MadTalker505
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Hey guys, I just finished taking my DAT and am planning on submitting my application before the end of June or into early July. I have updated my post to fit into the given template. I hope this paints a clearer picture of who I am as an applicant. I would appreciate any help in narrowing my school list. Thanks in advance! My stats are:
Date of submission: End of June/Early July
Overall GPA: 3.94
Science GPA: 3.92
Bio-Chem-Physics GPA: 3.90
DAT score (include AA and all sections): 23AA/22TS/18PAT
(21 QR, 25 RC, 21 Bio, 24 gen Chem, 24 ochem)
State of Residence: California
Major: Biochemistry (department honors program)
Minor: N/A
Minority? No
Reapplicant? No
Nontrad? No
Shadowing Experience: 240 hours with one general dentist. When staff members were out or busy I would sometimes step in and do some minor (unpaid) assisting.
Volunteering Experience: 75 hours total.
60 of these hours were as a member of my church's worship team. This involved assisting in the musical component of the weekly church services where I served as the keyboardist. We would meet an additional time each week to plan the set for each service and rehearse.
15 of these hours were as an English tutor helping students from Mongolia with their written and verbal English skills. Tutors like myself were responsible for constructing lesson plans and running the tutoring sessions. After the sessions ended my "student" would occasionally reach out to me for help with essays they were working on for scholarships and other things but I am not counting these interactions in the overall hour count.
Additionally, through my involvement in Alpha Chi Sigma (my school's professional chemistry fraternity), I have participated in other volunteer activities like our hosting of the ACS barbeque for our school's chemistry department and science fairs around our local community. My role as the current vice president also requires me to plan and host at least one philanthropy event for this upcoming semester. This is not counted under my volunteer hours however because I placed my involved in Alpha Chi Sigma as one of my extracurriculars despite the volunteer aspect.
Employment:
1080 hours working in the pro-shop of my local golf course. During my time there I was responsible completing transactions for customers, managing the pro-shop (towards the middle of my shifts after my superiors left, making me responsible for "managing" the golf course), helping the outside crew when needed, as well as regripping golf clubs in the proper manner which is something I mentioned in the manual dexterity section of my application.
168 hours as a Physics Teaching Assistant at my university. My role here is to help the students in my sections and resolve any questions or concerns. In addition I am the primary grader of the work they turn in.
48 hours as a cashier at sizzler. I would take customer orders and resolve customer complaints similar to my job at the golf course.
Research: 225 hours of interdisciplinary microbiological and chemistry based research. I am currently working on my own project involving structural elucidation of a GLP produced by the bacteria we are studying. This project is what will eventually become the foundation for my undergraduate thesis that I have to write and give a presentation on as part of the honors portion of my Biochemistry degree. We also plan on publishing these findings.
Other Extracurriculars: Current VMA (VP) of my schools Alpha Chi Sigma fraternity and the former chapter reporter (secretary) that kept things up to date between our chapter and the national chapter.
Relevant Honors or Awards: Membership in my school's chapter of the Phi Kappa Phi honor society and I have made my school's Dean's list every semester.
LOR type and strength: 3 Individual LOR total. One from my Organic chemistry professor (strong), one from my dentist (strong), and one from my general chemistry professor who is also my faculty advisor and research advisor (strong).
Misc Info/Things not stated elsewhere/Red Flags:
I am a certified BLS (basic life support) provider. Some of the hobbies that I listed under the manual dexterity section were my experience as a golfer (both work experience and my high school golf team, playing the sport and club regripping etc.), my skill as a piano (high school jazz band) and guitar player (songwriting and playing in general), and my experience in both Jiu-jitsu and Tae kwon do.
No red flags.
