Hey guys! Long time lurker here! I want to know how I can improve my application and how my chances are looking at some of the top schools. I'm only listing the schools I'm highly interested in, but I'll take suggestions for other schools.
School List:
UCLA
NYU
USC
UCD
UCSD
UCI
Stanford
UCSF
Harvard
John Hopkins
Mayo
Yale
My stats so far:
Major: Human Biology
Minor: Psychology
cGPA: 3.83
sGPA: 3.86
MCAT: 37 13/12/12
I am a Underrepresented Minority. (Mexican) Also a first familt member to graduate college. (Not sure if that matters.)
CA Resident
EC's:
Volunteering at local hospital: 511 hours
Shadowing: 101 hours
Part of a summer research program on campus. 9 weeks of intensive field research, After I was placed in a lab on campus. (2 years of experience)
I was a member of three clubs on campus. A research club, a premed club, and a chemistry club.
I held positions in both the premed and chem club.
Premed club: Position held: Event manager (1.5 Years). I worked with groups outside our school to organize events on our campus. Examples include: Blood donation events, fun runs, and MCAT preparation events. I was also in charge of helping organize fundraisers.
Chemistry Club: Position held: Treasurer( 1 year), Co-President( 1 year) As treasurer I was in charge of organizing fundraisers for our bi-annual science fairs at local elementary schools. I also purchased all necessary items for the fairs (mostly reagents). As Co-President I helped the club grow from 10 to 35 active members. I organized events where Professors would come and talk about their research and would run a weekly tutoring session with other officers to help students with, usually, all science classes.
I have a bunch of other random little things, but I feel like those are the biggest EC's.
School List:
UCLA
NYU
USC
UCD
UCSD
UCI
Stanford
UCSF
Harvard
John Hopkins
Mayo
Yale
My stats so far:
Major: Human Biology
Minor: Psychology
cGPA: 3.83
sGPA: 3.86
MCAT: 37 13/12/12
I am a Underrepresented Minority. (Mexican) Also a first familt member to graduate college. (Not sure if that matters.)
CA Resident
EC's:
Volunteering at local hospital: 511 hours
Shadowing: 101 hours
Part of a summer research program on campus. 9 weeks of intensive field research, After I was placed in a lab on campus. (2 years of experience)
I was a member of three clubs on campus. A research club, a premed club, and a chemistry club.
I held positions in both the premed and chem club.
Premed club: Position held: Event manager (1.5 Years). I worked with groups outside our school to organize events on our campus. Examples include: Blood donation events, fun runs, and MCAT preparation events. I was also in charge of helping organize fundraisers.
Chemistry Club: Position held: Treasurer( 1 year), Co-President( 1 year) As treasurer I was in charge of organizing fundraisers for our bi-annual science fairs at local elementary schools. I also purchased all necessary items for the fairs (mostly reagents). As Co-President I helped the club grow from 10 to 35 active members. I organized events where Professors would come and talk about their research and would run a weekly tutoring session with other officers to help students with, usually, all science classes.
I have a bunch of other random little things, but I feel like those are the biggest EC's.
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