urm applicataion

This cycle (2024-2025) will be my first cycle. Overall GPA: 3.6, Science GPA: 3.42, 506 (upward trend with a slight dip in my senior year) State: Maryland URM (African American) & low income Clinical Experience: 200 hospice volunteering, 400 PCT at nursing home Shadowing: 40 oncology, primary...

I will be graduating with a 3.79gpa and had 3 C+ and 2Ws in college. I retook one of the classes and got a B but was unable to retake the other two. I guess overall then I have 2C+. I can definitely describe why. 80% of my grades are As. I overall have an upwards trend. I'm slightly stressed...

Hi everyone! I am new to SDN so if I am naive or annoying about anything please forgive me in advance. For my committee letter process, I need to make a school list and I wanted some feedback as I've heard good and bad about my application. I am looking for MD, but open to DO. Below I have...

Hi! I am just getting a little nervous about the upcoming cycle and could appreciate some feedback. I am a black female, graduating from uni this year, applying in June, and doing a competitive 1 year research postbacc during my gap year. MCAT: 507 GPA 3.86. Hoping to apply to 15 MD schools...

Hi I am an African American URM and wondering what my chances are at dental school this upcoming cycle I have a strong personal statement that discusses certain sensitive topics in my life and why I'd like to be a dentist. I have a 3.0 Gpa and a 2.7 science gpa as well as a 19AA/19TS/14PAT DAT...

Hi, I’m a non-traditional Black student. I went to community college first and completed a good chunk of pre-med courses and later I transferred to a university. During my time in CC, I took on 12-19 credit hour course loads (with the permission of my institution), while also taking care of my...

hello all I graduated in 2017 with a 3.62 GPA (started poorly, last two years were 4.0), URM, Excellent LORs (not that I read them but they are from well respected people), excellent ECs... I took the MCAT in January and I know I was doing poorly throughout the exam, but didn’t void it at the...

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I am a 20 year old URM male at a Top 20 undergrad institution. I plan on applying in next years cycle but because of my low GPA, i have been considering taking a gap year to improve my stats. Im currently sitting at a 3.4 cGPA and and 3.3sGPA, no grades under a B- just a whole lot of B's. Im...

Hey everyone, I'm new to SDN and have a question regarding URM status. I am part white, part Latinx (Mayan) and part Asian (Chinese). I have always considered myself a POC, am definitely treated like one... yes, I have dealt with racism, and look brown (for lack of a better word) and I was born...

GPA: 3.9 MCAT: 512 Underrepresented minority: 1st generation US citizen 1000+ hours of research, 1 pub (4th author) 300+ volunteering/clinical experiences NIH grant recipient for NIH fellowship during gap year

That time of the year guys! I'm starting to see spill over in last year's thread for this year's cycle so I'd thought I'd go ahead and start a new one. Utilize each other! Utilize me! I was in you guys' shoes many moons ago and I'm currently wrapping up 2nd year with the doom and gloom of step 1...