WAMC 3.8 cGPA 3.90 sGPA 518 MCAT

[ScienzRules]

Here is my WAMC:

1. cGPA = 3.80 and sGPA = 3.90
2. MCAT score(s) and breakdown: 518 (131/127/129/131)
3. State of residence: Georgia
4. Ethnicity and/or race: Non-Hispanic & Asian
5. Undergraduate institution or category: State Public School In Georgia
6. Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer): 1.5 years as an ER scribe (~1400 hours), 4.5 years clinical volunteer at an outpatient dialysis clinic (~600 hours)
7. Research experience and productivity: 2 years research undergrad (~400 hours) and 1 year gap year research (~1600 hours). I will be getting another ~1600 hours this year as well. My research has been primarily in bioinformatics.
8. Shadowing experience and specialties represented: Shadowed Cardiologist, Nephrologist, Primary Care Physician (~100 hours)
9. Non-clinical volunteering: Habitat for Humanity for 4 years (~200 hours) and Afterschool Academy Mentor (~100 hours). Was a leader in both activities as a secretary and a service coordinator respectively.
10. Other extracurricular activities: Dance (~1000 hours) and Tennis (all my life, ~0 hours). Got leadership through dance team as the captain.
11. Relevant honors or awards: Got paid research fellowship and stipend over tons of applicants. President's list 1 semester and Dean's list 3 semesters.
12. Anything else not listed you think might be important: This may be a red flag but I got kicked out of a lab. I also took a course for my research activity which was graded by the same PI from this lab. I ended up getting a C in that class. It was the reason why my non-science GPA was a lot lower than my sGPA.

---

Members don't see this ad.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

This may be a red flag but I got kicked out of a lab and took a course for my research activity.

Could you explain how this is a red flag? I don't understand the use of "and" as a conjunction here.

 

[ScienzRules]

Could you explain how this is a red flag? I don't understand the use of "and" as a conjunction here.

So whole point is that I was doing research in a lab for 3 semesters and decided to take a research course for credit, which was supervised by my PI. Long story short, I half-assed a research report hoping that my PI will be fine with it (he gave off that vibe when I spoke to him). Apparently, he had a few requests from CS majors who wanted to do research in his lab and he didn't want me to gatekeep the position since I wasn't putting in the effort based on the impression of my research report. Once I got kicked off, he was required to give me a grade for the course and I got a C. It may be a red flag since the C is in my transcript under the research course. It affected my non-science GPA and also my cGPA for that year as well.

 

[LunaOri]

I don’t think the lab issue is significant. You should add more volunteer hours working with an underserved population.

 

[ScienzRules]

I don’t think the lab issue is significant. You should add more volunteer hours working with an underserved population.

Okay, thanks for the feedback!

 

[ScienzRules]

I don’t think the lab issue is significant. You should add more volunteer hours working with an underserved population.

I was wondering if you have any ideas on how I can get volunteering hours for next cycle. I should have at least 2-4 full days to dedicate to volunteering from January onwards. Right now I am volunteering with Habitat for Humanity for about 1-2 times a month.

 

[LunaOri]

Food bank, homeless shelter, prison

 

[Mr.Smile12]

I was wondering if you have any ideas on how I can get volunteering hours for next cycle. I should have at least 2-4 full days to dedicate to volunteering from January onwards. Right now I am volunteering with Habitat for Humanity for about 1-2 times a month.

SDN Activity Finder. What are you doing with H4H? Do you just activate building houses, or do you work for their ReStore shop?

 

[ScienzRules]

SDN Activity Finder. What are you doing with H4H? Do you just activate building houses, or do you work for their ReStore shop?

Mainly attending builds. I worked for their ReStore shop in college.