TMDSAS applicant with no IIs. What to do for reapp next cycle?

[whatsthepoint]

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[Ultimax]

Your stats are not bad at all. Im a Texas resident as well and I think the problem may lies in your essay or LORs since you have good ECs. My stats are a bit higher , but not significant better than yours to justify my number of IIs. I do not think that a minor in alcohol consumption holds your application back though. Maybe Goro can give a better advice

 

[whatsthepoint]

Your stats are not bad at all. Im a Texas resident as well and I think the problem may lies in your essay or LORs since you have good ECs. My stats are a bit higher , but not significant better than yours to justify my number of IIs. I do not think that a minor in alcohol consumption holds your application back though. Maybe Goro can give a better advice

Thank you for replying! That's a great point...perhaps my letters are really poor. I know for a fact one of them is really solid, but the other 2 (only submitted 3) could have been poor since the authors hardly even know me. As far as essays go, I had multiple physicians and medical students review my personal statement and they were blown away and had nothing but awesome things to say about it. Not boasting or saying my PS was exceptional, just providing their input. I put lots of thought and time into all other essays but maybe they weren't very good in the context of a med school app.

 

[f--venture]

I haven't heard anything from any TMDSAS schools thus far and need to begin prepping for a reapp. What's wrong with my app- GPA? MCAT? ECs? Essays? I've seen dozens of people with my stats/close stats to mine that have received 4+ IIs, even in Texas, while the only II I've received is from TCU (an AMCAS school). What is my best course of action to increase IIs for next cycle?

• cGPA: 3.67 sGPA: 3.68 (note: these are my TMDSAS calculated GPAs, so slightly different than my AMCAS GPAs)
• MCAT: 507 128/127/126/126
• Texas resident my entire life
• White male
• University of Texas at Austin
• Clinical exp: Ophthalmic Technician and Scribe (currently 500+ hours) Neurology Scribe (1000 hours) Neurology Medical Assistant (500 hours) Orthopedics Medical Assistant (600 hours)
• Research: Undergraduate Research Assistant for 1 semester, no papers or anything
• Shadowing: No pure shadowing - but 1000+ hours scribing in Ophthalmology, Neurology, and Orthopedics
• Volunteering: Lots of random non-clinical volunteering: Meals on Wheels, mentoring elementary school students, a charity organization my friend founded, chemistry exam proctor, food panty, performing at charity concerts. ~250 hours
• ECs: Student-athlete- played college baseball for 2 years and club university baseball for 1 year, musician, started a rock band and played across Texas (hundreds of hours), chemistry teaching assistant, started a university organization, middle school student teacher for a semester
• Gap year activity: Ophthalmic Technician and Scribe for an Ophthalmology clinic
• Honors: Dean's List, Presidents Honor Roll, etc.
• Submitted TMDSAS primary in late June and was verified 7/10. Completed all TX secondaries throughout the month of July except for UTRGV and UTSW in August. Completed AMCAS schools' secondaries through late August and early September.

****I Had to report a minor in consumption of alcohol on my TMDSAS app (but not AMCAS). This occurred 4.5 years ago when I was 19 due to a silly mistake. I took full accountability for my actions and showed maturity when discussing this on my app. I received deferred adjudication for this and it has since been dismissed/dropped. Is this what is holding back my application?? Everything I've heard/read about this is that an MIC/MIP of alcohol will not affect a medical school application much if at all.

I applied to every school on TMDSAS and the following AMCAS schools:

Loyola Chicago
TCU-UNTHSC
Oakland
Rosalind Franklin

Thanks so much in advance!

Hello, thanks for providing so much detail! One question - why do you want to be a doctor? And to follow up with that, what did you discuss in your essays? Happy to review these for you if you'd like.

Best,
Lauren