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Hi, I think my app is about to be verified soon so I would like some help with my school list and what my chances look like. After looking more closely at my stats, I am in a worse place than I anticipated so any advice is appreciated!
URM- AA, Female, immigrant, Non-trad (a few years out of school)
Undergrad: Top 30 school
Major: Neuroscience, Psych
cGPA- 3.33
sGPA- 3.2
Post-bac gpa: 30 credits, 3.9 (8 non-science) but quarter system instead of semesters like my undergrad, weighted less. This realization is what messed up my view of my gpa - I thought it was higher ~3.4 than it actually is and its throwing me off
Based off number of credits in my GPA, I would need 8 quarter term classes at with all As to get my cGPA to 3.4 ( considering for next cycle if this cycle doesn’t look good by winter term but could also start with Fall if that’s better?)
MCAT- 511 - 126/129/128/128 - could retake in Sept b/c my cars and p/s are usually around 131 and my chem could be better but I don’t think that would be helpful for this cycle
LizzyM score: 64.3
Wedge: 69
LOR: 2 science, 1 non science, 1 volunteering, 2 research
Research- 2 years on research undergrad, 3 years of research full time - 3 pub., 1 poster at regional conference
Clinical- ~400 hours of enrolling patients into clinical trials in ED, opportunity to shadow in between
Shadowing- Primary Care - 50 hours, was planning on adding more but COVID
Other/Leadership- ~1000 hours for non-profit targeting my immigrant community (helped found ), TA for upper level neuro, significant leadership roles on campus and non science related jobs, political advocacy during and after college, hospital volunteering for 3 years
State: OR
Already pre-written secondaries for some
Current LIst:
OHSU
Georgetown
GWU
Brown
BU
Tufts
Howard
Merharry
NYMC
Creighton
Wake Forest
Rosalind Franklin
Temple
USC- keck
Virginia Carillion
Dartmouth
Quinnipiac
I think I can afford to add more schools (~10-15) for this cycle to increase my odds - I’m just worried about completing secondaries on time.
URM- AA, Female, immigrant, Non-trad (a few years out of school)
Undergrad: Top 30 school
Major: Neuroscience, Psych
cGPA- 3.33
sGPA- 3.2
Post-bac gpa: 30 credits, 3.9 (8 non-science) but quarter system instead of semesters like my undergrad, weighted less. This realization is what messed up my view of my gpa - I thought it was higher ~3.4 than it actually is and its throwing me off
Based off number of credits in my GPA, I would need 8 quarter term classes at with all As to get my cGPA to 3.4 ( considering for next cycle if this cycle doesn’t look good by winter term but could also start with Fall if that’s better?)
MCAT- 511 - 126/129/128/128 - could retake in Sept b/c my cars and p/s are usually around 131 and my chem could be better but I don’t think that would be helpful for this cycle
LizzyM score: 64.3
Wedge: 69
LOR: 2 science, 1 non science, 1 volunteering, 2 research
Research- 2 years on research undergrad, 3 years of research full time - 3 pub., 1 poster at regional conference
Clinical- ~400 hours of enrolling patients into clinical trials in ED, opportunity to shadow in between
Shadowing- Primary Care - 50 hours, was planning on adding more but COVID
Other/Leadership- ~1000 hours for non-profit targeting my immigrant community (helped found ), TA for upper level neuro, significant leadership roles on campus and non science related jobs, political advocacy during and after college, hospital volunteering for 3 years
State: OR
Already pre-written secondaries for some
Current LIst:
OHSU
Georgetown
GWU
Brown
BU
Tufts
Howard
Merharry
NYMC
Creighton
Wake Forest
Rosalind Franklin
Temple
USC- keck
Virginia Carillion
Dartmouth
Quinnipiac
I think I can afford to add more schools (~10-15) for this cycle to increase my odds - I’m just worried about completing secondaries on time.
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