vendredi 25 décembre 2015

Low GPA, decent MCAT: WAMC/school list

Please do not quote this post. Any advice is welcome and very much appreciated.

Stats:
3.08 cgpa
3.45 sgpa
4.0 grad. gpa (Halfway through SMP - will be done by the time I apply next year)
39 MCAT (1 attempt - viable at many, though not all, of the schools on this list. I'm considering a retake, but I'm not sure if it would be worth it).

There is a large upward trend in the cgpa, with a 3.98 gpa over the last ~90 credit hours of undergrad (mostly upper div. science courses).

Recent and current EC's- Volunteering/shadowing/research should all increase next semester

  • Part-time job in college (~25 hr/week)
  • Clinical shadowing - 120 hr.
  • Hospital volunteer - 120 hr - 100% direct patient interaction
  • Free clinic volunteer - 50 hr - helped with the startup process of the free clinic, and served as a volunteer scribe
  • Hospital volunteer - 50 hr - 100% direct patient interaction
  • Homeless shelter volunteer ~ 200 hr - served as a mentor, and taught guitar lessons, to 4 homeless boys
  • President/co-founder of student organization - Helped lead a group in organizing and fundraising (~$12,000) for a few events on campus, as well as leading biweekly group meetings
  • Worked ~50-60 hr/week in an agricultural lab during my gap year
  • Research assistant (few posters/presentations, but no pubs.)
  • Ukulele club volunteer at a middle school (70ish hours)
  • A few other random volunteering activities/awards, etc.
School list:

Tulane
Vanderbilt
Duke
BU
Wayne State
NYMC
Albany
Case
Dartmouth
Central Michigan
Quinnipiac
Virginia Tech
The commonwealth
Wright State
Ohio State
Cincinnati
Wake Forest
Miami
Drexel
Jefferson
Creighton
State school + a few regional state schools

I applied to 2 schools this cycle (I didn't think that I had any chance at all with my cgpa, but to my surprise I received 2 II's). But in the event that I don't get in this cycle, how does this list look for next cycle? Are there any schools that I should drop/add? Are there any glaring deficiencies in my application (apart from the atrocious gpa, of course). Of course, this school list would be contingent upon a reputable performance in the later half of my SMP.

Thank you all in advance for your time.

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Low GPA, decent MCAT: WAMC/school list

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