I am a reapplicant gearing up for my 2nd gap year after getting 0 IIs from 26 (very late!) MD secondaries last year. I'm confident in my GPA and MCAT, and I feel like my clinical experience should cut it, but I'm very concerned about the rest (research, lack of clinical volunteering at time of application, ORM with no X-factors/adversity to speak of). I've had conversations with a reapplicant advisor at an in-state school who praised my stats and my writing, and emphasized adding hands-on clinical experience. However, they strongly hinted that the app review committee for reapplicants would not consider me if I reapplied to their school this June, and they encouraged me to wait and next apply for the 2024 cycle. I'm not waiting. I'll be submitting primaries Day 1 and secondaries ASAP this time around, but WAMC?
- EMT certification 05-08/2022 (240 contact hours, plus additional on-site clinicals)
- Starting 08/2022, will most likely work as an EMT using my certification (less likely as an MA, but only if I can find an office where I can administer hands-on care)
- Will also be reaching out to free clinics starting in June to see if they'd allow an EMT or EMT-in-training to provide hands-on care
7. Basically zero research! 5 weeks/30 hours as an undergrad assistant Spring 2020 pre-COVID, lost spot in the lab that fall and onwards due to distancing restrictions.
8. 30 hours shadowing (outside of scribing obv) in ER and peds ER.
9. 360 hours non-clinical volunteering as an undergrad (100 @ campus COVID testing site, 100 @ food bank, 160 w/ campus service org). None during past gap year.
10. Studied abroad in Europe Fall 2019 (not health-related, but semi-unique I guess, although I doubt it would add much?)
11. Honors program as an undergrad, Dean's List, yada yada nothing special here either.
12. Born in Chicago, love the city, but haven't lived there since infancy. Son of a DO, and another DO has offered to write a AACOMAS LOR.
Initial School List: I took a very in-depth look at OOS II% and acceptance%, using latest MSAR data + some older Reddit data w/ acceptance #s. Maybe I'm way off-base here, please lmk. I considered making a school list post as well but figured I'd stop by here first. If there's enough to discuss I'll gladly post again.
All in-state MD, plus
Any to add/subtract? I haven't done this yet, but is it a good idea to screen out all heavily research-focused schools considering my lack of research experience? Finally, I've never been opposed to applying DO, and after last cycle's results I'll be submitting AACOMAS as well (although not at the expense of getting MD apps in on time). Will def apply to Campbell, any recommendations for other programs considering my stats?
- cGPA 3.77, sGPA 3.78
- 519 MCAT 01/2020 (130/131/129/129)
- NC
- As ORM as it gets
- UNC - Chapel Hill, Bio major
- 1550 completed, 3500+ projected
- EMT certification 05-08/2022 (240 contact hours, plus additional on-site clinicals)
- Starting 08/2022, will most likely work as an EMT using my certification (less likely as an MA, but only if I can find an office where I can administer hands-on care)
- Will also be reaching out to free clinics starting in June to see if they'd allow an EMT or EMT-in-training to provide hands-on care
7. Basically zero research! 5 weeks/30 hours as an undergrad assistant Spring 2020 pre-COVID, lost spot in the lab that fall and onwards due to distancing restrictions.
8. 30 hours shadowing (outside of scribing obv) in ER and peds ER.
9. 360 hours non-clinical volunteering as an undergrad (100 @ campus COVID testing site, 100 @ food bank, 160 w/ campus service org). None during past gap year.
10. Studied abroad in Europe Fall 2019 (not health-related, but semi-unique I guess, although I doubt it would add much?)
11. Honors program as an undergrad, Dean's List, yada yada nothing special here either.
12. Born in Chicago, love the city, but haven't lived there since infancy. Son of a DO, and another DO has offered to write a AACOMAS LOR.
Initial School List: I took a very in-depth look at OOS II% and acceptance%, using latest MSAR data + some older Reddit data w/ acceptance #s. Maybe I'm way off-base here, please lmk. I considered making a school list post as well but figured I'd stop by here first. If there's enough to discuss I'll gladly post again.
All in-state MD, plus
| Creighton | USF Morsani | Saint Louis | Northwestern | SUNY Upstate | Hofstra |
| UVA | Stony Brook | Cincinnati | Western Michigan | FAU | Drexel |
| Rochester | Iowa | Thomas Jefferson SK | Wayne State | Emory | Rush |
| U Chicago | Vermont | Icahn Mt. Sinai | UCF | Tufts | Pitt |
| VCU | MCW | Hackensack Meridian | Wisconsin | UA Phoenix | Eastern Virginia |
Any to add/subtract? I haven't done this yet, but is it a good idea to screen out all heavily research-focused schools considering my lack of research experience? Finally, I've never been opposed to applying DO, and after last cycle's results I'll be submitting AACOMAS as well (although not at the expense of getting MD apps in on time). Will def apply to Campbell, any recommendations for other programs considering my stats?
