CONGRATS ON YOUR A'S - PLS GIVE ADVICE
Hi - I am def a low stat applicant so looking for anyyy advice on how to make the rest of my application stand out + any PS EDITORS PLSSS
Wondering how valuable taking casper or preview would be?
Will be applying to schools all over the country that take my stats- as long as they dont have strong state pref
cGPA: 3.30
sGPA: 3.10
MCAT: 501 but retaking at the end of June - hoping for min 505.
Ethnicity: ORM
Major: Biology
Gap years: 2
Clinical experience: (~ 4600 hrs)
- Currently working as a medical assistant for a DO (so far 1000 hrs)
- 2 yrs full time as a CNA at a trauma 1 hospital (3500 hrs)
- clinic volunteer in Southeast asia ( 70 hrs)
- Volunteer Scribe/MA in rural/underserved area in US (150 hrs)
Research experience:
- Research internship with well known collab of healthcare org+university - 1 PUB (600 hrs)
Shadowing experience:
Bariatric surgeon (md) ( 30 hrs)
hospitalist (md) (15 hrs)
No DO shadowing but im hoping working for one as a MA (and essentially scribe+receptionist) takes care of that.**Should I look for a seperate DO to shadow?**
LOR's
strong LOR from the DO I work with
strong LOR form my research mentor
LOR from the nurse practitioner i volunteered with in texas
weak academic LORs (1 from a retired prof who liked me and 1 from a professor who barely remembered me)
IM looking for a PS editor from anyone with strong writing skills +A's...
I did have an editor rework my draft but he basically removed all the emotional appeal out of my writing .. looking for advice on finding a balance betwen professional+emotional... Im really banking on my PS to show that im a strong candidate for DO (not just as a backup w/ my low stats) but because my clinical +personal experience shows how much my values align with DO philosophy.