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Hey everyone! I was wondering if anyone would be able to give me some kind of support on whether or not I can actually make it into medical school at some point. I did not end up applying for this cycle due to not doing well on the MCAT (for a second time), but everything else is ready to go once next cycle opens up. I am a first gen, Puerto Rican, Illinois resident who graduated from UW Madison with a 3.4 gpa overall (I never actually sat down and calculated sGPA but I think its around 3.25-3.3), 497 MCAT. I did do a lot of volunteering and shadowing during undergrad, ranging from about 160 hours at a hospital, 100 hours tutoring 4th and 5th graders in math and reading, pre medical societies, habitat for humanity, 2 years of lab research (one year I technically count as an internship because it was through the hospital and that is what paperwork I had to fill out before), A LOT of shadowing hours in the PICU and department of neurology (I shadowed a MD and a DO and both agreed to write me a letter), worked as a caregiver at a memory care facility for two years (full time in the summers) and in my time off I am currently scribing.
As far as strengths go I think my activities put me in good shape and advising told me my activity statements/personal statement are good to go. Letters of rec I feel like should be fine, GPA isn't completely terrible for low tier MD and DO, but my MCAT is what scares me. I originally took it in January, got the score back then hit the books again w/ a private tutor, but still got the same score even though I was making progress with the AAMC materials and other stuff. It just kind of stinks that I would do better/way better on certain practice tests I've taken and then do bad on the real thing.
As far as strengths go I think my activities put me in good shape and advising told me my activity statements/personal statement are good to go. Letters of rec I feel like should be fine, GPA isn't completely terrible for low tier MD and DO, but my MCAT is what scares me. I originally took it in January, got the score back then hit the books again w/ a private tutor, but still got the same score even though I was making progress with the AAMC materials and other stuff. It just kind of stinks that I would do better/way better on certain practice tests I've taken and then do bad on the real thing.