She Only Got 1 interview with a 3.9 GPA and 518 MCAT. Why? | Application Renovation (S3 E14)

This student has great stats—a 518 MCAT and 3.9 GPA—but she only got 1 med school interview. What could've she done better to give herself more chances at an acceptance? Let's take a look at her app and see if we can find out! To apply to be featured on Application Renovation, fill out the application at http://ApplicationRenovation.com/apply. If you find this video helpful, be sure to subscribe, hit that notification bell, and check out all our Meded Media podcasts at http://premedpodcasts.com. Check out my new book about the medical school application: http://medschoolapplicationbook.com. This week we're talking to an international student who had amazing stats as a premed—3.89 science GPA, 3.91 cumulative GPA, and 318 MCAT—but only got 1 interview. As we go through her full AMCAS application, we discuss: • Does being an immigrant automatically make you "disadvantaged"? • Two kinds of activity descriptions that I recommend formatting in a list. • The risk of repeatedly using "we" rather than "I" in your activity descriptions. • How to write about activities that were only partly clinical. • How admissions committees see it when you have relatively few hours of clinical experience but far more hours of other activities. • Do you ever need to include a basic job description for your activities? • Should you include what you want to do as a future physician in your personal statement? • Some opportunities this student missed to tell impactful stories in her application. • How to find medical schools that are open to accepting international students. • How to easily spot and fix grammar issues in your application. • My advice for what this student needs to do before reapplying! Watch more episodes of Application Renovation: http://applicationrenovation.com.