WAMC TX Resident - 513 MCAT (127/127/127/132), 3.72 cumulative / 3.50 science
I am a Texas med school applicant and I submitted all secondaries late June and have not received any II, which is making me worried. Can someone chance me?
TX resident
GPA: 3.72 cGPA / 3.50 sGPA (TMDSAS) β 3.69 cGPA / 3.52 sGPA (AMCAS)
MCAT: 513; took it 3x (503 β 506 β 513)
Gap Years: 1
Clinical Experience (~1,335+ hrs)
~615 hours as a PCT at a hospital system (paid)
~400 hours as a health coaching intern
~320 hours as a BP/glucose screener with a student-run homeless health outreach org
Medical assistant at a clinic (current, gap year β hours accruing)
Non-Clinical Employment (~410 hrs)
~300 hours as a medical receptionist at a private outpatient clinic
~110 hours in a healthcare operations/technology role
Shadowing (~220 hrs)
~220 hours across surgical and medical specialties
Research (~1,580 hrs)
~1,430 hours in a public health research program at an academic medical center
~150 hours on a self-initiated undergraduate research project
1 first-author manuscript under review; multiple posters
Non-Clinical Volunteering (~315 hrs)
~230 hours with a literacy nonprofit
~85 hours as a focus group assistant for a study on aging
Leadership (~1,300 hrs)
President of an undergraduate health organization
Lead choreographer for a collegiate dance team
LOR
1 research PI, 1 physician, 3 professors β individual letters, no committee letter
School List (37)
TMDSAS (13): McGovern (UTHealth), UT Southwestern, Texas A&M Health, TCOM (UNTHSC), UT Tyler, UTMB, Texas Tech Foster (El Paso), Dell Medical School, UH (Fertitta), UTRGV, Sam Houston (SHSU-COM), TTUHSC Lubbock, plus one additional Texas program
AMCAS (24): Baylor, TCU (Anne Burnett Marion), Wake Forest, Albany, UChicago, NYU, Miami, Albert Einstein, Georgetown, Tulane, Rush, Northwestern, Boston University, Mount Sinai, Case Western, UPenn, George Washington, Columbia, UPitt, Tufts, Loyola, Drexel, Sidney Kimmel, Lewis Katz, Emory, Penn State
My GPA makes me the most worried, but I had an upward trend my senior year. I had a rough sophomore and junior year in terms on GPA. Should I be worried?
Posted Aug 21, 2026, 2:21 AM UTC