Accepted after two cycles!

Long time lurker that has been in the position of many of you, thinking that maybe this was all a waste of time and effort or that I wasn’t ever good enough to be accepted by a program. That way of thinking was shot down after being accepted recently!

This is for all of you who have been rejected, waitlisted, or even completely left out to dry with no responses - it is possible to be accepted! It just takes one school.

I applied to maybe 7 or 8 schools this cycle with plans to apply to more once I saved up more money for costs but I was invited to interview at my top choice as a re-applicant (location, PANCE pass rate, cadaver lab, etc.) and was accepted two days later! It was such a relief and felt like all my hard work was worth it in the end.

If it was easy, everyone would do it. Keep your head up, get more PCE, shadow more providers, and (more importantly) find the “why” that captivates yourself and the readers for your PS. You have to be passionate about healthcare and this career and they can see that in your essay (it was talked about in my interview).

GRE - 303 BCP GPA - 3.1 sGPA - 3.3 cGPA - 3.43 PCE - 4000+ hours Shadowing - 200+ hours Volunteer - 40+ hours