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Hello SDN,
I am a second-time applicant.
GPA - 3.5 sGPA, 3.6 cGPA
MCAT - 514
Graduated December 2014 with BS in Biology, minors in chem and English.
Since graduating:
-Jan-Jun 2015 worked as a nurse's aid in an assisted living community
-summer 2015 was looking for research work and striking out
-Oct 2015-July 2016 some microbiology research work (got valuable experience I could talk a lot about, but we didn't accomplish what we set out to do before my research job/internship fizzled out)
-August 2016-present working as a scribe for a PA in family med
Extracurriculars: Minimal while in school. pre-med club on-paper participant, volunteered for the local red cross chapter for a couple hours per week doing office stuff/answering phones. Writing fiction and cross-country running (mostly by myself, though I got one short story published in the school journal and as for running, I did the Seattle half marathon one year).
Volunteering: A couple habitat for humanity trips I in the last few years. I did some work assisting with hippotherapy with kids for about a year, and currently (since Aug 2015) volunteering for a free clinic (alternating patient intake/registration and lab tech duties).
Last year I was foolish and applied too late - got my primary application in at the end of September (!) because I pushed taking the MCAT until August, when I finally felt ready. I am hoping that the timing last year was my biggest problem, but I kind of lack perspective overall on what is "competitive" and what's realistic, and I'd love to hear what the forum thinks my chances are. My biggest concerns are:
1) the fact that I'm a re-applicant
2) I've taken so much time in between graduating with my BS and applying to med school
3) I never see this with other applicants who've shared their stats, but my GPA is quite low compared to my MCAT. How does that look to schools?
Thanks!
I am a second-time applicant.
GPA - 3.5 sGPA, 3.6 cGPA
MCAT - 514
Graduated December 2014 with BS in Biology, minors in chem and English.
Since graduating:
-Jan-Jun 2015 worked as a nurse's aid in an assisted living community
-summer 2015 was looking for research work and striking out
-Oct 2015-July 2016 some microbiology research work (got valuable experience I could talk a lot about, but we didn't accomplish what we set out to do before my research job/internship fizzled out)
-August 2016-present working as a scribe for a PA in family med
Extracurriculars: Minimal while in school. pre-med club on-paper participant, volunteered for the local red cross chapter for a couple hours per week doing office stuff/answering phones. Writing fiction and cross-country running (mostly by myself, though I got one short story published in the school journal and as for running, I did the Seattle half marathon one year).
Volunteering: A couple habitat for humanity trips I in the last few years. I did some work assisting with hippotherapy with kids for about a year, and currently (since Aug 2015) volunteering for a free clinic (alternating patient intake/registration and lab tech duties).
Last year I was foolish and applied too late - got my primary application in at the end of September (!) because I pushed taking the MCAT until August, when I finally felt ready. I am hoping that the timing last year was my biggest problem, but I kind of lack perspective overall on what is "competitive" and what's realistic, and I'd love to hear what the forum thinks my chances are. My biggest concerns are:
1) the fact that I'm a re-applicant
2) I've taken so much time in between graduating with my BS and applying to med school
3) I never see this with other applicants who've shared their stats, but my GPA is quite low compared to my MCAT. How does that look to schools?
Thanks!