elephante3
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Hi everyone! I was wondering what my chances would be/if I should get rid of or add schools to my current list. I know my MCAT is low, but I was wondering if it was worth applying for this cycle/if I should retake! Thank you so much!
cGPA/sGPA: 3.3/3.2 (upward trend, issues due to covid)
Masters (SMP at T40): 3.8 (+masters thesis)
MCAT: 508 (129/124/127/128)
Missouri Resident
Ethnicity: African-American Female
Attended a prestigious private institution
Clinical: 650 hours medical scribe
Research: 800+ hours as a research assistant at MGH, 1 pub in a high impact journal
Non-Clinical: AmeriCorps vista (960 hrs), Peer tutor (400 hr)
Other EC: President of sorority (400), events coordinator of black student union (150 hr), Non-profit member (published a poetry album, approx 200hr), Mentor and assistant coach (800 hrs), SA prevention committee member (50 hr), DE&I committee member (50 hr), food bank volunteer (ongoing)
**Strong recs/committee letter and good writing/story
Current List:
U of Cincinnati
Wake Forest
Drexel
US Davis
UPitt
Duke (huge reach, but I love Duke)
UVA
Georgetown
Brown
Boston U
USC Keck
Case Western
Emory
Howard
UCLA
Albert Einstein
Dartmouth
Tufts
cGPA/sGPA: 3.3/3.2 (upward trend, issues due to covid)
Masters (SMP at T40): 3.8 (+masters thesis)
MCAT: 508 (129/124/127/128)
Missouri Resident
Ethnicity: African-American Female
Attended a prestigious private institution
Clinical: 650 hours medical scribe
Research: 800+ hours as a research assistant at MGH, 1 pub in a high impact journal
Non-Clinical: AmeriCorps vista (960 hrs), Peer tutor (400 hr)
Other EC: President of sorority (400), events coordinator of black student union (150 hr), Non-profit member (published a poetry album, approx 200hr), Mentor and assistant coach (800 hrs), SA prevention committee member (50 hr), DE&I committee member (50 hr), food bank volunteer (ongoing)
**Strong recs/committee letter and good writing/story
Current List:
U of Cincinnati
Wake Forest
Drexel
US Davis
UPitt
Duke (huge reach, but I love Duke)
UVA
Georgetown
Brown
Boston U
USC Keck
Case Western
Emory
Howard
UCLA
Albert Einstein
Dartmouth
Tufts