pineapple1122
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I am at the end of the 2023 application cycle and have not received any interviews. I am looking into applying to SMP programs for my second gap year and then reapplying to MD/DO schools. I am going back and forth if I should study for the MCAT now and apply again June 2024 or go for the masters.
- cGPA and sGPA as calculated by AMCAS or AACOMAS
- cGPA: 3.89
- sGPA: 3.83
- MCAT score(s) and breakdown
- 497 (125/122/124/126)
- AAMC PREview: 7
- State of residence or country of citizenship (if non-US:
- Michigan
- Ethnicity and/or race:
- Caucasian
- Undergraduate institution or category:
- Michigan State University; B.S in Neuroscience
- Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer)
- Volunteer: educated fraternities and sororities about the use of Narcan
- Medical Assistant (225 hours)
- Patient care volunteer (30 hours)
- Research experience and productivity
- 155 Hours
- Publication
- Researched and co-wrote a chapter titled 'Personal Reflections and Effective Coping Mechanisms when Transitioning to Higher Education'
- Shadowing experience and specialties represented
- Shadowed Neurosurgeon in Israel
- Shadowed Orthopedic surgeon in Israel
- Non-clinical volunteering
- Raised $9,000 for the families who suffered from the Michigan State University Shooting
- Volunteer at a organization that builds friendships between volunteers and kids with special needs (500+ hours)
- Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc)
- Gap year in Africa volunteering at a hospital in Ghana and Tanzania
- Volunteering at wildlife reserve in South Africa
- President of leadership society
- Relevant honors or awards
- Honor of Philanthropy from my University
- Honor of top 20% of my graduating class
- Anything else not listed you think might be important
- Spending my gap year in Africa volunteering at different hospitals and with wildlife.