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I was recently accepted to a top-25 school, and have multiple other interviews with top-30 and top-40 schools. I'm posting this because applying as an applicant with mediocre stats has been a HORRIBLE self-esteem killer and I wanted to give others hope. SDN, of course, often made things worse more than it helped me out (we all know this, it's the downside to SDN) and I just wanted to say that it CAN be done (if you've got enough in your favor and pre-med advisors and LOR that rock) since everyone here told me that (yes, even as a URM) it was impossible. Good luck & keep your head up!
My Cons: low GPA (sub-3.2 total, sub-3.0 BCPM)
My Pros: multiple long-term leadership positions in various interesting active on-campus organizations (i.e. I'm not pres. of my pre-med club or the local volunteering society, no offense to anyone, but there's a pres. of a pre-med society at every school, you know? Just the facts), URM, ok MCAT (around 30), 1.5yrs of basic research (I didn't discover the cure to cancer or publish), EMT-B, a great PS, attended an important nat'l conference (non-medical related), went to S. America and worked w/ a non-profit org. for 2 weeks, random other things. To be honest, it is a pretty long list, I gotta have a strength somewhere, right? =) (that and pure strength of personality! 🙂 )
My Cons: low GPA (sub-3.2 total, sub-3.0 BCPM)
My Pros: multiple long-term leadership positions in various interesting active on-campus organizations (i.e. I'm not pres. of my pre-med club or the local volunteering society, no offense to anyone, but there's a pres. of a pre-med society at every school, you know? Just the facts), URM, ok MCAT (around 30), 1.5yrs of basic research (I didn't discover the cure to cancer or publish), EMT-B, a great PS, attended an important nat'l conference (non-medical related), went to S. America and worked w/ a non-profit org. for 2 weeks, random other things. To be honest, it is a pretty long list, I gotta have a strength somewhere, right? =) (that and pure strength of personality! 🙂 )