussed the rejection with the schools so I am unsure what led to the rejection. I sincerely hope that it was not the interview itself.
Now, I want to try again. With my current credentials, what US MD schools do you think that I have a shot at? Will applying more broadly help? And, are my credentials curently too poor to consider US MD? I am considering re-taking the MCAT but, given the time needed to study, the score wouldn't be released until July.
Basic info: White male, mid-twenties, living in "underserved" Georgia, originally from upstate New York.
GPA: 3.56 cumulative, 3.68 BCPM, 3.33 AO. My first 30 collegiate credit hours amount to a 2.35 GPA. One science credit at a community college: Physics (A). Three if you count Calculus I and II (A and B).
MCAT: 30 - 9/11/10. Wrote 2013. Studied over the summer with scattered marks on official AMCAS practice tests. My highest score was 41, my lowest score 30, average 36. The actual test had several passages in the PS section about topics that I was weak with. Second guessed myself during the BS and changed to wrong answers.
Other: 1000+ hours hospital volunteer; 100+ hours physician shadow; 1000+ hours research (nothing to show for it); 2000+ hours paid employee at a biomedical company in a laboratory setting.
Thoughts? How much will boosting my MCAT in July score help this cycle? I'm willing [edit-- see: I wouldn't mind permanantely relocating. I'm not so worried about where I go to medical school.] to move to another region, especially regions with bustling cities such as Massachusetts, New York, California, Texas, Arizona, and NOLA. I'm not excited to do more research (as a stepping stone to medical school) or take more classes to boost my GPA.
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