3 Reasons Why This Premed Should Wait Until 2022 to Apply | Am I Ready? Ep. 3

Our student, Charley, started out at a community college, then transferred to a 4-year university. She's studying for the MCAT right now, but she's feeling that she's lacking in clinical experience, so she's thinking she may need to wait to apply in 2022.

We looked through all the information in her Mappd account and gave our feedback. We discuss:

• How she excelled with her grades throughout college (3.86 cGPA).
• Her activities, which are mostly non-medical at this point.
• Her plan for getting clinical experience with nursing homes.
• Her plan for MCAT prep and timing, after a 490 MCAT diagnostic.
• How to know when you're ready to take the MCAT.
• Why your state residency status matters for med school admissions.
• Can you meet the residency status for multiple states at a time?
• Her plan for getting letters of recommendation.

So, should she apply in 2021 or wait until 2022? Watch to the end to hear our final verdict!

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Each week on "Am I Ready?" we take an in-depth look at a potential med school applicant, voice any concerns, and give a verdict of "Green Light," "Yellow Light," or "Red Light" on whether that student is ready to apply to med school.

Dr. Scott Wright has served as the Director of Admissions at UT Southwestern Medical School, Associate Dean at University of Texas at Dallas, and Executive Director of the Texas Medical and Dental Application Service (TMDAS)

Mappd is co-founded by Ryan Gray, MD and Rachel Grubbs. Dr. Gray is also the host of the Premed Years podcast and the author of the Premed Playbook series. Ms. Grubbs has been serving and advising premeds for 20 years at companies like The Princeton Review and Next Step Test Prep (now Blueprint MCAT). Check out Mappd at http://mappd.com!