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Hi all -
I'm a fourth year in undergrad and last year I applied to medical school in a bit of a rush. Originally I had intended to take a year off before going back to school, but I started studying for the MCATs late August, took them early Sept (for some reason I didn't want to wait until Jan), and did very well. In the midst of my inexperience I thought should just go for it that year.
I've never felt so unprepared as I did for the proceeding months. I rushed to write a personal statement to get the application into schools by 10/15. I had two strong LORs from professors and one from the director of an organization I volunteered for, and thought that was enough (neglected the fact that most schools require three LORs from teachers...). To top it off I didn't have any shadowing/clinical experience. I'm making good progress with that right now though.
I did my secondaries but I don't think a lot of them are even considered complete (they don't have all the required letters, though I did pay their fees). At some point I realized that all of this was a fool's errand, and my original plan to wait one year had a lot more... foresight.
Oh well. I learned a lesson. The thing is, I'm applying again this year (much earlier this time!). Do you think I'll have anything I need to explain to admissions committees?
I'm a fourth year in undergrad and last year I applied to medical school in a bit of a rush. Originally I had intended to take a year off before going back to school, but I started studying for the MCATs late August, took them early Sept (for some reason I didn't want to wait until Jan), and did very well. In the midst of my inexperience I thought should just go for it that year.
I've never felt so unprepared as I did for the proceeding months. I rushed to write a personal statement to get the application into schools by 10/15. I had two strong LORs from professors and one from the director of an organization I volunteered for, and thought that was enough (neglected the fact that most schools require three LORs from teachers...). To top it off I didn't have any shadowing/clinical experience. I'm making good progress with that right now though.
I did my secondaries but I don't think a lot of them are even considered complete (they don't have all the required letters, though I did pay their fees). At some point I realized that all of this was a fool's errand, and my original plan to wait one year had a lot more... foresight.
Oh well. I learned a lesson. The thing is, I'm applying again this year (much earlier this time!). Do you think I'll have anything I need to explain to admissions committees?
