WAMC: Nontrad Texan

[nontradtx24]

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Hi SDN, thanks in advance for reading. I am a non-traditional Texas med school applicant looking for a little advice. First, my stats:

1.) GPA
cGPA: 3.41
sGPA: 3.57
Upward trend? Post-bac GPA is 4.0 – which includes OCHEM I/II and Biochem

2.) MCAT
2018: 518 (128/131/130/129), score is unfortunately no longer valid so I retook it
2023: 513 (127/131/127/128)

3.) State of residency
Texas

4.) Demographics
ORM

5.) Undergrad
State university in Texas
BS Biomedical Engineering

6.) Clinical experience
2 years full time employment in clinical research (current and ongoing)

7.) Research
1 year in undergrad of research assistant'ing
Total 8 years full time employment in bio/medical research
1 primary authorship
1 conference podium presentation
2 poster presentations
2 non-primary publications

8.) Shadowing
ER & OBGYN (my specialty of interest), total of 64 hours

9.) Non-clinical volunteering
Undergrad Greek org, 250hrs
Post-bac, STEM program for children, 100hrs

10.) Other extracurricular
Greek org, leadership (did a year each of president and secretary)

11.) Honors/Awards
National Merit Scholarship
Full tuition scholarship at undergrad
Eagle Scout

12.) Other
Early 30’s, married w/ children
3Q casper
Previously applied 2018-2019 cycle but did not complete secondaries due to circumstances, so I got no interviews

Current cycle:
I applied to most of the TMDSAS schools (minus El Paso, Lubbock, and RGV)
My applications were complete by first week of july
I have received 3 II's (UT Tyler, UTMB, Long), and I feel like the interviews went quite well

I am a little discouraged to not have received more II's. I am concerned that my relatively low GPA and MCAT score may keep me out of EY 2024. I'm not sure I have it in me to retake the MCAT and apply again, so my two questions for this board are:

1.) WAMC? Any insights into how nontrads with meh stats fare, or about Long/UTMB specifically would be appreciated
2.) Should I put in DO applications? I do have an interest in the holistic side of things, especially when it comes to maternal/fetal medicine, which is where I would like to practice

Thanks y'all!

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[Smart-hair]

I am also an Eagle Scout! When did you get your Eagle Scout? I got mine in HS and I thought we can only list things we did after graduating from HS on our med school app.

 

[wysdoc]

PLEASE DO NOT QUOTE THIS MESSAGE

Hi SDN, thanks in advance for reading. I am a non-traditional Texas med school applicant looking for a little advice. First, my stats:

1.) GPA
cGPA: 3.41
sGPA: 3.57
Upward trend? Post-bac GPA is 4.0 – which includes OCHEM I/II and Biochem

2.) MCAT
2018: 518 (128/131/130/129), score is unfortunately no longer valid so I retook it
2023: 513 (127/131/127/128)

3.) State of residency
Texas

4.) Demographics
ORM

5.) Undergrad
State university in Texas
BS Biomedical Engineering

6.) Clinical experience
2 years full time employment in clinical research (current and ongoing)

7.) Research
1 year in undergrad of research assistant'ing
Total 8 years full time employment in bio/medical research
1 primary authorship
1 conference podium presentation
2 poster presentations
2 non-primary publications

8.) Shadowing
ER & OBGYN (my specialty of interest), total of 64 hours

9.) Non-clinical volunteering
Undergrad Greek org, 250hrs
Post-bac, STEM program for children, 100hrs

10.) Other extracurricular
Greek org, leadership (did a year each of president and secretary)

11.) Honors/Awards
National Merit Scholarship
Full tuition scholarship at undergrad
Eagle Scout

12.) Other
Early 30’s, married w/ children
3Q casper
Previously applied 2018-2019 cycle but did not complete secondaries due to circumstances, so I got no interviews

Current cycle:
I applied to most of the TMDSAS schools (minus El Paso, Lubbock, and RGV)
My applications were complete by first week of july
I have received 3 II's (UT Tyler, UTMB, Long), and I feel like the interviews went quite well

I am a little discouraged to not have received more II's. I am concerned that my relatively low GPA and MCAT score may keep me out of EY 2024. I'm not sure I have it in me to retake the MCAT and apply again, so my two questions for this board are:

1.) WAMC? Any insights into how nontrads with meh stats fare, or about Long/UTMB specifically would be appreciated
2.) Should I put in DO applications? I do have an interest in the holistic side of things, especially when it comes to maternal/fetal medicine, which is where I would like to practice

Thanks y'all!

3 interviews is great, let’s see what happens

 

[nontradtx24]

I am also an Eagle Scout! When did you get your Eagle Scout? I got mine in HS and I thought we can only list things we did after graduating from HS on our med school app.

I finished mine the summer after I graduated HS (I was ahead a year in school so I didn't turn 18 until freshman year)

 

[wysdoc]

3 interviews is great, let’s see what happens

What did I tell ya, @nontradtx24
Congratulations on your acceptance to UTMB!

 

[nontradtx24]

Thank you @wysdoc !!