micshell
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Hi everyone, thank you for reading! I am trying to refine my school list and would really like to apply to 30 schools max so I can prepare my secondaries to the best of my abilities. I would really like some advice on schools I could remove/not have the best chance at and maybe other schools that I would have a better chance of getting accepted into. I'm trying not to be too top heavy so let me know what you think.
Stats/Academics:
Ohio State
Cincinnati
Toledo
Case Western
Wright State
University of Michigan
Western Michigan
Wayne State
Emory
NYU
Vanderbilt
Pitt
Mt. Sinai
Mayo
Rosalind Franklin
Duke (might remove?)
Wake Forest
Boston University
Loyola
Indiana
Einstein
Drexel
Georgetown
Temple
Rush
Dartmouth (might remove?)
USF Morsani
Stats/Academics:
- 4.0 GPA, 521 MCAT
- OH resident, Asian female
- Biochemistry major, Studio art minor, from no name undergrad
- Other notes: will only be in college for 3 years and I am planning to matriculate directly after
- Recognitions: 2 awards from Chemistry department, 2 scholarships (1 from Chemistry department, 1 from pre-health)
- Clinical:
- Paid, Scribing: 200 (400-500) for a dermatologist and endocrine surgeon
- Volunteer, Hospice: 60 (150-200) helping out nurses and aides with baths, repositioning, feeding, etc
- Non Clinical volunteering:
- Hospital front desk: 275 (300-400) hospital is in an underserved area, I think some could categorize this as clinical but my duties were mostly wayfinding and registration
- Hospice: 120 (120) gardening, making cards, decorating the facility
- Also will be starting an art-related service opportunity hopefully in April/May!
- Research:
- Organic chemistry lab: 530 (700-800)
- 1 publication, 2nd to last author
- 1 poster presentation (but will occur after app submission)
- Tutoring/Teaching/Mentoring:
- all volunteer work
- ACS club tutor: 50 (70-80) for chemistry, tutored 1 on 1, small group, large group
- Research mentor: 30 (60-70) Taught junior undergrads lab techniques, will be mentoring a high school student this May
- MCAT group mentor: 15 (idk maybe 50-70 depending on how well it goes) just started doing this, helping out with 1 on 1 consultations and study group sessions with prepared practice questions
- Hobbies:
- Art: don’t really know how to put hours on this one since it’s been a lifelong hobby
- Shadowing:
- Shadowed my pediatrician in person: 20 (20, some was in high school but I continued in college)
- Virtual shadowing: 12 (30)
- Clubs
- Marketing chair for a new club, centered mostly on public health (we haven’t done much yet impact wise so I don’t know how much I can really talk about it in the app)
- Work Experience
- Front of house staff in a restaurant: 120 (120)
Ohio State
Cincinnati
Toledo
Case Western
Wright State
University of Michigan
Western Michigan
Wayne State
Emory
NYU
Vanderbilt
Pitt
Mt. Sinai
Mayo
Rosalind Franklin
Duke (might remove?)
Wake Forest
Boston University
Loyola
Indiana
Einstein
Drexel
Georgetown
Temple
Rush
Dartmouth (might remove?)
USF Morsani