Hi! I applied to ~25 MD schools this past cycle (2021-2022) and received no II. I was wondering if there is any advice for how I can improve my application / if there were any red flags or weaknesses. 2 things I realize is (1) I applied pretty late (secondaries submitted ~Sept/Oct), and (2) applied to too little schools or just made a bad school list. Since I didn't really have any activity changes in the past year, I plan to reapply next year (2023).
What I had in my application this past cycle:
General: CA/ORM, strong interest in underserved/global medicine
Stats:
GPA: 3.8 (top tier public school)
MCAT: 513 --> 515
Extracurriculars:
Research: ~2000 hrs full time public health research: 2 pubs (1 first author), +200 hours in clinical research (no pubs)
Clinical volunteer: ~700 hrs in large hospital, rotated around different units in hospital, observed procedures
Community volunteer: ~270 hrs
Other service stuff: went on several medical service trips abroad
Leadership: director for global health club during college
Shadowing: ~200 hrs (100 plastic surgery, 100 urology)
School list: Basically all California schools, BU, U Iowa, Georgetown, George Washington, Rush, SLU, Pittsburgh, Rosalind franklin, Tufts, Jefferson, UIC, U Wash, SUNY downstate
I'm trying to get more paid clinical experience this year, hopefully working as medical assistant/scribe or EMT experience. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
What I had in my application this past cycle:
General: CA/ORM, strong interest in underserved/global medicine
Stats:
GPA: 3.8 (top tier public school)
MCAT: 513 --> 515
Extracurriculars:
Research: ~2000 hrs full time public health research: 2 pubs (1 first author), +200 hours in clinical research (no pubs)
Clinical volunteer: ~700 hrs in large hospital, rotated around different units in hospital, observed procedures
Community volunteer: ~270 hrs
Other service stuff: went on several medical service trips abroad
Leadership: director for global health club during college
Shadowing: ~200 hrs (100 plastic surgery, 100 urology)
School list: Basically all California schools, BU, U Iowa, Georgetown, George Washington, Rush, SLU, Pittsburgh, Rosalind franklin, Tufts, Jefferson, UIC, U Wash, SUNY downstate
I'm trying to get more paid clinical experience this year, hopefully working as medical assistant/scribe or EMT experience. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
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