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I am wondering, if I need to reapply next year, what are things I should change about my application? I am a California resident from a very small rural town who graduated from undergrad in 2015 from a top 10 school and applied this cycle. So far I only have one II and lots of rejections/silences.
1800+ hours of working as an EMT-B with my university's 911 service
120 hours of doing clinical hours in the ED, peds ED and maternity word as part of the clinical requirements of the EMT-Intermediate course, working alongside physicians and nurses: took pt histories, vital signs, IV's, med admins, etc)
1 yr of working in the Middle East as high school science teacher for disadvantaged/displaced communities
1 yr volunteering with locally resettled refugees, teaching English and helping them settle into their new communities
Two summers in the Middle East interning with development/human rights NGOs
3 years working in biology research lab but no publications
2 years working on research project concerned with refugee health issues, paper currently in progress with a professor and fellow student and completed extensive field work with health related NGOs
My cGPA is 3.61 and MCAT is 510. My undergrad sGPA is a 3.45, with a strong upward trend during my last 2 years. I completed 6 post bacc courses in physics and advanced bio courses at my local university (UCSD) and received A's in all those courses.
(I had a C+ in Ochem 1 and a B- in inorganic chem 2, but there was significant personal challenges I had to overcome, as described in my personal statement. My personal statement was read over by several people, all said it was very strong)
I know I submitted my application on the later side (AMCAS verified Aug 25, secondaries submitted from September-end of October).
My school list:
II:
Iowa (Carver)
hold (pre II):
GW
Secondary Submitted/waiting for II:
UVM (they said I'm in the small pool)
UCSD
UC Riverside
UC Irvine
Tufts
Minnesota
Einstein
Jefferson
Rosalind Franklin
Emory
Brown
Dartmouth (Geisel)
University of Maryland
Duke
V Tech
U of Colorado
rejected:
Tulane
BU
UC Davis
Wake Forest
Pitt
UCSF
USC
UCLA/Drew
If I end up having to reapply, what are areas of my application to improve? The premed advisor at my university is new so I am not sure how much much weight I should give her advice. She said I should do something clinical since I haven't done anything clinical since I graduated, apply day 1 and pre-write my secondaries to make them better. Is there anything else I should be thinking about? Rethink my list of schools? Retake the MCAT (I am confident my score could be better based on practice tests)? Any advice appreciated.
1800+ hours of working as an EMT-B with my university's 911 service
120 hours of doing clinical hours in the ED, peds ED and maternity word as part of the clinical requirements of the EMT-Intermediate course, working alongside physicians and nurses: took pt histories, vital signs, IV's, med admins, etc)
1 yr of working in the Middle East as high school science teacher for disadvantaged/displaced communities
1 yr volunteering with locally resettled refugees, teaching English and helping them settle into their new communities
Two summers in the Middle East interning with development/human rights NGOs
3 years working in biology research lab but no publications
2 years working on research project concerned with refugee health issues, paper currently in progress with a professor and fellow student and completed extensive field work with health related NGOs
My cGPA is 3.61 and MCAT is 510. My undergrad sGPA is a 3.45, with a strong upward trend during my last 2 years. I completed 6 post bacc courses in physics and advanced bio courses at my local university (UCSD) and received A's in all those courses.
(I had a C+ in Ochem 1 and a B- in inorganic chem 2, but there was significant personal challenges I had to overcome, as described in my personal statement. My personal statement was read over by several people, all said it was very strong)
I know I submitted my application on the later side (AMCAS verified Aug 25, secondaries submitted from September-end of October).
My school list:
II:
Iowa (Carver)
hold (pre II):
GW
Secondary Submitted/waiting for II:
UVM (they said I'm in the small pool)
UCSD
UC Riverside
UC Irvine
Tufts
Minnesota
Einstein
Jefferson
Rosalind Franklin
Emory
Brown
Dartmouth (Geisel)
University of Maryland
Duke
V Tech
U of Colorado
rejected:
Tulane
BU
UC Davis
Wake Forest
Pitt
UCSF
USC
UCLA/Drew
If I end up having to reapply, what are areas of my application to improve? The premed advisor at my university is new so I am not sure how much much weight I should give her advice. She said I should do something clinical since I haven't done anything clinical since I graduated, apply day 1 and pre-write my secondaries to make them better. Is there anything else I should be thinking about? Rethink my list of schools? Retake the MCAT (I am confident my score could be better based on practice tests)? Any advice appreciated.