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Hello!!
If you can suggest some schools I can apply to for the 2015 cycle, that would be great!
Asian Female, international (Canadian)
Undergrad Institution: Top 5 US Liberal Arts
Science/Overall GPA: 3.87/3.89 (my sophomore year was pretty bad--tried to do too much; grades in freshman and junior year are almost perfect)
MCAT: score not yet out :/
Experience: Lived in 4 countries (each for one or more year(s))
Language: Native fluency in 3 + OK Spanish
EC: Lots of research (5 summer internships (with this upcoming summer), including Penn State, UCLA, Harvard Medical School, with 2 HHMI-funded awards total; 2-3 semesters of research at home institution, then one year at Oxford; one publication pending in Nature as third authors; some minor presentations for HHMI and at Oxford); shadowing + medical volunteering about 250-300h; wrote for campus weekly newspaper for 3 semesters and 1 semester of TA in Genetics; rowed at Oxford for first women's boat at college (we're Div I top 5) 250h, then went to Ecuador for 2 months (6 weeks in jungle for community service, then 2 weeks mobile clinics), one minor internship 100h for a nonprofit in AIDS...
LOR: 1 from UCLA lab, 3 from home institution, 1 from Oxford (the professor really like me in one of my classes). So I asked a Spanish professor (beginners and intermediate) to write one of my letters. Is it looked down upon since it's not a very important subject? (Personally I thought it was an important letter because Spanish is the 4th language I am learning and I am really passionate about medicine in Latin America). I need a non-science letter and didn't know who to ask...
I know the MCAT is a big determining factor, but I have to choose schools before my scores are out. All suggestions welcome! Because I am international, I cannot apply to most state school.
Thanks! :3
If you can suggest some schools I can apply to for the 2015 cycle, that would be great!
Asian Female, international (Canadian)
Undergrad Institution: Top 5 US Liberal Arts
Science/Overall GPA: 3.87/3.89 (my sophomore year was pretty bad--tried to do too much; grades in freshman and junior year are almost perfect)
MCAT: score not yet out :/
Experience: Lived in 4 countries (each for one or more year(s))
Language: Native fluency in 3 + OK Spanish
EC: Lots of research (5 summer internships (with this upcoming summer), including Penn State, UCLA, Harvard Medical School, with 2 HHMI-funded awards total; 2-3 semesters of research at home institution, then one year at Oxford; one publication pending in Nature as third authors; some minor presentations for HHMI and at Oxford); shadowing + medical volunteering about 250-300h; wrote for campus weekly newspaper for 3 semesters and 1 semester of TA in Genetics; rowed at Oxford for first women's boat at college (we're Div I top 5) 250h, then went to Ecuador for 2 months (6 weeks in jungle for community service, then 2 weeks mobile clinics), one minor internship 100h for a nonprofit in AIDS...
LOR: 1 from UCLA lab, 3 from home institution, 1 from Oxford (the professor really like me in one of my classes). So I asked a Spanish professor (beginners and intermediate) to write one of my letters. Is it looked down upon since it's not a very important subject? (Personally I thought it was an important letter because Spanish is the 4th language I am learning and I am really passionate about medicine in Latin America). I need a non-science letter and didn't know who to ask...
I know the MCAT is a big determining factor, but I have to choose schools before my scores are out. All suggestions welcome! Because I am international, I cannot apply to most state school.
Thanks! :3
