strawberryskies
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Hi. I have a bit of a problem...while I’m really excited about the MCAT score I received yesterday, I’m starting to get concerned about choosing what schools to apply to because I made the huge mistake of not sticking to one non-clinical volunteer experience, and not keeping track of my hours freshman year. Also, my ECs are pretty weak.
Here are my stats/info:
Female, Asian, 21, Junior at a semi decent school (one could say it’s considered an ivy reject school),
State: Delaware (Jefferson is considered our “state” school bc no med schools in DE)
GPA: 4.0
MCAT: 524 (130/130/132/132)
Clinical volunteering: 212 hours as a Child Life volunteer at a children’s hospital over the course of 3 years
Research: ~750 hours for 2 years. I also did research the summer after freshman year but I didn’t keep track of hours, yikes. My name is on a paper but it has been rejected from several journals so probably no hope for that. No presentations or awards, but I did get a stipend from the Biology dept for summer research. I’ve been working on the same independent project for a year so that’s why I haven’t presented anything; I probably would’ve been close to finishing this semester if not for COVID
Non-clinical volunteering: even bigger yikes. I probably have about 100 hours total, but they’ve been at a bunch of different organizations because I volunteered through my clubs and sorority. Some of these hours include helping disadvantaged people, but only a few. I swear it’s not because I don’t want to help...I just did whatever volunteer opportunity was available. I was also the service chair for Global Medical Brigades and my sorority, if that counts for anything. Oh yeah, I went on a brigade with GMB to Honduras, but I don’t know if I should include that because I know it looks bad. I honestly just did it bc I’m super interested in global health/public health/epidemiology
Work: student caller at my school’s call center for one semester, VarsityTutors for a couple of months (27 hrs total, but I had to stop to study for MCAT - also apparently I can’t work in DE but trying to figure that out)
Shadowing: ~75 hours: gastroenterology, general surgery, anesthesiology
Clubs: held multiple exec positions in 2 clubs (co-president of one) for 3 years, officer positions in my sorority for 2 years
I’m definitely applying for Jefferson, but I’m afraid my ECs aren’t good enough for the schools with my stats, and I’ll be rejected from mid tier schools bc my stats are too high. Honestly wish I had done worse on the MCAT, lol...I heard WashU and Penn are stat heavy schools but I still don’t think my ECs will hold up. Also my interview skills aren’t the greatest. I don’t want to take a gap year but I know it will probably help my app. Any advice would be much appreciated, thanks!!
Here are my stats/info:
Female, Asian, 21, Junior at a semi decent school (one could say it’s considered an ivy reject school),
State: Delaware (Jefferson is considered our “state” school bc no med schools in DE)
GPA: 4.0
MCAT: 524 (130/130/132/132)
Clinical volunteering: 212 hours as a Child Life volunteer at a children’s hospital over the course of 3 years
Research: ~750 hours for 2 years. I also did research the summer after freshman year but I didn’t keep track of hours, yikes. My name is on a paper but it has been rejected from several journals so probably no hope for that. No presentations or awards, but I did get a stipend from the Biology dept for summer research. I’ve been working on the same independent project for a year so that’s why I haven’t presented anything; I probably would’ve been close to finishing this semester if not for COVID
Non-clinical volunteering: even bigger yikes. I probably have about 100 hours total, but they’ve been at a bunch of different organizations because I volunteered through my clubs and sorority. Some of these hours include helping disadvantaged people, but only a few. I swear it’s not because I don’t want to help...I just did whatever volunteer opportunity was available. I was also the service chair for Global Medical Brigades and my sorority, if that counts for anything. Oh yeah, I went on a brigade with GMB to Honduras, but I don’t know if I should include that because I know it looks bad. I honestly just did it bc I’m super interested in global health/public health/epidemiology
Work: student caller at my school’s call center for one semester, VarsityTutors for a couple of months (27 hrs total, but I had to stop to study for MCAT - also apparently I can’t work in DE but trying to figure that out)
Shadowing: ~75 hours: gastroenterology, general surgery, anesthesiology
Clubs: held multiple exec positions in 2 clubs (co-president of one) for 3 years, officer positions in my sorority for 2 years
I’m definitely applying for Jefferson, but I’m afraid my ECs aren’t good enough for the schools with my stats, and I’ll be rejected from mid tier schools bc my stats are too high. Honestly wish I had done worse on the MCAT, lol...I heard WashU and Penn are stat heavy schools but I still don’t think my ECs will hold up. Also my interview skills aren’t the greatest. I don’t want to take a gap year but I know it will probably help my app. Any advice would be much appreciated, thanks!!