First post here so I apologize if I did anything wrong or I formatted incorrectly! I would appreciate any and all advice, the more realistic the better.
I would also love advice on what I should do during my gap year. My science GPA is low but I'm not sure if focusing on ECs like EMT would be more beneficial than taking classes or retaking the MCAT.
Edit: what schools should I be considering?
- cGPA: 3.75 (should be 3.8+ by end of Spring 2022 when I graduate) and sGPA of 3.587
- MCAT: 510, 78th percentile (128/127/127/128)
- Ohio Resident
- Indian (born here)
- Ohio State UG - Finance Major
- Clinical experience: will have over 1000 hours (currently at 780) as a PCA/Client Advocate (lead of PCA team) by May 1, 2022. And will have over 250 hours volunteering in a hospital (currently at 181 hours)
- Research: Clinical research with genetic heart disease for about 1 year (700+ hours) by May 1, 2022 (currently at 330 hours)
- Shadowing: 75 hours virtual, currently around 20 hours in person, hoping to have around 80+ by May 1, 2022
- Non-clinical volunteering: around 140 hours, hoping to get around 200 by May 1, 2022
- I was a private tutor for physics 1 (calculus based) and gen Chem 1 and 2 for 545 hours total (no longer doing)
- Other extracurricular activities: treasurer for 2 clubs, shadowing/meeting experiences with hospital executives, cooking, notary, potential youth referee
- Taking a gap year, not yet a 100% sure what I'll be doing with it. Wanting to either continue research at current lab for as along as I can, become an EMT, retake MCAT to make up for low science GPA, or maybe take some post graduate classes to boost science GPA.
- Was an engineering major when I started college so calc 3 has lowered my science GPA quite a bit
I would also love advice on what I should do during my gap year. My science GPA is low but I'm not sure if focusing on ECs like EMT would be more beneficial than taking classes or retaking the MCAT.
Edit: what schools should I be considering?
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