MD WAMC (cGPA 3.65 sGPA 3.67 513 non-trad) LSU-NO

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1. cGPA 3.65, sGPA 3.67
2. 513 (126, 128, 129, 130)
3. Louisiana
4. White (female if that matters)
5. Louisiana State University ugrad, University of New Orleans grad
6. Medical/clinical
   1. Non-volunteer:
      1. 4300 hrs - emergency room scribe
      2. 450 hrs - medical assistant
      3. 2000 hrs- physical therapy tech
      4. 3000 hrs - counselor for peds diabetes summer camp
      5. 3000 hrs - direct service worker
   2. Volunteer
      1. 150 hrs - hospice volunteer
7. Research experience and productivity
   1. 800 hrs - Research assistant at biological sciences lab
8. No hours declared specifically as "shadowing" on AMCAS
9. Non-medical volunteer
   1. 1000 hrs - fundraising against human trafficking
   2. 100 hrs - Girls on the Run coach
10. Gap year activities
    1. 1000 hrs - teaching A/P, psychology, biology at high school *** currently teaching
    2. 700 hrs - resource instructor in Speech/Learning pathology
    3. 1760 hrs - pre-K teacher at under served charter school
    4. 1450 hrs - classically trained singer, sing professionally at weddings, funerals, parties etc
11. Awards:
    1. Voted medical scribe of the year
12. Misc.
    1. Re-applicant, applied in 2017 and interviewed but was wait-listed
    2. Downward trend in GPA in last semester
    3. GPA is "higher" using LSU's 32-hour policy
    4. Applied early decision but did not receive an II (they were sent out today)

My PS was vetted by friends and family both medical and non-medical and I feel comfortable with it. I used a committee letter for the LOR. Given the GPA, was I naive to expect na II? Have I hurt my chances of getting an II for RD because of the delay in being in the "RD pool"? Thanks in advance!

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You are fine to apply this month but try and submit all your secondaries by late September. I suggest these schools:
Your 2 Louisiana state public schools
Tulane
TCU-UNT
Creighton
St. Louis
Loyola
Rush
Western Michigan
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
NOVA MD
Miami
Virginia Commonwealth
Georgetown
George Washington
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Rochester
Einstein
New York Medical College
Vermont
Quinnipiac

 

[phantomtollbooth]

Thank you so much for the reply! To make sure I understand, the application to additional schools would be following formal rejection from LSU New Orleans' EDP program, correct?

 

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Gap year activities

1. 1000 hrs - teaching A/P, psychology, biology at high school *** currently teaching
2. 700 hrs - resource instructor in Speech/Learning pathology
3. 1760 hrs - pre-K teacher at under served charter school
4. 1450 hrs - classically trained singer, sing professionally at weddings, funerals, parties etc

Is this all from a single gap year ? If so, it comes to 94+ hours a week for 52 weeks. Maybe it's two gap years ?

 

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Thank you so much for the reply! To make sure I understand, the application to additional schools would be following formal rejection from LSU New Orleans' EDP program, correct?

Yes.

 

[phantomtollbooth]

Definitely several gap years broken up with sometimes working FT and then only PT while in school. I refrained from dates in order to streamline the post.