u/BlackWidow88X

Hey guys as stated in the title, I am a Texas non-trad who is projected to graduate with a 4.0 from a regional SMP. This program took a lot of time and attention and now that it's finally over I'm in a position where I can focus solely on MCAT for the next few months. Looking at the dates I have the option of July 11 (2 months away) or July 24th (~3 months away). This would mean I would get my MCAT score in August. Is it worth it to apply this cycle if my aim is MD? Here is my background.

GPA
BS in Biology (2015-2020)
cgpa: 2.77
sgpa: 2.79

UCLA Extension (12 hours) (2024)
cgpa: 3.77 ( I got 1 B+ sadly)
sgpa: 3.77

BS (35 hours) in Biomedical Sciences (2024)
cgpa: 4.0
sgpa: 4.0

SMP (35 hours) in Med Sci (2025)
cgpa: 4.0
sgpa: 4.0

Total for all
cgpa: ~3.1
sgpa: ~3.2

Employment

• Medical Office Assistant - Home Health
  • 3 Years (2016-2019)
• COVID-19 Data Analyst
  • 1 Year (2020)
• Health Educator - Chronic Diseases
  • 1 Year (2021)
• Epidemiology Investigator - Infectious Diseases
  • 3 years (2021-2025)

Volunteer Experience

• Total of 1000 hours of various community service activities completed during my undergrad career
  • 2015-2020
• 3 Time Recipient of Silver Presidential Volunteer Service Award
  • For community service completed during my undergrad career
  • Awarded for 2017, 2018, and 2019
• 4 Humanitarian medical missions to Central America
  • 2016-2019
• Board member and volunteer for a stroke support group
  • 2 years (2022-2023)
• Emergency Public Health Responder for local and regional public health emergencies
  • 2022-2025
  • Activated a handful of times

Leadership

• Led 2 Humanitarian medical missions to Central America during undergrad (previously mentioned)
  • President (2019)
  • Vice President (2018)
• Organized 3 medical missions in my hometown and performed various roles
  • Optometry Team Leader (2022)
  • Lead Data Collector (2023)
  • Medical Team Leader (2024)
• Board member of local stroke support group
  • 2022-2023

Publications and Research 

• 3 semesters worth of undergraduate research revolving around zoology
  • Performed during my undergrad 2015-2020 (outdated I know)
• Co-Author for 1 Infectious Disease Guideline for a Hospital System in Dallas area.
  • 2024

Shadowing and Clinical Experience

• OBGYN
  • 20 hours
  • 2018
• Family Medicine
  • 200 hours
  • 2015-2020
• Emergency Medicine
  • 40 hours
  • 2024
• Ophthalmology
  • 20 hours
  • 2024
• My time during the international and local medical missions counts as additional clinical experience since I was volunteering in a clinic setting.
  • Roughly 250 hours
• 3 years as a medical office assistant (previously mentioned)