I've made numerous posts on here before, but more recently I'm starting to research and focus on which programs (curriculum/location/costs/residency match/etc) are in my top choice and now I'm thinking I may not be competitive enough for them. Looking at stats from this cycle, the increased amount of applications, people not getting IIs with better stats than me, people getting rejected pre-II, post-interview, etc... I'm acting like a basic neurotic pre-med and feel like I need to somehow beef up my application before 2016-2017 cycle, but I don't know where to pool my energy.
I really would like to MOVE BACK TO the Northeast (grew up & went to college there) .... so 1) Tuoros-NY 2) PCOM 3) NYIT 4) Rowan 5) UNECOM, but will also be applying to a few others.
Current Stats:
uGPA 3.3 sGPA: 3.4 MCAT: April/May 2016
~100 hours of clinical volunteering by the time I apply
~Shadowing starts this month, so possibly ~50-100 hrs by June
~Passionate ECs non-clinical. I think they're good enough & unique, not cookie cutter. Should make me stand out
-My PS will definitely not be cookie cutter.
My current Situation:
I'm currently taking the UNE Biochemistry class and have a 95% (5 weeks in), also doing MCAT content review on Khanacademy.org as it correlates to biochemistry. I spend most weekday evenings & maybe 5-10 hours on the weekend studying/reviewing. I also work ~20 hrs a week. I am planning on studying really hard from Feb-April on the MCAT, since my biochem class ends in Jan. However, it has been a long time (4-5 years) since I've taken Bio I & II, Physics I, Chem I, so I have a lot of content review to do.
So I kind of have 3 options right now:
1) Focus on MCAT, but also try to bump my GPA up over spring/summer/fall, but my MCAT might not get as much time devoted to it if I take spring classes.
2) Focus on the MCAT hard and really try to get a high score for DO >32/511
3) Focus hard on the MCAT now, try my best, and sign up for summer & fall 2016 classes, and update admissions at the end of summer & end of fall 2016 (would this be too late for GPA repair?)
The classes I would need to re-take are:
Geographic Information Systems: C
Financial Accounting: C
Sociology: W (I withdrew for medical reasons)
I'd probably also sign up for some additional classes I have yet to take to improve GPA further.
I really would like to MOVE BACK TO the Northeast (grew up & went to college there) .... so 1) Tuoros-NY 2) PCOM 3) NYIT 4) Rowan 5) UNECOM, but will also be applying to a few others.
Current Stats:
uGPA 3.3 sGPA: 3.4 MCAT: April/May 2016
~100 hours of clinical volunteering by the time I apply
~Shadowing starts this month, so possibly ~50-100 hrs by June
~Passionate ECs non-clinical. I think they're good enough & unique, not cookie cutter. Should make me stand out
-My PS will definitely not be cookie cutter.
My current Situation:
I'm currently taking the UNE Biochemistry class and have a 95% (5 weeks in), also doing MCAT content review on Khanacademy.org as it correlates to biochemistry. I spend most weekday evenings & maybe 5-10 hours on the weekend studying/reviewing. I also work ~20 hrs a week. I am planning on studying really hard from Feb-April on the MCAT, since my biochem class ends in Jan. However, it has been a long time (4-5 years) since I've taken Bio I & II, Physics I, Chem I, so I have a lot of content review to do.
So I kind of have 3 options right now:
1) Focus on MCAT, but also try to bump my GPA up over spring/summer/fall, but my MCAT might not get as much time devoted to it if I take spring classes.
2) Focus on the MCAT hard and really try to get a high score for DO >32/511
3) Focus hard on the MCAT now, try my best, and sign up for summer & fall 2016 classes, and update admissions at the end of summer & end of fall 2016 (would this be too late for GPA repair?)
The classes I would need to re-take are:
Geographic Information Systems: C
Financial Accounting: C
Sociology: W (I withdrew for medical reasons)
I'd probably also sign up for some additional classes I have yet to take to improve GPA further.
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