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Hey there, how's it goin everyone. I'm going to post ALL the stuff that will be going on my application for NEXT cycle so please let me know if there is anything that I should be working on. I am going to start studying pretty hard for the MCAT this summer, take a Princeton Review MCAT course in the Fall, then plan on taking the MCAT in January. So that's all I feel like I can do at this point. Other than that, here is what will be on my application:
GPA RELATED
Graduated UCSB 2020 with biopsychology major
GPA by year: 2.37, 2.75, 3.41, 3.81
Informal post bacc at UCLA Extension (entire o chem series, microbio, 1 quarter biochem so 5 classes in total) 4.0 GPA
Cumulative GPA with post bacc: 3.30
AMCAS sGPA with post bacc: 3.0
AACOMAS sGPA with post bacc: 3.10
TMDSAS sGPA with post bacc: 3.0
Upper division major GPA: 3.97
My numbers are obviously really low, but I have a pretty solid upward trend and did really well in my upper division courses. The only upper division biology related courses I'll have are cognitive neuroscience, behavioral neuroscience, microbiology and biochemistry (1 quarter)
WORK RELATED
Will have 1,000 scribe hours at an internal medicine/sports medicine (MD) practice seeing 60 patients a day
Will have 2,000 medical assistant hours at the same practice ^^
500 yoga teacher hours at CorePower Yoga
RESEARCH RELATED
500 research hours in a vision and perception neuroscience lab
Publication in the UCSB undergraduate research journal
SHADOW RELATED
Will have 50 pain management specialist hours (DO)
Will have 50 surgery center hours (orthopedic surgeon, podiatrist, pain management ALL MD)
VOLUNTEER RELATED
50 emergency department hours 3 years ago
Will have 200 hours at a children's ministry at a local church leading small groups and other events for the little ones
LETTER OF RECOMMENDATIONS
1. MD I scribe and medical assistant under
2. Biochemistry professor
3. Research lab PI that I got publication with
4. Pain management DO that I shadow
These are the 4 letters of recommendation I will have for sure that will be very strong. I can potentially get a letter of recommendation from a statistics professor and behavioral neuroscience professor at UCSB but I don't know if there is any guarantee that they will be as strong as these four ^^
So that was very very lengthy and as of right know, I know that I need to absolutely crush the MCAT. Are there any other glaring weaknesses on my application? I wish I took more classes in my informal post bacc, but I need to make money, so I've been working like crazy and been doing what I can and don't really have enough time for classes with work schedule. I won't be taking classes this summer and Fall because I will be focusing all of my effort into MCAT studying. Should I potentially take another upper division bio class after I take the MCAT (Spring 2022)? Do I need more clinical volunteer hours? Should I start volunteering for the underserved community? Do I even have a shot at MD if I score ~510 on the MCAT? Please let me know, anything is helpful.
GPA RELATED
Graduated UCSB 2020 with biopsychology major
GPA by year: 2.37, 2.75, 3.41, 3.81
Informal post bacc at UCLA Extension (entire o chem series, microbio, 1 quarter biochem so 5 classes in total) 4.0 GPA
Cumulative GPA with post bacc: 3.30
AMCAS sGPA with post bacc: 3.0
AACOMAS sGPA with post bacc: 3.10
TMDSAS sGPA with post bacc: 3.0
Upper division major GPA: 3.97
My numbers are obviously really low, but I have a pretty solid upward trend and did really well in my upper division courses. The only upper division biology related courses I'll have are cognitive neuroscience, behavioral neuroscience, microbiology and biochemistry (1 quarter)
WORK RELATED
Will have 1,000 scribe hours at an internal medicine/sports medicine (MD) practice seeing 60 patients a day
Will have 2,000 medical assistant hours at the same practice ^^
500 yoga teacher hours at CorePower Yoga
RESEARCH RELATED
500 research hours in a vision and perception neuroscience lab
Publication in the UCSB undergraduate research journal
SHADOW RELATED
Will have 50 pain management specialist hours (DO)
Will have 50 surgery center hours (orthopedic surgeon, podiatrist, pain management ALL MD)
VOLUNTEER RELATED
50 emergency department hours 3 years ago
Will have 200 hours at a children's ministry at a local church leading small groups and other events for the little ones
LETTER OF RECOMMENDATIONS
1. MD I scribe and medical assistant under
2. Biochemistry professor
3. Research lab PI that I got publication with
4. Pain management DO that I shadow
These are the 4 letters of recommendation I will have for sure that will be very strong. I can potentially get a letter of recommendation from a statistics professor and behavioral neuroscience professor at UCSB but I don't know if there is any guarantee that they will be as strong as these four ^^
So that was very very lengthy and as of right know, I know that I need to absolutely crush the MCAT. Are there any other glaring weaknesses on my application? I wish I took more classes in my informal post bacc, but I need to make money, so I've been working like crazy and been doing what I can and don't really have enough time for classes with work schedule. I won't be taking classes this summer and Fall because I will be focusing all of my effort into MCAT studying. Should I potentially take another upper division bio class after I take the MCAT (Spring 2022)? Do I need more clinical volunteer hours? Should I start volunteering for the underserved community? Do I even have a shot at MD if I score ~510 on the MCAT? Please let me know, anything is helpful.
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