Strengthen application further or sit and wait?

[Brees on Tap]

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Found out today that I am still under Active Consideration/NFAatLSU-New Orleans. I applied ED, then got rolled over to regular and interviewed on 9/20. Got my NFA letter today

Resume: School: LSU Major: Biology Minor: Chemistry GPA 3.7 Overall (strong hill type trend, 3.1>3.5>3.7), 3.65 overall BCPM (strong hill type trend, 3.2 Freshman Year 3.8 Sophomore Year, 4.0 Junior Year, these are my BCPM gpa for those individual years), basically I was a ******* freshman year and calculussucks MCAT: 29M (9P/9V/11B)

Research Experiences: Three years of LSUHSC-affiliated summer research internships conducting clinical research at Children's Hospital-New Orleans Hematology/Oncology, working on a publication from this work.

EC: Vice-President of a Microbiology Club, volunteer activities (semester of mentoring incoming freshman), bulk of volunteering came from volunteering at local hospital during junior and senior years of high school, focused mainly on hobbies which includes numerous inter mural sports competitions and soccer(stressed my passion for team sports a lot, since it has been an integral component of my development as a person.

Interview went excellent. Cameout feeling likeI 1)conveyed my sense of humor and 2) stressed the importance of compassion in the medical field.

I have NOT applied anywhere else. May seem unorthodox, but LSU's combination of a solid medical education, in-state tuition, and the fact that I am from New Orleans makes it a perfect match for me. I feel my ED application and the fact I only applied here shows real commitment in the eyes of the ADCOM.

Please leave me some feedback on my dilemma and please let me know if you need more information.

Thank you

 

[Amrazzz]

Still not late to apply to more schools! Deadlines are in January. Take the chance.

 

[Brees on Tap]

I am considering it. I am contemplating sending an app to Shreveport and maybe some other Southern schools. New Orleans is my dream school and I have been told my application is strong enough to get in there. I would think it wise not to put all my eggs in one basket however.

BTW nice avatar, YNWA! I'm a chelsea fan though lol

 

[Amrazzz]

Do it, you don't know what might happen.

Also, great game today. Ex-Liverpool players finally working some magic for the blues 😀

 

[Catalystik]

New Orleans is my dream school and I have been told my application is strong enough to get in there.

I think it would be a mistake to hope for the best and do nothing to enhance your application during this season. Update letters may be what it takes to tip adcomm opinion in your favor, and if you do not get an acceptance, you don't want to apply next year with an application that is unchanged. Especially, if you'd be adding OOS schools.

I'd consider it a weakness if you've gained no recent clinical experience (or did you work with sick people during the research gig?). Surely you've gained more mature insights into medicine since you were in high school that you could bring to some new activity in this arena during the school year.

You don't mention physician shadowing: did you do that in an office-setting? How many specialties total? Was one in primary care?

Continued nonmedical community service in some area would be a good idea (even better if it serves the poor). Maybe this could be combined with leadership, or teaching (coaching, TA, tutoring) if you don't have that already.

The research experience looks good though. The sport involvement is great for demonstrating teamwork. What ongoing activities are you involved in this year?

 

[Brees on Tap]

I think it would be a mistake to hope for the best and do nothing to enhance your application during this season. Update letters may be what it takes to tip adcomm opinion in your favor, and if you do not get an acceptance, you don't want to apply next year with an application that is unchanged. Especially, if you'd be adding OOS schools.

I'd consider it a weakness if you've gained no recent clinical experience (or did you work with sick people during the research gig?). Surely you've gained more mature insights into medicine since you were in high school that you could bring to some new activity in this arena during the school year.

You don't mention physician shadowing: did you do that in an office-setting? How many specialties total? Was one in primary care?

Continued nonmedical community service in some area would be a good idea (even better if it serves the poor). Maybe this could be combined with leadership, or teaching (coaching, TA, tutoring) if you don't have that already.

The research experience looks good though. The sport involvement is great for demonstrating teamwork. What ongoing activities are you involved in this year?

The research gig was shadowing, research, clinical experiences all wrapped into one. I would get to shadow the attendings during teaching rounds and see some procedures like BMT, spinal tap etc... I would also get to see patients in the clinic when they came in for Chemo and checkups.

I am staying in Baton Rouge this winter and plan on getting some more volunteer hours at Our Lady of the Lake and I may look at community service by coaching area youth teams (that would be very fufilling to me).

I forgot to mention that in my Junior year one of my most fulfilling activites was mentoring incoming Biology freshman. I also have a student job at the Academic Center for Student Athletes here at LSU.

Let me know if you want to know more.

 

[Catalystik]

Sounds good.

Hopefully, you made it clear that all those components were included in the Research experience, or even divided some of it out to list separately in another space.

 

[Brees on Tap]

Sounds good.

Hopefully, you made it clear that all those components were included in the Research experience, or even divided some of it out to list separately in another space.

In my PS, I talked about a specific experience with one patient my 2nd summer, so I hope that made it a little more clear