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I just had a long conversation with a friend of mine who is in a similar life situation as me and applied to medical school this past cycle. She didn't get into any medical schools and is taking a second gap year, and told me she actually wished she had decided to take two gap years to start with, and recommended I do the same unless I was 100% confident in my application this cycle. I'm currently a senior (graduating in 3 weeks) and was planning on taking one gap year and matriculating into medical school in 2018. Here are my stats:
Cumulative GPA: 3.57
Science GPA: 3.38
MCAT: 506
SES Disadvantaged Student: Yes
Female/White
Home state: Florida
Research: One year but not on anything significant (studying online courses, made IRB protocol, doing data collection and analysis, publishing a paper).
Volunteer work: I have extensive non-clinical volunteer experience, but not a lot of clinical. I plan on doing clinical volunteering 1-2 times a week during my gap year(s) to make up for this.
Strong clinical shadowing
Recommendation Letters: I've become close with a lot of faculty members/professors at my university so I believe I'll have strong letters.
Strong leadership experience
Work experience: I've worked 15-20 hours per week since I was a sophomore.
Gap year(s): clinical research/research assistant
Thoughts? I'm really torn about this because I know I'm not a very strong applicant, and I can't afford to spend $5000+ applying this cycle if I won't get into anything.
Cumulative GPA: 3.57
Science GPA: 3.38
MCAT: 506
SES Disadvantaged Student: Yes
Female/White
Home state: Florida
Research: One year but not on anything significant (studying online courses, made IRB protocol, doing data collection and analysis, publishing a paper).
Volunteer work: I have extensive non-clinical volunteer experience, but not a lot of clinical. I plan on doing clinical volunteering 1-2 times a week during my gap year(s) to make up for this.
Strong clinical shadowing
Recommendation Letters: I've become close with a lot of faculty members/professors at my university so I believe I'll have strong letters.
Strong leadership experience
Work experience: I've worked 15-20 hours per week since I was a sophomore.
Gap year(s): clinical research/research assistant
Thoughts? I'm really torn about this because I know I'm not a very strong applicant, and I can't afford to spend $5000+ applying this cycle if I won't get into anything.
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