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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Agree with poster who said there needs to be a significant change, unless they only applied to a very small number of schools and are a stellar candidate who was unlucky.

Better MCAT score if not standout always a plus.

Goal of gap year activity should be to get relevant experience *and* an additional letter of recommendation in which DC sparkles.

Admission committee will look favorably on this (esp as it's likely to be DC's full time gig and thus boss/letter writer may in fact be writing from a more informed view that others).

Depending on what that experience is, it could be the basis of a new and improved personal statement.

Disagree with doing an additional degree. “Why did you get X degree?” “So I could get into med school.” Bad idea, and expensive. (I also work at a med school and disagree with the other posters here. Totally makes no difference to me how well prepared you are in advance for anatomy class.) And DC doesn’t need a post bac. That’s for kids who haven’t completed all the med school prerequisites. Yours has.

Research opportunities – if DC is in DC area, NIH is normally a great avenue for 1-2 year jobs as research coordinator, lab tech etc. Not sure what’s that like now. Same for med schools/universities…lots of places with freezes except for funded projects and sometime even those have some pushback.

Best job – depends on DC. I think paramedic training takes at least a few months – program prob won’t want DC if they know DC is planning to leave after 1 year.

Also, not clear from OP post whether DC has been rejected everywhere they applied or only from top choice. If they do get in somewhere, go! Way better than pain of reapplying with higher bar next time. 
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Still has apps pending, but reading about students with 15-20 apps only getting a few interviews and no acceptances, for example. Applying narrowly doesn’t give one many opportunities. DC knows some
who’ve already received a few “R”s, with or without interviews. 
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