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Aim a little higher.*****PLEASE DO NOT QUOTE THE POST^^^^^^^^THANK YOU*****************
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The mission trip will be viewed as medical tourism, and discounted.Thanks for the reply! I was just wondering if there are any parts of my app you would be concerned about? I thought my clinical experience was kind of low (of course I'm going to be continuing to get hours through volunteering, but still).
Words are easy, doing is harder. You'll be far more attractive with those hours actually done.I think I phrased the hours wrong when I wrote it in the post. As of the time I sent in my primary, I listed 300 hours as the completed AND projected hours amount on amcas, but that includes next years worth of hours as well. By the time I submitted my primary, I only had 100 hours of volunteering, but I did that within a semesters worth of time, so I projected 300 on my app since I will be doing 2 more semesters of volunteering before presumably matriculating.
Having 100 hours right now, especially when you're aiming high, is not good. SDNers who have shared what it took to get into Really Top Schools have hundreds, if not even 1000s of hours of clinical and/or nonclinical ECs.Yes, I understand that. As it stands, do you still think I have a decent chance with the school list I mentioned? I will be accruing hours as the year goes on but I'm not sure if having only the 100 hours I have currently will hurt me a ton. I already applied and have most of the secondaries submitted, so just looking for advice as to whether I am likely to get interviews or not. Thanks!
Applicants should ALWAYS consider themselves rejected until they have the accept email in thier Inbox.Hmm, alright. Thanks for the good points. It seems like I have a much lower chance than I thought at all the schools in my current list. Do you think I will find success somewhere this cycle, or does it look bleak?
You have no reason to be so pessimistic. You should receive several interviews from your original list. You are in the top 1% for GPA and top 10% for MCAT.So I guess the answer is it looks bleak huh...Alright well thanks for the advice! If it doesn't turn out well for me this cycle I will be sure to reassess and hopefully I can do better next cycle. And I will surely not count my chickens before they have hatched. Have a wonderful weekend btw .
Try DO only if you're shut out this cycle.Oh! I forgot to ask, do you think I should consider applying DO? I didn't mention it in the post, but I have shadowed a DO before and can probably ask him for a letter of recommendation. I also already have an MD letter of recommendation I'm sending to every school anyway. Thanks for all the advice again, really appreciate it!
They are there already. Thanks for the advice anyway haha.
Even with the low clinical hours?