WAMC 2024-2025 Cycle

[jparkitrighthere]

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Date of submission: Applied to some school late July, some mid-late August
Overall GPA: 3.82
Science GPA: 3.77
Bio-Chem-Physics GPA: 3.73
DAT score (include AA and all sections): 26AA/23BIO/22GC/26OC/30RC/27QR/23TS/21PAT (2nd try took Mid July 2024)
21AA/17BIO/18GC/27OC/22RC/20QR/17PAT (1st try September 2023)
State of Residence: Utah

Undergrad Attended:
Major: Biochemistry
Minor: N/A
Minority? No
Reapplicant? No
Nontrad? No

Shadowing Experience: 80 Pediatric (1 dentist) / 32 General (2 dentists)
Volunteering Experience: 170 Hours at a Korean school (Teacher, 5 hrs/week, for 9 months), 12 hours at a homeless shelter (Book Club, 1hr/week, 3 months in application but I'm still doing it every week)
Employment: Undergraduate Stockroom Assistant : 448 hours, Undergraduate Human Anatomy TA: 240 hours
Research: Neurobiology Research at Medical School, 949 hours, One publication, one poster presentation at undergraduate symposium
Other Extracurriculars: N/A
Have you volunteered/shadowed/attended events at any dental schools? No
Relevant Honors or Awards: Award for Group poster presentation at undergraduate research symposium, Undergraduate Research Scholar Designation
LOR type and strength: 2 Science Professors (not sure) , 1 research PI (I believe strong), 1 pediatric dentist (strong)
Misc Info/Things not stated elsewhere/Red Flags:
School list:
A.T Still, Columbia, Harvard, Midwestern AZ, LECOM, Oregon, Nova, Rutgers, Roseman, Temple, Buffalo, Detroit Mercy, Minnesota, Utah, Western, Pacific, UPenn, Pitts, Michigan

I got 3 interviews but I didn't get any after that and I'm getting anxious ;-( and I think I bombed my first one.
I know it's pretty late to do so but should I apply to more schools?
Thank you for helping me out!

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Where did you get interviews?

You have no other meaningful extracurricular activities, and your only significant volunteering experience was with the Korean school (was this part of a mission?). I don't have a sense of your hand skills other than possibly your research.

As it is, trust the process. More invitations could come in the spring. For me, your clinical hours are light and below what I would see on screens. Also, I don't like that your only community service in the US was just 12 hours at a homeless shelter, but again... I'm not representative of every admissions committee. In general, I don't see that you've had much face time with people in need or in pain, and you are entering a career where you literally will have face time with patients.

 

[macsak]

which schools did you apply to in july and which ones in august?
how did you come up with this list?

ow to format your WAMC thread:

Suggested information to include when creating a WAMC thread are as follows:

Date of submission: Applied to some school late July, some mid-late August
Overall GPA: 3.82
Science GPA: 3.77
Bio-Chem-Physics GPA: 3.73
DAT score (include AA and all sections): 26AA/23BIO/22GC/26OC/30RC/27QR/23TS/21PAT (2nd try took Mid July 2024)
21AA/17BIO/18GC/27OC/22RC/20QR/17PAT (1st try September 2023)
State of Residence: Utah

Undergrad Attended:
Major: Biochemistry
Minor: N/A
Minority? No
Reapplicant? No
Nontrad? No

Shadowing Experience: 80 Pediatric (1 dentist) / 32 General (2 dentists)
Volunteering Experience: 170 Hours at a Korean school (Teacher, 5 hrs/week, for 9 months), 12 hours at a homeless shelter (Book Club, 1hr/week, 3 months in application but I'm still doing it every week)
Employment: Undergraduate Stockroom Assistant : 448 hours, Undergraduate Human Anatomy TA: 240 hours
Research: Neurobiology Research at Medical School, 949 hours, One publication, one poster presentation at undergraduate symposium
Other Extracurriculars: N/A
Have you volunteered/shadowed/attended events at any dental schools? No
Relevant Honors or Awards: Award for Group poster presentation at undergraduate research symposium, Undergraduate Research Scholar Designation
LOR type and strength: 2 Science Professors (not sure) , 1 research PI (I believe strong), 1 pediatric dentist (strong)
Misc Info/Things not stated elsewhere/Red Flags:
School list:
A.T Still, Columbia, Harvard, Midwestern AZ, LECOM, Oregon, Nova, Rutgers, Roseman, Temple, Buffalo, Detroit Mercy, Minnesota, Utah, Western, Pacific, UPenn, Pitts, Michigan

I got 3 interviews but I didn't get any after that and I'm getting anxious ;-( and I think I bombed my first one.
I know it's pretty late to do so but should I apply to more schools?
Thank you for helping me out!

 

[jparkitrighthere]

Where did you get interviews?

You have no other meaningful extracurricular activities, and your only significant volunteering experience was with the Korean school (was this part of a mission?). I don't have a sense of your hand skills other than possibly your research.

As it is, trust the process. More invitations could come in the spring. For me, your clinical hours are light and below what I would see on screens. Also, I don't like that your only community service in the US was just 12 hours at a homeless shelter, but again... I'm not representative of every admissions committee. In general, I don't see that you've had much face time with people in need or in pain, and you are entering a career where you literally will have face time with patients.

Thanks for the reply!
I got interviews from Utah, Detroit Mercy, and Temple.
My volunteering experience teaching at the Korean Language School was in the US; it is a small organization ran by Korean American Community in my state. However I agree that I don't have much experience with vulnerable populations and my shadowing hours are weak. I will just keep volunteering and look for more shadowing opportunities while I wait for more interviews.

 

[macsak]

Thanks for the reply!
I got interviews from Utah, Detroit Mercy, and Temple.
My volunteering experience teaching at the Korean Language School was in the US; it is a small organization ran by Korean American Community in my state. However I agree that I don't have much experience with vulnerable populations and my shadowing hours are weak. I will just keep volunteering and look for more shadowing opportunities while I wait for more interviews.

i hope it's not your utah interview you feel like you bombed :0

which schools did you apply to in july and which ones in august?
how did you come up with this list?

 

[jparkitrighthere]

which schools did you apply to in july and which ones in august?
how did you come up with this list?

Late July~August 8: Roseman, Utah, Oregon, Pacific, Midwestern, NOVA, Columbia, Detroit Mercy, Temple, LECOM, Harvard, Buffalo
Late August: A.T. Still, Western, Rutgers, UPenn, Pitt, Minnesota, Michigan

I honestly just applied to schools that accept more OOS students based on the booster statistics 😭
and for those competitive schools, I just wanted to try at least 😅

 

[jparkitrighthere]

i hope it's not your utah interview you feel like you bombed :0

which schools did you apply to in july and which ones in august?
how did you come up with this list?

It's not Utah! I haven't had the interview yet, but I really want to do well because it's my top choice.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Good luck! Three interviews is a good result, so just prepare.