hi guys - i wanted to see if people could share some insights because i'd like to have as high of a yield school list as possible as a first-time applicant lol
and i also recognize my nonclinical hours are low and am working to get them up as much as i can but that's also why i am planning to avoid service-heavy schools
about me: senior, biomedical engineering major (T20 school), ky resident with ties to il, asian and low SES (still ORM rip)
stats: 517 mcat (130/127/129/131), cumulative gpa - 3.82, science gpa - 3.77
extracurriculars:
clinical volunteering: ~125 hours at a rehabilitation-focused hospital mostly working with both pts and ots, ~147 hours at hospital in x-ray dept w/ prepping patients, ~145 hours at nursing home doing 1-on-1s with residents
non-clinical volunteering: ~75 hours campus kitchen (repackaging leftover food from dining halls into healthy nutritious meals for community with connections to local ymca, community fridges, etc.)
shadowing: 39 - shadowed multiple specialities (cardio, internal, ophthalmology, rheumatology, ob/gyn, ent) - will shadow radiology soon!
research: summer internship with argonne national lab (500 hours), speech lab with neurodegenerative diseases (145 hours), chemical engineering lab with life cycle assessments and environmental analysis of surgical kits (350 hours)
leadership: president of engineering advisory board organization (previously events chair) - spearheaded major event that connected all engineering orgs and revigorated engineering community (700 hours), vice president of premed society (previously academic chair) (300 hours), publicity chair of biomedical engineering society (110 hours)
other experiences: work-study (1160 hours), medical assistant (425 hours before application with more anticipated for gap year), presentations to u7+ university ambassadors, department of energy, engineering design projects (biomed focused with 320 hours total), homecoming court (no idea if this should even be included in my app)
school list: (30 schools)
University of Louisville, University of Kentucky, University of Cincinnati, Northwestern University, Carle Illinois, Virginia Tech, The University of Vermont, Wake Forest University, Indiana University, University of Miami, Mount Sinai, Vanderbilt University, UMass, Geisel, Duke University, Ohio State, Sidney Kimmel, Stony Brook, Hackensack, University of Illinois, Albert Einstein, USF Morsani, Virginia Commonwealth, Boston University, Stanford, University of Michigan, Cornell, Case Western, New York Medical College, University of Pittsburgh, Tufts
and i also recognize my nonclinical hours are low and am working to get them up as much as i can but that's also why i am planning to avoid service-heavy schools
about me: senior, biomedical engineering major (T20 school), ky resident with ties to il, asian and low SES (still ORM rip)
stats: 517 mcat (130/127/129/131), cumulative gpa - 3.82, science gpa - 3.77
extracurriculars:
clinical volunteering: ~125 hours at a rehabilitation-focused hospital mostly working with both pts and ots, ~147 hours at hospital in x-ray dept w/ prepping patients, ~145 hours at nursing home doing 1-on-1s with residents
non-clinical volunteering: ~75 hours campus kitchen (repackaging leftover food from dining halls into healthy nutritious meals for community with connections to local ymca, community fridges, etc.)
shadowing: 39 - shadowed multiple specialities (cardio, internal, ophthalmology, rheumatology, ob/gyn, ent) - will shadow radiology soon!
research: summer internship with argonne national lab (500 hours), speech lab with neurodegenerative diseases (145 hours), chemical engineering lab with life cycle assessments and environmental analysis of surgical kits (350 hours)
leadership: president of engineering advisory board organization (previously events chair) - spearheaded major event that connected all engineering orgs and revigorated engineering community (700 hours), vice president of premed society (previously academic chair) (300 hours), publicity chair of biomedical engineering society (110 hours)
other experiences: work-study (1160 hours), medical assistant (425 hours before application with more anticipated for gap year), presentations to u7+ university ambassadors, department of energy, engineering design projects (biomed focused with 320 hours total), homecoming court (no idea if this should even be included in my app)
school list: (30 schools)
University of Louisville, University of Kentucky, University of Cincinnati, Northwestern University, Carle Illinois, Virginia Tech, The University of Vermont, Wake Forest University, Indiana University, University of Miami, Mount Sinai, Vanderbilt University, UMass, Geisel, Duke University, Ohio State, Sidney Kimmel, Stony Brook, Hackensack, University of Illinois, Albert Einstein, USF Morsani, Virginia Commonwealth, Boston University, Stanford, University of Michigan, Cornell, Case Western, New York Medical College, University of Pittsburgh, Tufts