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| Home / College Guide / MD - HELP! Might have really messed up by applying this cycle... WAMC |
| Posted on Tuesday, September 22 @ 00:00:18 PDT |
Hello!
Im applying MD this cycle (my shadowing experience was cut short due to COVID and I do not have a physicians LoR, although to preface- I do understand DO is a more realistic goal given my stats). My AMCAS was verified on 9/4 and I have received (and started to work on) 20 secondaries so far. I had a VERY unfortunate MCAT retake (post-verification) and wanted to reach out and get some opinions and feedback. What are my realistic chances and if anyone could recommend any more schools to add to my list- thatd be great! Thank you TONS!
BCPM: 3.08
AO: 3.72
MCAT:
6/28/20 507 (126/128/126/127)
8/29/20 501 (124/127/125/125) ***
State of residence: Iowa
Ethnicity/race/gender: White, female
Undergrad: University of Iowa (BA in French Language, also studied Spanish)
Clinical experience: 150 hours Burn Trauma Unit volunteer mentor
Research experience: 1220 hours as a research assistant in biochemistry (905) and second-language acquisition (315)
Shadowing experience: 60 hours (pathology)
EC/leadership/employment: 1867 hours as a paid chemistry intern (lead lab prep in chem dept), 324 hours on the executive board of the university biology interest organization, 40 hours as a student teacher for the Blank Summer Institute, 6500 hours ** as a third shift line server (1500) and bartender (5000)
Other: University Honors, Honors in the Major (wrote a thesis in French), received two scholarships, two French translation publications
* Hours listed are from 08/2016 to 05/2020 *
** - I am fully financially independent (since I was 16) and always had two full time jobs to put myself through college.
My letters of recommendation also address the health issues/hospitalization I dealt with my junior and senior year. I feel both of these explain my sub-par stats (Do they ?)
*** - Do I address this score drop in my secondaries (additional comments essays)??? I feel I have a valid reason: I was hit head on the day before my retake by a guy who stole a car (he took a turn going 60 MPH while I was stopped at a light). Airbags deployed and I suffered a concussion, spent the night in the hospital, and was still mixing up words/had slurred speech when I took the exam the next day (taking the void and rescheduling was not an option financially for me). HOWEVER- since my LoRs already talk about my illness (I believe one professor specified- cancer), I do NOT want my application to come across as being full of sob-stories. I understand theres a difference between those and stories of overcoming adversity- but I feel that line is very thin...should I not even draw attention to this negative?
I have applied to:
Albany Medical College
California Northstate University College of Medicine
California University of Science and Medicine
Central Michigan University College of Medicine
Drexel University College of Medicine
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Frank H.
Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine
Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
Meharry Medical College
New York Medical College
Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine
Robert Larner, M.D., College of Medicine at the University of Vermont
TCU and UNTHSC SOM
Tulane University School of Medicine
University of Colorado School of Medicine
University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine
University of Washington School of Medicine
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
West Virginia University School of Medicine
Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine
Sorry for the length- I wanted to provide as much info as possible. Thank you in advance everyone!!!
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