School list:
1. AT Still (Az and Missouri)
2. USC
3. UCLA
4. UCSF
5. UOP Dugoni
6. Western U
7. UNC
8. Pitt
9. UPenn
10. University of Kentucky
11. UTHSC
12. MUSC
13. Midwestern AZ
14. VCU
15. OHSU
16. KC university (Missouri)
17. University of Colorado
Date of submission: End of June/Early July
Overall GPA: 3.94
Science GPA: 3.92
Bio-Chem-Physics GPA: 3.90
DAT score (include AA and all sections): 23AA/22TS/18PAT
(21 QR, 25 RC, 21 Bio, 24 gen Chem, 24 ochem)
State of Residence: California
Major: Biochemistry (department honors program)
Minor: N/A
Minority? No
Reapplicant? No
Nontrad? No
Shadowing Experience: 240 hours with one general dentist. When staff members were out or busy I would sometimes step in and do some minor (unpaid) assisting.
Volunteering Experience: 75 hours total.
60 of these hours were as a member of my church's worship team. This involved assisting in the musical component of the weekly church services where I served as the keyboardist. We would meet an additional time each week to plan the set for each service and rehearse.
15 of these hours were as an English tutor helping students from Mongolia with their written and verbal English skills. Tutors like myself were responsible for constructing lesson plans and running the tutoring sessions. After the sessions ended my "student" would occasionally reach out to me for help with essays they were working on for scholarships and other things but I am not counting these interactions in the overall hour count.
Additionally, through my involvement in Alpha Chi Sigma (my school's professional chemistry fraternity), I have participated in other volunteer activities like our hosting of the ACS barbeque for our school's chemistry department and science fairs around our local community. My role as the current vice president also requires me to plan and host at least one philanthropy event for this upcoming semester. This is not counted under my volunteer hours however because I placed my involved in Alpha Chi Sigma as one of my extracurriculars despite the volunteer aspect.
Employment:
1080 hours working in the pro-shop of my local golf course. During my time there I was responsible completing transactions for customers, managing the pro-shop (towards the middle of my shifts after my superiors left, making me responsible for "managing" the golf course), helping the outside crew when needed, as well as regripping golf clubs in the proper manner which is something I mentioned in the manual dexterity section of my application.
168 hours as a Physics Teaching Assistant at my university. My role here is to help the students in my sections and resolve any questions or concerns. In addition I am the primary grader of the work they turn in.
48 hours as a cashier at sizzler. I would take customer orders and resolve customer complaints similar to my job at the golf course.
Research: 225 hours of interdisciplinary microbiological and chemistry based research. I am currently working on my own project involving structural elucidation of a GLP produced by the bacteria we are studying. This project is what will eventually become the foundation for my undergraduate thesis that I have to write and give a presentation on as part of the honors portion of my Biochemistry degree. We also plan on publishing these findings.
Other Extracurriculars: Current VMA (VP) of my schools Alpha Chi Sigma fraternity and the former chapter reporter (secretary) that kept things up to date between our chapter and the national chapter.
Relevant Honors or Awards: Membership in my school's chapter of the Phi Kappa Phi honor society and I have made my school's Dean's list every semester.
LOR type and strength: 3 Individual LOR total. One from my Organic chemistry professor (strong), one from my dentist (strong), and one from my general chemistry professor who is also my faculty advisor and research advisor (strong).
Misc Info/Things not stated elsewhere/Red Flags:
I am a certified BLS (basic life support) provider. Some of the hobbies that I listed under the manual dexterity section were my experience as a golfer (both work experience and my high school golf team, playing the sport and club regripping etc.), my skill as a piano (high school jazz band) and guitar player (songwriting and playing in general), and my experience in both Jiu-jitsu and Tae kwon do.
No red flags.
School list:
1. AT Still (Az and Missouri)
2. USC
3. UCLA
4. UCSF
5. UOP Dugoni
6. Western U
7. UNC
8. Pitt
9. UPenn
10. University of Kentucky
11. UTHSC
12. MUSC
13. Midwestern AZ
14. VCU
15. OHSU
16. KC university (Missouri)
17. University of Colorado
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