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I qualify as non-trad by many definitions largely because of what happened the spring of my freshman year. I graduated from a private boarding school in 2012 and got into a top 50 private uni. I was really unfocused and my 1st term grades were not ideal. The following semester I started to do better until I went home for winter break and came out to my parents. The process had a pretty catastrophic impact on my mental health so I did a medical withdrawal that semester.
I then took a year (2013-2014) off to rehab my relationship with my family and develop some focus as to what I wanted to do professionally. I mostly spent time self-studying, helping take care of my disabled brother etc. I ended up graduating undergrad in 2018 and took the MCAT in July 2019 with the following stats:
sGPA: 3.79 (2.71, 4.00, 4.00, 3.94)
cGPA: 3.78 (x2 classes withdrawn and one retaken)
MCAT: 510 (Chem/Phys: 127| Soc/Psy: 127| Bio: 127| CARS: 129)
Volunteering (non-clinical): 200 hours at an LGBTQ+ community center.
I also trained for 24 hours specifically for HIV/testing counseling earlier this year but was unable to proceed with the position training because of COVID.
Research:
75 hours (mostly as lab experience)
TA/Leadership:
120 hours Physics 1 TA| 60 hours molecular biology TA
Clinical experience:
ED Scribe: 600 hours
Outpatient Scribe (ortho trauma): 4,200+ hours
I have letters from a molecular biology professor, the physics professor I TA'd for, a professor from my first institution who taught a literature course and a letter from one of the physicians I work with. I'm an URM (black, Latinx, LGBT), am fluent in Spanish and have a personal/academic interest in health disparities, cardiometabolic disorders, infectious disease (HIV and tropical diseases in particular), disability justice and transgender health.
My AMCAS app was processed 9/16/20. So far I've gotten secondaries from 23/26 schools I've applied to in and out of state. I was cautious to make sure to apply to schools with reasonable median MCAT/GPA. I've also made sure that any schools with median scores above mine had mission statements I deeply resonated with.
Do I have a chance this cycle? Is it too late to add DO schools? I'm 26 currently.
I then took a year (2013-2014) off to rehab my relationship with my family and develop some focus as to what I wanted to do professionally. I mostly spent time self-studying, helping take care of my disabled brother etc. I ended up graduating undergrad in 2018 and took the MCAT in July 2019 with the following stats:
sGPA: 3.79 (2.71, 4.00, 4.00, 3.94)
cGPA: 3.78 (x2 classes withdrawn and one retaken)
MCAT: 510 (Chem/Phys: 127| Soc/Psy: 127| Bio: 127| CARS: 129)
Volunteering (non-clinical): 200 hours at an LGBTQ+ community center.
I also trained for 24 hours specifically for HIV/testing counseling earlier this year but was unable to proceed with the position training because of COVID.
Research:
75 hours (mostly as lab experience)
TA/Leadership:
120 hours Physics 1 TA| 60 hours molecular biology TA
Clinical experience:
ED Scribe: 600 hours
Outpatient Scribe (ortho trauma): 4,200+ hours
I have letters from a molecular biology professor, the physics professor I TA'd for, a professor from my first institution who taught a literature course and a letter from one of the physicians I work with. I'm an URM (black, Latinx, LGBT), am fluent in Spanish and have a personal/academic interest in health disparities, cardiometabolic disorders, infectious disease (HIV and tropical diseases in particular), disability justice and transgender health.
My AMCAS app was processed 9/16/20. So far I've gotten secondaries from 23/26 schools I've applied to in and out of state. I was cautious to make sure to apply to schools with reasonable median MCAT/GPA. I've also made sure that any schools with median scores above mine had mission statements I deeply resonated with.
Do I have a chance this cycle? Is it too late to add DO schools? I'm 26 currently.
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