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Potential reapplicant here. Hoping for some feedback on why this cycle hasn’t gone well, if you think I am ready to reapply, and potential school lists/ types of schools I should or shouldn’t apply to.
I am not sure if I can reapply this year or if I would greatly benefit from waiting a year, doing a post-bac and volunteering.
I spent my gap year working as a clinical research coordinator and medical assistant in an allergy/immunology practice.
cGPA: 3.71, sGPA: 3.60 aoGPA 4.00
(First two years in community college and last two at T20 undergraduate- gpa per year from freshman to senior: 3.55, 4.00, 3.47, 3.75)
MCAT: 515 (130/130/126/129)
CA resident
Asian & white
T10 undergraduate
I included my hours at the time of my first application and my projected hours upon reapplying in this format: (2023 hours | 2024 hours)
Clinical experience (660 hrs in 2023 | 1650 hrs in 2024):
- EMT (500 hrs/ 500 hrs). for a private ambulance company mainly doing IFT (Los Angeles)
- Physical therapy aide (150 hrs | 150 hrs). working with pediatric sports medicine patients (Oakland, CA)
- Medical assistant allergy/immunology (10 hrs | 1000 hrs). (los angeles)
Research experience (70 hrs in 2023 | 1520 hrs in 2024).
- Clinical Research coordinator (50 hrs | 1500 hrs). working on immunological biological therapies mostly phase 4 trials but much involvement in one phase 3 trial. (los angeles)
- Research assistant (20 hrs | 20 hrs). looking at health literacy within a safety net hospital orthopedic clinic. Lots of exposure to non-English speaking and low SES patients. (long beach, CA)
Shadowing (70 hrs in 2023 | 110 hrs in 2024). Emergency medicine, allergy/ immunology, pediatrics
Non-clinical volunteering (70 hrs in 2023 | 120 hrs in 2024). (not too much official or consistent volunteering that I would be able to report on aamcas)
- Volunteering within my church (70 hrs | 120 hrs). Mainly helping out with pastoral conferences and volunteering within the welcome center
Other extracurricular activities (3360 hrs in 2023 | 3410 hours in 2024).
- Starbucks barista (2000 hrs | 2000 hrs).
- Campus Fellowship (800 hrs | 800 hrs). Leadership in small group format, training for campus flyering/evangelism.
- Various athletic hobbies (560 hrs | 800 hrs). climbing, soccer, spartan races, backpacking held various coordinating, training and leadership rolls independently
-NEW videography (0/ 50hrs) made documentaries detailing the lives of people I met while backpacking and the outdoor experience.
I applied broadly to 36 schools and submitted most of my secondaries in July/August (a few in October). 1 IIs (Western University DO), 1 WLs. Is the issue with my school list?
Secondaries I sent in last cycle: TUFTS, Wake Forest, Albert Einstein, Sidney Kimmel, Kaiser Perm, Geisinger, UCSD, MCW, Drexel, Loma Linda, University of Michigan, University of Vermont, Emory, Saint Louis, USC, Cooper, Case Western, Creighton, UCLA, Penn state, Vanderbilt, Western Pomona/Lebanon, Quinnipiac, UCI, University of Minnesota, UCD, Rosalind Franklin, UCSF
Potential reapplicant here. Hoping for some feedback on why this cycle hasn’t gone well, if you think I am ready to reapply, and potential school lists/ types of schools I should or shouldn’t apply to.
I am not sure if I can reapply this year or if I would greatly benefit from waiting a year, doing a post-bac and volunteering.
I spent my gap year working as a clinical research coordinator and medical assistant in an allergy/immunology practice.
cGPA: 3.71, sGPA: 3.60 aoGPA 4.00
(First two years in community college and last two at T20 undergraduate- gpa per year from freshman to senior: 3.55, 4.00, 3.47, 3.75)
MCAT: 515 (130/130/126/129)
CA resident
Asian & white
T10 undergraduate
I included my hours at the time of my first application and my projected hours upon reapplying in this format: (2023 hours | 2024 hours)
Clinical experience (660 hrs in 2023 | 1650 hrs in 2024):
- EMT (500 hrs/ 500 hrs). for a private ambulance company mainly doing IFT (Los Angeles)
- Physical therapy aide (150 hrs | 150 hrs). working with pediatric sports medicine patients (Oakland, CA)
- Medical assistant allergy/immunology (10 hrs | 1000 hrs). (los angeles)
Research experience (70 hrs in 2023 | 1520 hrs in 2024).
- Clinical Research coordinator (50 hrs | 1500 hrs). working on immunological biological therapies mostly phase 4 trials but much involvement in one phase 3 trial. (los angeles)
- Research assistant (20 hrs | 20 hrs). looking at health literacy within a safety net hospital orthopedic clinic. Lots of exposure to non-English speaking and low SES patients. (long beach, CA)
Shadowing (70 hrs in 2023 | 110 hrs in 2024). Emergency medicine, allergy/ immunology, pediatrics
Non-clinical volunteering (70 hrs in 2023 | 120 hrs in 2024). (not too much official or consistent volunteering that I would be able to report on aamcas)
- Volunteering within my church (70 hrs | 120 hrs). Mainly helping out with pastoral conferences and volunteering within the welcome center
Other extracurricular activities (3360 hrs in 2023 | 3410 hours in 2024).
- Starbucks barista (2000 hrs | 2000 hrs).
- Campus Fellowship (800 hrs | 800 hrs). Leadership in small group format, training for campus flyering/evangelism.
- Various athletic hobbies (560 hrs | 800 hrs). climbing, soccer, spartan races, backpacking held various coordinating, training and leadership rolls independently
-NEW videography (0/ 50hrs) made documentaries detailing the lives of people I met while backpacking and the outdoor experience.
I applied broadly to 36 schools and submitted most of my secondaries in July/August (a few in October). 1 IIs (Western University DO), 1 WLs. Is the issue with my school list?
Secondaries I sent in last cycle: TUFTS, Wake Forest, Albert Einstein, Sidney Kimmel, Kaiser Perm, Geisinger, UCSD, MCW, Drexel, Loma Linda, University of Michigan, University of Vermont, Emory, Saint Louis, USC, Cooper, Case Western, Creighton, UCLA, Penn state, Vanderbilt, Western Pomona/Lebanon, Quinnipiac, UCI, University of Minnesota, UCD, Rosalind Franklin, UCSF