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I want to start this off by saying that the feedback and comments from this sub is amazing, people tend to think I'm a troll or something lol because I ask a lot of silly questions, but I appreciate all the feedback I get from them. There's a ton of knowledge on here and I'm always learning new things everytime I post.
Secondly PSA, do NOT waste your money on MSI, saved saved and saved up money and paid 300 dollars for advising. The guy I got didn't ask once about anything besides GPA or MCAT, no ECs whatsoever, in an hour long interview his advice to me was to get a 515 on the MCAT and as long as I'm black that'll be enough to get me in anywhere. He said ECs didn't matter, which is the opposite of what I hear on here.
My question to him is a similar one that I've asked on here before. Basically application time is upon us which means my gap year is ending. I'll sum up my stats as concise as possible, GPA 3.6, s3.4, MCAT (June 4), 400 hours medical assistant paid, 200 EMT volunteer, 100 physical therapy tech volunteer, 50 food for homeless, 150 cleaning up environment, 6 track records, 4 college sports, started my own track club, lead actor in several plays, URM, 80 hours research, involved in many clubs, yadda yadda.
My plan was to apply this cycle and I ideally wanted to get into any MD school. However I feel like ( not a troll, I could be wrong, probably wrong) if I spent a year dedicated to doing things like research and impressive stuff that I could have a decent shot at a top school.
I know I'm being judged for that statement, but it's not because I want clout or prestige or anything. It's because 1) I learned about how if you're a very competitive applicant and get into a top school, you can get a lot of aid 2) apparently the connections at those schools are very very valuable, working with noble laureates for instance 3) I have interests in the business side of healthcare, and one of the only interesting pieces of info that my MSI advisor gave me was that most of Stanford's medical class doesn't even go onto residency and instead they go into business, not saying I want to do that but it's from all the once in a lifetime opportunities they receive.
So I guess my questions are 1) hypothetically, let's say I scored a 515+ on the mcat slightly later into the cycle, how successful could I be?
2) Would it be worth it to just take another gap year, not even in the hopes of getting into a top school but maybe just getting in somewhere in general, I know my hours like research are lacking
Secondly PSA, do NOT waste your money on MSI, saved saved and saved up money and paid 300 dollars for advising. The guy I got didn't ask once about anything besides GPA or MCAT, no ECs whatsoever, in an hour long interview his advice to me was to get a 515 on the MCAT and as long as I'm black that'll be enough to get me in anywhere. He said ECs didn't matter, which is the opposite of what I hear on here.
My question to him is a similar one that I've asked on here before. Basically application time is upon us which means my gap year is ending. I'll sum up my stats as concise as possible, GPA 3.6, s3.4, MCAT (June 4), 400 hours medical assistant paid, 200 EMT volunteer, 100 physical therapy tech volunteer, 50 food for homeless, 150 cleaning up environment, 6 track records, 4 college sports, started my own track club, lead actor in several plays, URM, 80 hours research, involved in many clubs, yadda yadda.
My plan was to apply this cycle and I ideally wanted to get into any MD school. However I feel like ( not a troll, I could be wrong, probably wrong) if I spent a year dedicated to doing things like research and impressive stuff that I could have a decent shot at a top school.
I know I'm being judged for that statement, but it's not because I want clout or prestige or anything. It's because 1) I learned about how if you're a very competitive applicant and get into a top school, you can get a lot of aid 2) apparently the connections at those schools are very very valuable, working with noble laureates for instance 3) I have interests in the business side of healthcare, and one of the only interesting pieces of info that my MSI advisor gave me was that most of Stanford's medical class doesn't even go onto residency and instead they go into business, not saying I want to do that but it's from all the once in a lifetime opportunities they receive.
So I guess my questions are 1) hypothetically, let's say I scored a 515+ on the mcat slightly later into the cycle, how successful could I be?
2) Would it be worth it to just take another gap year, not even in the hopes of getting into a top school but maybe just getting in somewhere in general, I know my hours like research are lacking
