Mangomed99
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Hey everyone! I'm looking for some advice for this upcoming cycle, help on my school list, and anything I can improve in the last few months before the application opens! I really want to make this next cycle count so I appreciate any advice and feedback you can provide!
- cGPA and sGPA as calculated by AMCAS or AACOMAS:
- cGPA – 3.73, sGPA – 3.64 (upwards trend: improved from ~3.5 --> 3.9 between freshman/sophomore year and junior/senior year)
- MCAT score(s) and breakdown
- 504 --> 509 - CP: 128 / CARS: 128 / BB: 126 / PS: 127
- State of residence or country of citizenship (if non-US)
- Virginia
- Ethnicity and/or race
- Asian
- Undergraduate institution or category
- Public Instate
- Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer)
- ~800-900 hours. 170 at the time of my first application cycle, working as a nursing assistant, volunteering for health clinics, and at a physical therapy office (P.T work was the only volunteering I could get at the time not sure if it counts). The rest was gained in the last 6-7 months working as a medical technician for a gastroenterology office.
- Research experience and productivity
- ~80 hours, didn't do much research as I pursued other opportunities (really wish I had pursued more research though)
- Shadowing experience and specialties represented
- ~ 80 hours, primary care and anesthesiology
- Non-clinical volunteering
- 100 hours for local government working with senior citizens, and vaccine clinic to help get people COVID-19 vaccines.
- Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc)
- On executive board for cultural organization at university (2 years), member of competitive school dance team, volunteered for multiple dance competitions, biology TA (2 years), employed as a Peer mentor for incoming freshman (2 years), other standard pre-med ECs and clubs
- Relevant honors or awards
- Not really an award but I'm working towards my phlebotomy license. I just finished the course and am studying for the national licensing exam soon.
- Anything else not listed you think might be important
- I applied during the current application cycle (2021-2022) and didn't receive any interview invites. I sent in some update letters, but to no avail. I applied only MD at the time. Looking towards this upcoming cycle I want to apply DO and MD rather than MD only. However, I am not sure exactly what DO schools I should be targeting. I didn't have much strong clinical experience during my first application cycle so I got a job as a medical technician early into the cycle in case I would have to reapply (sad that I was right about that lol). I also just continued with volunteering and improving myself as best I could. I've also been reworking my PS and W/A sections and secondary essays in the last few months. Any advice from anyone is greatly appreciated, thanks!
| UVA |
| University of Michigan |
| Rochester |
| Georgetown |
| Drexel |
| George Washington |
| Temple |
| Tulane |
| Saint Louis University |
| Creighton University |
| University of Cincinnati |
| Ohio State |
| Western Michigan |
| Indiana University |
| Wayne State |
| University of Arizona - Tucson |
| Oakland WB |
| Toledo |
| University of Wisconsin |
| VCU |
| Wake Forest |
| University of Vermont |
| Quinnipiac |
| EVMS |
| Hackensack Meridian |
| University of Illinois |
| Virginia Tech |
| Central Michigan |
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