mithrandir45
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Hello everyone! I’m a Texas resident and a junior in college, planning to apply to medical schools (M.D. only) this May. Here are my stats:
GPA & MCAT:
GPA & MCAT:
- GPA: 3.98 (4.00 GPA as calculated by TMDSAS)
- MCAT: 515 (127/128/129/131)
- White, male
- 640 hours total as a medical and office assistant and ophthalmic technician in two separate ophthalmology practices.
- Founder and president of a national non-profit organization.
- President of a Natural Sciences club at my University.
- Director of Outreach for another non-profit organization
- Co-founder and treasurer of a religious campus organization.
- I have a position on the Leadership Council for two separate organizations, a professional university council and in our Honors program.
- Leader of a 250 person mentorship program for first year university honors students
- Played a D1 sport for a semester and currently coach at camps for younger athletes.
- 150 hours as a Teaching Assistant in Biology Lab.
- 75 hours as a private tutor for all the pre-med required courses.
- 100 hours as a mentor in various programs. In my college, I am a mentor in the pre-med program, and a mentor in an honors program.
- 640 hours total.
- I volunteer weekly at elementary schools, mentoring students and running STEM experiments. I presented a poster on this work at a research conference as the first author.
- A big portion of this also come from volunteering at my aforementioned non-profit organizations
- 50 hours volunteering at a children's camp for diabetes.
- 50 hours at a local free healthcare clinic, with plans to double this in the coming year by volunteering at the same clinic.
- 97 hours, primarily in ophthalmology, but I plan to shadow other specialties this year.
- Undergraduate researcher in an inorganic chemistry lab since my sophomore year.
- I have presented two posters at research symposiums
- I ideally want to stay in Texas for medical school. I want to attend an established MD program. My top choices are in ranked order Baylor, UTSW, McGovern, Galveston, Dell, UT Health San Antonio, and Texas A&M.
- Am I competitive for in-state schools? Or should I apply to out of state schools as well to be safe?
- Should I focus the next few months on retaking the MCAT in January to improve my score, or would it be more beneficial to dedicate that time to other aspects of my application? If so, what are my weaknesses and areas I should focus on until the next application cycle begins?