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I think my experiences show I have a strong background working with underserved populations, and I would like to work with underserved populations in the future. I'm applying to DO and MD, but which MD schools should I be focusing on? As for DO, I'm applying to Western, PCOM, AZCOM, and LECOM. Not sure if there are any others (especially in urban settings) that I should be applying to. Thanks!
- Year in school: Graduated in 2015 (non-trad)
- Country/state of residence: NY
- Schools to which you are applying: Unsure yet. Would preferably like to go somewhere near Los Angeles (where I'm from) or NYC, but I know those are very difficult to get into. Would love insight on this.
- Major: Economics
- Cumulative GPA: 3.39 (3.18 / 3.14 / 3.18 / 3.51 / 3.79 postbac)
- Science GPA: 3.66 (3.00 / 3.70 / none / 4.00 / 3.79 postbac)
- Postbac GPA: 3.79 (all science prereqs except Gen Chem 1, which I got A- in undergrad)
- MCAT Scores: 503 (06/2018), 505 (08/2018), 510 (06/2020)
- Volunteering (clinical): 1800 hours
- 1700: AmeriCorps - Health Educator @ Federally Qualified Health Center serving homeless families
- 50: Rounded with cardiology unit at hospital, navigated them to next room and paged team members (nurse, etc) needed for next room
- 50: Hospital volunteer
- Physician shadowing: I shadowed a lot in AmeriCorps and when I volunteered with cardiology unit, but not sure how to explain that. Just shadowing is 40 hours:
- Emergency Medicine: 10 hours
- Internal Medicine: 20 hours
- Adolescent Medicine (Pediatrics): 10 hours
- Non-clinical volunteering: 1200 hours
- White House Summer Intern - 450 hours
- Site Director for free SAT program serving low-income students - 500 hours
- Afterschool tutoring for low-income students - 250 hours
- Extracurricular activities: TFA Corps Member Leadership Fellowship, Fundraising Volunteer for college (still involved), Academic Peer Advisor at college, Transportation Advisory Committee at college
- Employment history:
- Medical Scribe, outpatient for hematologist (October 2019 to present)
- Teach For America (high school math teacher @ low-income school for 2 years)
- Site Coordinator for summer reading camp for low-income students (3 months over summer)
- Immediate family members in medicine? (y/n): yes, sister in ob/gyn, mother in radiology, father in cardiology
- Specialty of interest: Pediatrics (maybe adolescent med), in underserved populations
- Graduate degrees: MS in Urban Education
- Interest in rural health (y/n): no
- NY: NYMC, SUNY Downstate, SUNY Upstate, Buffalo, Albany, Rochester, Hofstra/Northwell, Stony Brook, Einstein
- Philly area: Jefferson, Temple, Drexel, Cooper
- California: Loma Linda, California Northstate, California University of Science, Kaiser (reach, but I was Kaiser born and raised)
- Rush
- Rosalind Franklin
- Loyola
- Tulane
- University of Arizona
- Creighton
- Wright State
- Wayne State
- Quinnipiac
- Vermont
- Seton Hall
- George Washington
- NOVA MD
- Florida Atlantic
- Florida International
- Oakland Beaumont
- Medical College Wisconsin
- Hackensack
- Geisinger
- Meharry
- Howard
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