My info for anyone who may be curious!

ORM F
MCAT - 504 (126/125/127/126)
cGPA - 3.96
sGPA - 3.98
Overall GPA - 3.97
My degree was in Psychology
I will be attending an MD school in my state (my top choice!)

Clinical Work Experience:
- Medical Assistant at an Urgent Care = 150 hours (summer job)
- I also started a job as a PCT in the PCU around the time of submitting applications. I didn’t include it on my applications but I talked about it in my interviews. 

Clinical Volunteer:
- Community Clinic Nursing Support Volunteer = 200 hours, 400 anticipated

Non-Clinical Work Experience:
- Real Estate Agent = 200 hours
- Dental Assistant = 700 hours (gained lots of leadership experience through this job)
- Optometric Technician = 455

Non-Clinical Volunteer:
- Conducting housing surveys in rural areas of my state = 100 hours (I participated in 2 projects and this experience also had some research components) 
- Volunteering with a foster care organization = 60 hours, 110 anticipated
- Food pantry assistant = 150 hours, anticipated 250. 

Shadowing:
- Shadowed an osteopathic nocturnist = 40 hours

Research:
- Research Assistant = 120 hours, 1 poster presentation. Not wet lab. 

Extracurriculars:
- Running: 344 hours
- Sorority sister: 200 hours > I only was in the sorority for my first 2 years of undergrad. I also was the sorority secretary so I listed that as leadership experience. 

Notes: 
- I chose to list my dentistry and optometry experience as non-clinical. I do not think it matters too much which way you list them, as long as you explain your responsibilities well. These experiences were main talking points during my interviews. 


Having a good story carries SOOO much weight. I told my story of how I tried different things, talked to as many different people as possible, going out of my way to get exposure to a variety of different fields and how all of these experiences ultimately led me to medicine. I personally feel like I have lower numbers (direct clinical experience, MCAT) but that did not matter because I was able to explain how meaningful the experiences I did have were. Quality > quantity!! 

My biggest piece of advice is get off Reddit!! Reddit had me convinced that I wouldn’t make it into a single school. Stay true to your experiences, learn from everything and everyone, focus on your writing! I made it a point to acknowledge my failures, talk about things outside of medicine, make jokes with my interviewers and it worked out well! 

Congrats to everyone applying this cycle and good luck to anyone reading this applying in future cycles!!


Low MCAT Sankey