I’ve been waiting to be able to post this since I started the pre med journey 3-ish years ago in my 30s.
Not gonna do a sankey because my school is small (don’t wanna dox myself), but I was accepted off of the waitlist at my only school left of this cycle. I had already scheduled an MCAT retake and of course, renewed my UWhirl and AAMC materials the day before I got the call.
I am an extremely non-traditional student (aka I’m old), and have been told this would never happen for me time and time again.
Stats are:
uGPA 3.1 (science was lower)
Post bac sGPA 3.95 over 60 credit hours
50X MCAT
28000+ clinical hours (I’ve been a nurse for over a decade)
Navy veteran (Navy Nurse Corps officer)
500+ volunteer hours (clinical and non)
400 hours research
I am a first gen student, so obviously I’m going to be the first doctor in my family. 🥹
I applied to 28 schools (MD only), received 26 secondaries, 2 interview invites, and 1 A. 🥳
It literally only takes one. 🍾🥳🩺👩🏻⚕️