3.6-3.7 c/s GPA. 37+ MCAT, even distribution. IIs: 0
CA resident. Top 20 school, competitive major.
5 years research but no publications. Reason being I've been at a few different labs, they all ended well and most of my PIs wrote me LORs, but I've just enjoyed trying different areas of research. Plus, publications take time!! A lab I worked in from 2009 - 2011 is only JUST getting ready to publish our research. I guess if I'm looking on the bright side, if I don't get into medical school this cycle at least I'll have a publication to talk about next time around.. ugh.
Scribe work, shadowing, some ESL tutoring, and a few years consistently volunteering at a health-related organization. Have a somewhat unique past time activity, somewhere in between recreation and a D1 sport. Okay pretty far away from a D1 sport but you get the picture. But nothing else particularly exciting going on.
Applied to ~20 schools in mid July-August. Applied to another 10 out of sheer panic during the month of September.
Is there something wrong here? Is there a red flag I'm not seeing? I'm not shooting for Harvard or anything. Given my low-ish GPA, and not being a super unique julliard trained cellist/firefighter, I tried to apply to schools with GPA ranges somewhat in my range and MCAT ranges well below mine.
HALP.
CA resident. Top 20 school, competitive major.
5 years research but no publications. Reason being I've been at a few different labs, they all ended well and most of my PIs wrote me LORs, but I've just enjoyed trying different areas of research. Plus, publications take time!! A lab I worked in from 2009 - 2011 is only JUST getting ready to publish our research. I guess if I'm looking on the bright side, if I don't get into medical school this cycle at least I'll have a publication to talk about next time around.. ugh.
Scribe work, shadowing, some ESL tutoring, and a few years consistently volunteering at a health-related organization. Have a somewhat unique past time activity, somewhere in between recreation and a D1 sport. Okay pretty far away from a D1 sport but you get the picture. But nothing else particularly exciting going on.
Applied to ~20 schools in mid July-August. Applied to another 10 out of sheer panic during the month of September.
Is there something wrong here? Is there a red flag I'm not seeing? I'm not shooting for Harvard or anything. Given my low-ish GPA, and not being a super unique julliard trained cellist/firefighter, I tried to apply to schools with GPA ranges somewhat in my range and MCAT ranges well below mine.
HALP.