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Hello everyone, this is one of my very first posts on here, I have been watching and lurking in the shadows...
So after finally getting my MCAT score, I now have a good picture of what my application will look like, and I wanted to get your opinions on how I look as an applicant.
Academics part:
Between community college and UC, I have a cumulative GPA of about 3.6 and a science GPA of 3.52. My GPA has an upward trend (I finished community college with a 3.45 and graduated UC with a 3.95). As far as the science classes go, the only classes that I didn't get an A in are general chemistry. My first quarter in the UC I had some personal troubles, so I ended up withdrawing from the quarter with all Ws (I know it looks bad, but I'm hoping they would give me a chance to explain it after the see that I graduated with highest honors and got As in all the classes I retook). I scored a 510 on the MCAT (127/124/131/129).
Experience part:
For experience, I have had a job working with disabled students on my campus. I also have over 140 hours of volunteer experience, about 280 hours of clinical experience (from the COPE internship), and by the time I apply to med schools, I will have worked over a year and a half in a clinical hospital laboratory.
I also started working in a research lab on campus last summer, so by the time I apply, I will have about a year of research experience on hand.
Others (I.e rec letters, personal statements):
I'm planning on getting 5 rec letters (my three main ones are going to be from my manager at the lab, the medical director of the lab, and research lab professor, the other two will probably be from my internship and from my Biochem teacher).
As for my personal statement, I should have a very strong personal statement (I grew up in a war torn country and my father passsed away as a result of the war, and we ended up migrating here).
That's about it. Feel free to ask me any questions!
Thank you in advance and the best of luck to all of us!
So after finally getting my MCAT score, I now have a good picture of what my application will look like, and I wanted to get your opinions on how I look as an applicant.
Academics part:
Between community college and UC, I have a cumulative GPA of about 3.6 and a science GPA of 3.52. My GPA has an upward trend (I finished community college with a 3.45 and graduated UC with a 3.95). As far as the science classes go, the only classes that I didn't get an A in are general chemistry. My first quarter in the UC I had some personal troubles, so I ended up withdrawing from the quarter with all Ws (I know it looks bad, but I'm hoping they would give me a chance to explain it after the see that I graduated with highest honors and got As in all the classes I retook). I scored a 510 on the MCAT (127/124/131/129).
Experience part:
For experience, I have had a job working with disabled students on my campus. I also have over 140 hours of volunteer experience, about 280 hours of clinical experience (from the COPE internship), and by the time I apply to med schools, I will have worked over a year and a half in a clinical hospital laboratory.
I also started working in a research lab on campus last summer, so by the time I apply, I will have about a year of research experience on hand.
Others (I.e rec letters, personal statements):
I'm planning on getting 5 rec letters (my three main ones are going to be from my manager at the lab, the medical director of the lab, and research lab professor, the other two will probably be from my internship and from my Biochem teacher).
As for my personal statement, I should have a very strong personal statement (I grew up in a war torn country and my father passsed away as a result of the war, and we ended up migrating here).
That's about it. Feel free to ask me any questions!
Thank you in advance and the best of luck to all of us!
! May I ask how you came up with it ? Did you use MSAR and if so what search criteria did you use ?