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Hey everyone, so each time I receive a rejection I ask the school if they are able to provide me with exact reasons as to why I was rejected.
So I just got off of a phone call discussing my application with a school that rejected me and they said that my MCAT is fine, my experiences were good, but it was my GPA that was holding me back (Shocker, I am a reinvention applicant). So I asked her what exactly would make me competitive. She advised me to do one more year of upper division courses (I have already completed two years and received a 3.8+ over the 50+ credit hours) and to volunteer more.
My question is "Should I begin looking for more volunteer opportunities?" I have about 600 hours of nonclinical volunteering, 92 hours of shadowing, and 4000+ hours as an ED scribe.
I also have a daughter and provide for her and some other family members at the moment. I am continuing with my current volunteer organizations, however this is the second school to tell me to increase my volunteer hours (the first being UCF).
What should I do? I have applied to close to 50 schools all together and am worried that if I wait to see how the cycle plays out without increasing my volunteer schedule I may have wasted some time. Any advice is greatly appreciated.
So I just got off of a phone call discussing my application with a school that rejected me and they said that my MCAT is fine, my experiences were good, but it was my GPA that was holding me back (Shocker, I am a reinvention applicant). So I asked her what exactly would make me competitive. She advised me to do one more year of upper division courses (I have already completed two years and received a 3.8+ over the 50+ credit hours) and to volunteer more.
My question is "Should I begin looking for more volunteer opportunities?" I have about 600 hours of nonclinical volunteering, 92 hours of shadowing, and 4000+ hours as an ED scribe.
I also have a daughter and provide for her and some other family members at the moment. I am continuing with my current volunteer organizations, however this is the second school to tell me to increase my volunteer hours (the first being UCF).
What should I do? I have applied to close to 50 schools all together and am worried that if I wait to see how the cycle plays out without increasing my volunteer schedule I may have wasted some time. Any advice is greatly appreciated.
