throwawy2020
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Hi everyone,
I know I'll get a lot of flak for this question but here goes nothing. So I applied this past cycle and received 11 IIs, 7 waitlists, and only 1 acceptance. I was accepted to Case Western and although I know that it is a solid mid-tier school, I was, to be completely honest, a bit disappointed because I feel that my stats and ECs should have gotten me into a school at least in the Top 20. I don't want to give away too much information as to remain anonymous but here is a general breakdown of my stats/app.
3.99 cGPA;4.0 sGPA at HYPSM
526 MCAT
5 publications, 2 of which are first author
Hundreds of hours of shadowing/volunteerwork
Held various leadership positions in multiple clubs
I know that I should be grateful to have even gotten into medical school but I can't help but feel that I somehow slipped through the cracks this past application cycle. I believe that it would be in my best interest to re-apply next cycle so that I can get into a top 10 med school. I hope to pursue an extremely competitive sub-specialty and I know how much medical school prestige affects matching into top residencies. To be completely blunt, I feel like all of my hard work in undergrad would be completely wasted if I took this acceptance.
I know I'll get a lot of flak for this question but here goes nothing. So I applied this past cycle and received 11 IIs, 7 waitlists, and only 1 acceptance. I was accepted to Case Western and although I know that it is a solid mid-tier school, I was, to be completely honest, a bit disappointed because I feel that my stats and ECs should have gotten me into a school at least in the Top 20. I don't want to give away too much information as to remain anonymous but here is a general breakdown of my stats/app.
3.99 cGPA;4.0 sGPA at HYPSM
526 MCAT
5 publications, 2 of which are first author
Hundreds of hours of shadowing/volunteerwork
Held various leadership positions in multiple clubs
I know that I should be grateful to have even gotten into medical school but I can't help but feel that I somehow slipped through the cracks this past application cycle. I believe that it would be in my best interest to re-apply next cycle so that I can get into a top 10 med school. I hope to pursue an extremely competitive sub-specialty and I know how much medical school prestige affects matching into top residencies. To be completely blunt, I feel like all of my hard work in undergrad would be completely wasted if I took this acceptance.