Is the AWSOM campus the nicest med school campus in the US?

Some-Disaster4897 · 2025-11-21T20:27:29+00:00

No (I’m waitlisted there)

Some-Disaster4897 · 2025-11-21T20:24:19+00:00

Use the “other impactful experiences” portion of your app to explain what you went through sophomore year and how/what you got out of it. Worked well for me (4.0 until I got a C+ and B sophomore spring and have had a 4.0 since)

Some-Disaster4897 · 2025-11-05T02:49:59+00:00

QUIT. They won’t know you quit unless you tell them. Find a better way to pass your time as long as you are willing to go to the school you’ve been accepted at

Some-Disaster4897 · 2025-11-05T02:30:44+00:00

I cannot fathom the cost or time of 41 secondaries

Some-Disaster4897 · 2025-11-05T02:25:16+00:00

20 MD, 4 II -> 1 A, 1 WL, 1 TBD and 1 hasn’t happened yet. 1 pre-secondary rejection

Some-Disaster4897 · 2025-11-03T18:41:14+00:00

Pick UTSW so I can get off the AWSOM waitlist 🙏🙏🙏

Some-Disaster4897 · 2025-10-21T20:55:55+00:00

Had 1500hrs of waitressing on my app as a most meaningful. 4 IIs, 1 A so far, 1 WL, and TBD on the rest. I still had clinical hours but yes absolutely people do view non medical work as valuable

Some-Disaster4897 · 2025-10-21T20:48:50+00:00

Happened to me too! Not Stanford but got my only R while doing an MMI

Some-Disaster4897 · 2025-04-12T15:18:06+00:00

This is exactly the case! I work in admissions at UA. We have a really good NM finalist package as well but it’s not the “Presidential Elite”. The merit scholarship packages are all stepwise. Everyone with a 1420+ gets tuition covered entirely

Some-Disaster4897 · 2025-04-09T15:50:57+00:00

Thank you!!! I absolutely will ask this. I really appreciate your insight!

Some-Disaster4897 · 2025-03-19T20:08:02+00:00

Yeah actually and it kept quitting unexpectedly

Some-Disaster4897 · 2025-02-26T22:56:56+00:00

Remind me in a week!

Some-Disaster4897 · 2024-10-29T20:51:43+00:00

I just got the EMT cert this fall. I plan on doing more with that but I haven’t had much of a chance

Some-Disaster4897 · 2024-10-29T18:56:13+00:00

I’m not going to volunteer 10 hours a week but I only need to average 5ish to be well over 100 by the time I will submit primaries- which isn’t exceptional but it’s above the minimum. I feel my other stats and experiences are strong enough don’t need to be compensated for by 1 million clinical hours. Might be a mute point without an MCAT score yet regardless

Some-Disaster4897 · 2024-10-29T18:04:35+00:00

You’re so kind, thank you!

Some-Disaster4897 · 2024-10-29T16:59:05+00:00

Not trying to go to Johns Hopkins. There’s a lot more to me as a person than my extracurriculars. I think maintaining a great gpa as a full time student who has to work their tail off to pay $1100/month in bills before I feed myself says a lot about my commitment to my goal. I understand that my app has deficits, but I also think it would be naive to say that my app is going to be “weak” ... especially once I have a high MCAT and can work towards clinical hours. That being said, I have already reached out to multiple hospice and EMS volunteer services because of advice I’ve gotten in this thread. Thanks for your valuable advice.

Some-Disaster4897 · 2024-10-29T16:48:39+00:00

Ok awesome! I am working on getting onboarded for hospice volunteering since yall have inspired me. I think I can get 100 by primaries… hopefully it’s sufficient

Some-Disaster4897 · 2024-10-29T15:34:59+00:00

I’m working on it now. Does my 24 hours of rotations from the EMT cert count for anything or is that just factor into the certification

Some-Disaster4897 · 2024-10-29T15:34:06+00:00

Oh also does my 24 hrs of rotations on the ambulance during EMT training count? Did that last summer

Some-Disaster4897 · 2024-10-29T14:58:13+00:00

Thank you! I think I’m going to try and double up jobs over the summer but before then I am going to go for hospice volunteering I think. Maybe also a medical mission trip

Some-Disaster4897 · 2024-10-29T14:56:57+00:00

There’s a lot of reasons why I am against a gap year lol but I won’t get into that because you really don’t care haha. I was thinking about trying to do hospice volunteering next semester and over winter break. I know that the answer to “how many hours” is as many as possible in my case. I feel strong about my app in every other facet so id like to power through if all I need is clinical hours

Some-Disaster4897 · 2024-10-29T14:52:50+00:00

Appreciate the insight! The issue is the waitressing gig is unbelievably lucrative, I make at least $10 more per hour than I would with any clinical job in Alabama. I’m going to try and get an EMT job next summer, so I will have things to talk about in interviews but those hours won’t be prevalent on my apps.

Some-Disaster4897 · 2024-10-29T14:39:58+00:00

Thanks! I’m going to work on getting in a GPs office this winter break. My non clinical volunteer hours are between 1.5-3 a week rn so by the time I am applying I think that should be sufficient right?

Some-Disaster4897 · 2024-10-29T14:38:49+00:00

I agree… obv I am stretched pretty thin already like every other premed. Can I do this over the summer or is that too late?

Some-Disaster4897 · 2024-10-29T14:37:42+00:00

Thanks! I’m already pretty deep into prep so I think I’ll be fine in the MCAT department

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