Thursday, January 12, 2017
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Hello everyone,Advising my fellow premed friends that are applying for the 2017-2018 cycle made me think of posting some of my tips for other premeds. I applied during the 2016-2017 cycle via AMCAS and have been accepted to 5 schools and am on 3 waitlists (all MD programs). I applied to 22 schools in total, submitted secondaries to 20 schools, received 11 interview invitations, and went on 8 interviews. I received my first acceptance on October 17th, 2 days after the first day of acceptances. I provide these numbers because, most of the time, people ask me how many schools I applied to and what to expect with interviews/acceptances. Your individual numbers are completely dependent on what you are interested in for medical schools and what are realistic expectations for schools you can be expected in. This is not an easy process, but I hope to make it easier on others and make an early acceptance obtainable through some tricks.
Some background info about me:
College Major: Biomedical Engineering
MCAT and GPA: I took the new MCAT twice and received the same score each time. Average score. GPA is slightly higher than average. (I will not post my score for privacy reasons, and I think stats hinders applicants ability to focus on what else can make them stand out/other aspects of the application that can get you into a school. While GPA and MCAT can be used to narrow down schools you have a higher chance of getting into, for the purposes of this blog, my stats will not impact my advise.)
No gap year
Extracurriculars: Research, Hospital Volunteering, Tutoring, Sorority Involvement, Peer Counseling, Art, Biomedical Device Design
Disclaimer** Tips and tricks are just recommendations and not an end all/be all. Also, if there are any grammar mistakes in my writing, I am sorry and please ignore them**
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