Hi all!
I am in a bit of a tough situation. I applied this cycle 2021-2022 and four interviews which all resulted in waitlists. One school told me I was in the bottom third of the waitlist so I don't expect to get off that one. However, the other three are not able to tell me where I am on the list. Two are in my state of residence (Georgia) and one is at my alma mater state. My stats are: 509 MCAT, 3.928 GPA, 3.91 sGPA., ORM and GA resident who just graduated from the University of South Carolina with a degree in Exercise Science.
Clinical experience:
1. 76 hours volunteering at my city hospital (haven't accumulated more hours due to COVID restrictions/no student volunteers).
2. 117 hours as a paid medical assistant in my hometown during the 2020 summer
3. Currently working a full time job in a pathology lab this summer, expecting around 400 hours
4. Have 75 hours of shadowing in various medical fields (peds, ortho, dermatolgy, and physical therapy)
5. 300 hour academic credit internship through my university at the largest physical therapy and sports performance clinic near my university. Had to be physical therapy since my major was exercise science and internship needed to be related to my major
Non-Clinical
1. 4 year member of a social sorority and was on executive council for a year and held a committee chair position for 6 months after that
2. Did psychology research for a semester for academic credit
3. Received "Outstanding Exercise Science Student Award" through my major which is only awarded to one graduating senior each year so it's a high achievement
4. Part of several student organizations such as Dance Marathon, Order of Omega, and Exercise Science club
5. played intramural soccer each spring semester for fun
6. Was a TA for an incoming freshman seminar course where I taught freshmen how to "survive college" academically, financially, and other ways (freshmen are required to take it per the university)
I had four letters of rec that I thought were decently strong, but if I reapplied I would only acquire three that I know would be very strong.
My dilemmna is that I am not sure how much better my application really could be considering I received four interviews this past year (MCG, Mercer, UofSC-Columbia, UofSC - Greenville). I know for UofSC my big obstacle was that I was technically an out of state student. I felt pretty confident in my interviews and didn't think I dropped the ball on any of them. Please help me out because I am okay with reapplying but truly don't know what else I could do!!!
I am in a bit of a tough situation. I applied this cycle 2021-2022 and four interviews which all resulted in waitlists. One school told me I was in the bottom third of the waitlist so I don't expect to get off that one. However, the other three are not able to tell me where I am on the list. Two are in my state of residence (Georgia) and one is at my alma mater state. My stats are: 509 MCAT, 3.928 GPA, 3.91 sGPA., ORM and GA resident who just graduated from the University of South Carolina with a degree in Exercise Science.
Clinical experience:
1. 76 hours volunteering at my city hospital (haven't accumulated more hours due to COVID restrictions/no student volunteers).
2. 117 hours as a paid medical assistant in my hometown during the 2020 summer
3. Currently working a full time job in a pathology lab this summer, expecting around 400 hours
4. Have 75 hours of shadowing in various medical fields (peds, ortho, dermatolgy, and physical therapy)
5. 300 hour academic credit internship through my university at the largest physical therapy and sports performance clinic near my university. Had to be physical therapy since my major was exercise science and internship needed to be related to my major
Non-Clinical
1. 4 year member of a social sorority and was on executive council for a year and held a committee chair position for 6 months after that
2. Did psychology research for a semester for academic credit
3. Received "Outstanding Exercise Science Student Award" through my major which is only awarded to one graduating senior each year so it's a high achievement
4. Part of several student organizations such as Dance Marathon, Order of Omega, and Exercise Science club
5. played intramural soccer each spring semester for fun
6. Was a TA for an incoming freshman seminar course where I taught freshmen how to "survive college" academically, financially, and other ways (freshmen are required to take it per the university)
I had four letters of rec that I thought were decently strong, but if I reapplied I would only acquire three that I know would be very strong.
My dilemmna is that I am not sure how much better my application really could be considering I received four interviews this past year (MCG, Mercer, UofSC-Columbia, UofSC - Greenville). I know for UofSC my big obstacle was that I was technically an out of state student. I felt pretty confident in my interviews and didn't think I dropped the ball on any of them. Please help me out because I am okay with reapplying but truly don't know what else I could do!!!
