notEinstein
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State: New York. (think: Albany/Buffalo/SUNY Upstate area). It would be a dream to attend one of these schools, but i’m guessing my stats are not good enough. Therefore, i’m open to suggestions and any advice is appreciated.
Age: 37
~ Really bad freshman/sophomore years. Multiple F’s, W’s, C’s. Put it this way; Freshman/Sophomore year lasted about half a decade ~
Freshman: 2.13 GPA
Sophomore: 3.10 GPA
~15 year gap. Got married. Had children. Purchased a home. Successful career. ~
Junior: 3.30 GPA
Senior: 3.96 GPA
DIY Post-Bacc (all sciences): 4.0 GPA
NOTE about Junior year GPA: I earned a 3.9x GPA after returning to University over my Junior/Senior year. However, due to AAMC’s rule allowing only 35 credits to count per year, a couple of my decade old classes from sophomore year (one of them an F) is likely going to be included in my junior year statistics and thus drag my “junior” year GPA down from 3.98 to 3.30.
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Cumulative GPA: 3.34
Science GPA: 3.43
MCAT: 505
Degree: Accounting & Finance
(one F in a math class from a decade ago is the difference between a 3.81 sgpa and my current 3.43 sgpa … retroactive withdrawal was declined. I’m so utterly disappointed in young me)
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Career: Assistant Finance Manager (3yr) > Finance Manager (1yr) > General Manager (6yr) > President (4yr)
Leadership: ~25,000 hours
~ Left executive management to take a $19/hour clinical job as I shifted my career focus to medicine. Love it. ~
Shadowing: ~50 hours
Paid Clinical: ~800 hours
Non-Paid Clinical: ~30 hours
Volunteer: ~1,000 hours
Research: 0 hours … I know :/
Certifications: Finance & Licensed NYS Career Educator
Noteworthy (or not): During my time as President, I was interviewed in a couple trade magazines, websites, etc. I’m “googleable”.
Letters of Reference: 2 science professors, 2 MD’s (one of them showed me their letter and it’s glowing)
Personal statement: Theme fully revolves around being an older student who brings maturity, experience and lessons learned from making plenty of mistakes. I’ve heard that med students sometimes serve on admission committees and I am somewhat concerned that my personal statement may not mesh with a younger medical student, thus being sorted out. I think it would strongly resonate with most people above 35 years of age.
Age: 37
~ Really bad freshman/sophomore years. Multiple F’s, W’s, C’s. Put it this way; Freshman/Sophomore year lasted about half a decade ~
Freshman: 2.13 GPA
Sophomore: 3.10 GPA
~15 year gap. Got married. Had children. Purchased a home. Successful career. ~
Junior: 3.30 GPA
Senior: 3.96 GPA
DIY Post-Bacc (all sciences): 4.0 GPA
NOTE about Junior year GPA: I earned a 3.9x GPA after returning to University over my Junior/Senior year. However, due to AAMC’s rule allowing only 35 credits to count per year, a couple of my decade old classes from sophomore year (one of them an F) is likely going to be included in my junior year statistics and thus drag my “junior” year GPA down from 3.98 to 3.30.
————-
Cumulative GPA: 3.34
Science GPA: 3.43
MCAT: 505
Degree: Accounting & Finance
(one F in a math class from a decade ago is the difference between a 3.81 sgpa and my current 3.43 sgpa … retroactive withdrawal was declined. I’m so utterly disappointed in young me)
—————
Career: Assistant Finance Manager (3yr) > Finance Manager (1yr) > General Manager (6yr) > President (4yr)
Leadership: ~25,000 hours
~ Left executive management to take a $19/hour clinical job as I shifted my career focus to medicine. Love it. ~
Shadowing: ~50 hours
Paid Clinical: ~800 hours
Non-Paid Clinical: ~30 hours
Volunteer: ~1,000 hours
Research: 0 hours … I know :/
Certifications: Finance & Licensed NYS Career Educator
Noteworthy (or not): During my time as President, I was interviewed in a couple trade magazines, websites, etc. I’m “googleable”.
Letters of Reference: 2 science professors, 2 MD’s (one of them showed me their letter and it’s glowing)
Personal statement: Theme fully revolves around being an older student who brings maturity, experience and lessons learned from making plenty of mistakes. I’ve heard that med students sometimes serve on admission committees and I am somewhat concerned that my personal statement may not mesh with a younger medical student, thus being sorted out. I think it would strongly resonate with most people above 35 years of age.
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