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Hey guys, so my situation involves a bit of a lower end GPA and I'm wondering what my chances are:
cGPA: 3.65
sGPA: 3.54
MCAT: 517 (96th percentile: ~35-36 on the old exam)
Shadowing:
Clinical volunteering:
Non-clinical volunteering:
Leadership:
I plan on applying to all of the Texas schools my first round.
cGPA: 3.65
sGPA: 3.54
MCAT: 517 (96th percentile: ~35-36 on the old exam)
Shadowing:
- 180 hours with a general practitioner
- 20 hours with IM physician
Clinical volunteering:
- 150 hours at a psychiatry clinic
Non-clinical volunteering:
- 300 hours spread between two organizations
- 100 misc. hours for fraternity service projects
Leadership:
- Founder/president of a non-profit that funds cancer research and does 50k annually in revenue - 2 years/2000 hours
- AMSA officer for a year.
- Coordinator for student involvement at Dell medical school. Worked closely with the leadership at Dell to help build the new curriculum - 6 months/200 hours.
- 1000 hours as a server throughout first two years of college
- 2 years in a molecular biology lab. ~1500 hours, two pending publications that I'm third author on.
I plan on applying to all of the Texas schools my first round.