Hi everyone,
This is my first post D) and I'd just like some advice on where to go from here. Here are my stats as of the moment--any recs for what I should do before applying after my junior year?
Currently a sophomore
Undergrad: UC Berkeley
sGPA: 3.98
cumulative GPA: 3.91
EC's:
-currently on the board of directors for a non-profit on campus
-SAT class teacher for another non-profit at Cal--I'll very likely be on the board for this group next year
-part of a Christian fellowship group
-have written fiction and art for two campus magaines (not sure if it helps since they're school groups...)
-Alternative Breaks (a service trip)
-Concrete canoe team (exactly what it sounds like, for fun really...)
-archery club (just for fun, I still suck)
-Cal anime club (long-time member)
-volunteer at various other non-medical related community service groups on campus (tutoring elementary school kids, visiting the elderly, gender equality center, etc...)
Clinical experience:
-150+ hours volunteering at a hospital over the past year
-spent a summer at another hospital tutoring autistic children (not sure if this is teaching or clinical work, as it was play-based therapy), got about 100+ hours over the summer but the program's closed since
Research:
-I've spent the last year in a paleobotany lab (would this type of lab help or hurt me?), have no published
-will go into either a medical research lab at a nearby hospital or a professor's lab to focus on my major (need advice here)
-note: am planning on doing the honors program in my major, which will involve a senior thesis
Work:
-on a side-note, I work part-time to help pay for textbooks/etc..., but only about 6 hours a week.
So what do you guys think? Go ahead and build on what I've got now, or focus on different areas?
Thanks ahead of time for your advice!
This is my first post D) and I'd just like some advice on where to go from here. Here are my stats as of the moment--any recs for what I should do before applying after my junior year?
Currently a sophomore
Undergrad: UC Berkeley
sGPA: 3.98
cumulative GPA: 3.91
EC's:
-currently on the board of directors for a non-profit on campus
-SAT class teacher for another non-profit at Cal--I'll very likely be on the board for this group next year
-part of a Christian fellowship group
-have written fiction and art for two campus magaines (not sure if it helps since they're school groups...)
-Alternative Breaks (a service trip)
-Concrete canoe team (exactly what it sounds like, for fun really...)
-archery club (just for fun, I still suck)
-Cal anime club (long-time member)
-volunteer at various other non-medical related community service groups on campus (tutoring elementary school kids, visiting the elderly, gender equality center, etc...)
Clinical experience:
-150+ hours volunteering at a hospital over the past year
-spent a summer at another hospital tutoring autistic children (not sure if this is teaching or clinical work, as it was play-based therapy), got about 100+ hours over the summer but the program's closed since
Research:
-I've spent the last year in a paleobotany lab (would this type of lab help or hurt me?), have no published
-will go into either a medical research lab at a nearby hospital or a professor's lab to focus on my major (need advice here)
-note: am planning on doing the honors program in my major, which will involve a senior thesis
Work:
-on a side-note, I work part-time to help pay for textbooks/etc..., but only about 6 hours a week.
So what do you guys think? Go ahead and build on what I've got now, or focus on different areas?
Thanks ahead of time for your advice!
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