- State/Country of Residence: GA
- Ties to other States/Regions: n
- URM? (Y/N): N
- Year in School: Graduated, about to start gap year #2
- Undergraduate Major(s)/Minor(s): Biochem,
- Graduate Degrees (if applicable): N/A
- Cumulative GPA: 3.74
- Science GPA: 3.66
- MCAT Score(s): 517 (128/129/130/130 from 7/2021), 508 (128/125/126/129 from 4/2021)
- Research Experience: Immunology Research in undergrad (1,000 hours), HIV/AIDS research (est 550 hours by reapp)
- Publications/Abstracts/Posters (include how you were credited e.g. first author, second author, etc.): 1 first author pub
- Clinical Experience (paid or volunteer): MA (1350 hours), Hospital Volunteering (150 hours), family med volunteering (100 hours)
- Physician Shadowing: 75 hours family med, 25 ob/gyn, 12 PM&R, and a few virtual shadowing in various other specialties
- Non-Clinical Volunteering: 150 hours in student org where I was a team lead for a flu vax drive for a homeless shelter, organized and led covid-related presentations to middle schoolers), 300 hours in student org for HIV/AIDS
- Other Employment History: Lifeguard (250 hours), office assistant (200)
- Relevant Awards or Honors: research award
- Immediate family members in medicine? (Y/N): N
- Interest in Primary Care (Y/N): Y (90% of clinical experience is
- Interest in Rural Health (Y/N):
- Medical School List:
- MCG (WL 2022, no ii received this cycle and rejected)
- Mercer (3x)*
- Emory (3x)*
- Wake Forest (3x)* (WL 2022, silence this cycle so far)
- NYMC (2x)*
- Drexel (2x)*
- TCU (2x)*
- Quinnipiac (2x)*
- Albany (2x)*
- Penn State (2x)
- Eastern Virginia (2x)*
- Jefferson (2x)*
- VCU (3x)*
- Einstein (2x)*
- USF (2x)*
- Vermont (3x)*
- Miami (3x)*
- Tulane (2x)
- George Washington (2x)
- USC Greenville (2x)
- Wayne State (would be new this year)
- Hackensack (new)
- Geisinger (new)
- Oakland Beaumont (new)
- Western Michigan (new)
- PCOM (all campuses, new)
- VCOM (all campuses, new)
- The schools that have asterisks by them are schools I haven't been rejected from yet, but i have low expectations. although this time last year, i had not received an II from wake yet. no holds from any school as well.
- this is not my full school list from this past year but i took schools out that i think i shot too high with
- looking for recs for additional schools
- Anything else that is relevant:
- I have an alcohol IA. It doesn't appear on my transcript or dean's cert (did not know this at time of first app), it was very very early into my freshman year. Thinking maybe my IA statement is lacking? I changed it from last year and have had less success II-wise.
- I am also thinking maybe my writing is the issue in general. I have always been a pretty strong writer, but I think my PS was pretty basic even after rewriting it for this cycle, and probably made it hard for me to stand out among the 1000s of other applicants.
- I was not able to add my family med MA experience to my primary this past year. was on two waitlists that typically get a lot of movement, and I held out too long. I was able to mention it somewhere in all of my secondaries, though. (big mistake i know i probably should have waited a year to reapply to accumulate more clinical hours but with 2 interviews last year, i thought my deficiencies were mostly in my interview skills as i felt like they could have gone significantly better)
- should I take any post-bac classes this summer? my GPA isn't low by any means, but I feel like it could be better. earned a B- in my first biochem class but scored well in the science sections on my second MCAT
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