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I applied to a few schools last year, and received secondaries from all of them. However, I only completed and submitted one of these secondaries.
I am applying again this year, because I didn't get into that school (lesson learned!!). Now my question is, will schools that I did not complete secondaries for last year, penalize me this year? Have I hurt my chances for these schools in anyway?
I'm glad to say I've already submitted 8 secondaries this year, so hopefully things will turn out better. I would greatly appreciate any responses.
The school that rejected me, did interview me. I asked the dean of admissions very categorically why I didn't get in. They said that the committee felt I lacked in clinical experience.
My cgpa and bcpm is 3.6
MCAT: 31
Last application cycle clinical experience:
-20 hours physician shadowing
-200 hours of hospital volunteering
This year I have added following clinical experience:
-70 hours shadowing orthopedic surgeon
-50 hours shadowing general surgeon
-50 hours shadowing oncologist
-400 hours volunteering in surgery department of hospital
my gpa and MCAT are still the same
Do you think this is a substantial improvement? I added approx. 600 hours of clinical experience in one year.
I am applying again this year, because I didn't get into that school (lesson learned!!). Now my question is, will schools that I did not complete secondaries for last year, penalize me this year? Have I hurt my chances for these schools in anyway?
I'm glad to say I've already submitted 8 secondaries this year, so hopefully things will turn out better. I would greatly appreciate any responses.
The school that rejected me, did interview me. I asked the dean of admissions very categorically why I didn't get in. They said that the committee felt I lacked in clinical experience.
My cgpa and bcpm is 3.6
MCAT: 31
Last application cycle clinical experience:
-20 hours physician shadowing
-200 hours of hospital volunteering
This year I have added following clinical experience:
-70 hours shadowing orthopedic surgeon
-50 hours shadowing general surgeon
-50 hours shadowing oncologist
-400 hours volunteering in surgery department of hospital
my gpa and MCAT are still the same
Do you think this is a substantial improvement? I added approx. 600 hours of clinical experience in one year.
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