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Hi everyone, hope you're having some happy holidays! No better way to spend winter break than figuring out my school list to apply in May. I am targeting mainly DO schools, and want to keep my total school list reasonable to save on app fees. So as of December...
Stats:
cGPA: 3.4, sGPA: 3.2 (my AACOMAS gpa calculations)
507 MCAT (C/P 128; CARS 127; BB 128; Psych 124)
Oregon Resident, White boy, Go Beavs! Chemical Engineer w/History minor
Clinical:
volunteer scribe/orderly at hometown free clinic, 350ish hours
Volunteerism:
Cold-weather mens homeless shelter, worked in kitchen for hot dinners and like overnight watch, 300 hours*
Afternoon counselor at Boys and Girls club, watched kids, coached sport teams, tutoring for classes, 2 years
Park maintenance for city parks, 100 - 150 hours*
Inter-fraternity and sorority philanthropy events*
*volunteerism will definitely continue, its hard to keep a schedule at Boys/Girls club/drive to my hometown cause coursework is starting to get very intense
Research and Work:
1. Biochem Department studying motor proteins, 800 hours/1.5 years, received a grant to work/research over summer, and presented my poster project my university's summer research conference
2. Vet school/Pharmacology/O Chem, deriving drug treatments for infectious diseases, 100 hours
3. R&D intern at a national Animal health company - did process engineering, a lot of immunological/molecular assays, worked with farm animals, 1000ish hours, was a 6 month Co-op internship
4? Looking for another one with more of an engineering focus, maybe CFD or Aerospace
Shadowing:
75 hours with a Family Med (DO) and former army doc
8 hours each with Opth, Gen Surg, Heme/Onc, Ob/Gyn, Peds, and Radiology
Other Stuff:
Army ROTC for two years - won basic awards like GPA and Physical test, was cadet of the quarter one term, won a fellowship to spend a summer in Africa (didn't actually get to go though)
Fraternity member for 3 years, was treasurer, community service chair
Organic Chemistry Tutor
Pre-SOMA, Model UN, AIChE
Personally like to read, run, lift weights, fish when its nice out
School List:
MD:
OHSU (state school)
USUHS
Loyala Stritch
DO:
Alabama COM
AT Still - Kirksville and AZ
Burrell
Campbell
Edward Via - Auburn, Carolinas, and VA
Idaho
Incarnate Word
LECOM
Lincoln Memorial
Midwestern - Chicago and AZ
PCOM
PNWU
Rocky Vista
Tuoro - CA and NV
Western - Lebanon and Pomona
WVSOM
My family is from the South, the piedmont and lower Appalachia regions, so I'd like to go back if possible. I also like the PNW since I am from here. I have three LORs so far (DO, Ochem professor, Internship boss) and am looking for one or two more.
I think my biggest red flags are definitely the 124 subsection score and subpar GPA. I am for sure focusing on my efforts on raising my GPA. Any help you can offer will be appreciated!
Stats:
cGPA: 3.4, sGPA: 3.2 (my AACOMAS gpa calculations)
507 MCAT (C/P 128; CARS 127; BB 128; Psych 124)
Oregon Resident, White boy, Go Beavs! Chemical Engineer w/History minor
Clinical:
volunteer scribe/orderly at hometown free clinic, 350ish hours
Volunteerism:
Cold-weather mens homeless shelter, worked in kitchen for hot dinners and like overnight watch, 300 hours*
Afternoon counselor at Boys and Girls club, watched kids, coached sport teams, tutoring for classes, 2 years
Park maintenance for city parks, 100 - 150 hours*
Inter-fraternity and sorority philanthropy events*
*volunteerism will definitely continue, its hard to keep a schedule at Boys/Girls club/drive to my hometown cause coursework is starting to get very intense
Research and Work:
1. Biochem Department studying motor proteins, 800 hours/1.5 years, received a grant to work/research over summer, and presented my poster project my university's summer research conference
2. Vet school/Pharmacology/O Chem, deriving drug treatments for infectious diseases, 100 hours
3. R&D intern at a national Animal health company - did process engineering, a lot of immunological/molecular assays, worked with farm animals, 1000ish hours, was a 6 month Co-op internship
4? Looking for another one with more of an engineering focus, maybe CFD or Aerospace
Shadowing:
75 hours with a Family Med (DO) and former army doc
8 hours each with Opth, Gen Surg, Heme/Onc, Ob/Gyn, Peds, and Radiology
Other Stuff:
Army ROTC for two years - won basic awards like GPA and Physical test, was cadet of the quarter one term, won a fellowship to spend a summer in Africa (didn't actually get to go though)
Fraternity member for 3 years, was treasurer, community service chair
Organic Chemistry Tutor
Pre-SOMA, Model UN, AIChE
Personally like to read, run, lift weights, fish when its nice out
School List:
MD:
OHSU (state school)
USUHS
Loyala Stritch
DO:
Alabama COM
AT Still - Kirksville and AZ
Burrell
Campbell
Edward Via - Auburn, Carolinas, and VA
Idaho
Incarnate Word
LECOM
Lincoln Memorial
Midwestern - Chicago and AZ
PCOM
PNWU
Rocky Vista
Tuoro - CA and NV
Western - Lebanon and Pomona
WVSOM
My family is from the South, the piedmont and lower Appalachia regions, so I'd like to go back if possible. I also like the PNW since I am from here. I have three LORs so far (DO, Ochem professor, Internship boss) and am looking for one or two more.
I think my biggest red flags are definitely the 124 subsection score and subpar GPA. I am for sure focusing on my efforts on raising my GPA. Any help you can offer will be appreciated!
