DZinTheGame
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Hello everyone! I'm an international student graduating this spring and willing to apply to med here in the US.
I am hoping to get some advice/guidance on my chances as well as schools I should or shouldn't apply to:
1. cGPA/sGPA: 3.7 (3.6, 2.8, 4.0, 4.0, 4.0)
*Major: Engineering (Co-op hence 5ys degree)
2. MCAT: 528
3. Country of citizenship: International student from North Africa
4. Ethnicity: ORM ? (I'm a Berber from North Africa, we have no recognized category in AMCAS and are told to identify as white, also FGLI)
5. Undergraduate Institution: T30
6. Clinical experience:
*Volunteer: +1000h (Emergency, Cardiac outpatient clinic, Patient companion & Psychiatric outpatient (relates to my research))
7. Research experience:
*+1800h Psychiatry Reseach using Machine Learning & AI (in addition to +1400h projected during gap year, been in the same lab since sophomore year)
*4 publications (1 co-first & mid author in the rest. Published in various journals including Nature)
*Presentations (posters/oral) at school/regional conferences
*Rewarded summer research grants
*+500h Research Coordinator in a biotech startup that developed a mobile app of AI-optimized medical imaging
8. Shadowing experience:
*+70h - hoping to have more (FM Doc, EM & Psychiatry)
9. Non-clinical volunteering:
*~460h Distress line listener
*~500h first-hand service with new immigrants from underprivileged backgrounds (in a local NGO)
*+200h service with sexual and gender minorities (through an independent service in the students union, this includes being in an advisory committee)
*around 100h in a Diving club in my home country to welcome tourists and take visitors in Kayak tours around small islands
10. Other Extracurriculars:
*around 300h serving as reviewer, then editor and finally Editor-in-Chief for the main undergrad research journal in my uni
*around 700h of tutoring as of now (college students through my uni tutoring center, new immigrants(children) through a service project)
*TA for various coding classes throughout 4 semesters
*Leadership in an AI x Healthcare org through uni chapter then through the national team (also relates to my research area and the startup I worked in, this is a very significant activity for me)
*Co-op work terms included research, Biomed internships and my own business.
11. Hobbies: 2-star SCUBA Diver ! It's a very significant activity for me, spent a lot of time in my training to become a certified CMAS** and had exposure to diving medicine.
*LORs:
2 from science profs I took the pre-reqs with, 1 from an engineering prof, 1 from my PI, 1 from a physician I shadowed and worked with (in the AI x Healthcare org) ...... another one hopefully from a post-doc in my research lab (very close to me personally),
*the CEO of the startup I worked in is also willing to write me a letter but some schools limit the package to 6 letters only
12. Anything else not listed you think might be important:
*started my own business and made +60k$ which helped me pay tuition on my own
*Trilingual (Arabic, French and English)
*To boost my gpa i took a lot of online courses in CC (no pre-reqs), I'm worried about this and about my GPA in general.
*started most of my activities in second-year and continued growing with them, low GPA in first two years because of that and because of serious financial issues I had, but I know nothing can excuse it.
*can't comment on my narratitve or personal experiences but I hope they're convincing. Passionate about applications of Machine Learning to Psychiatry, as well as health equity (some of my research projects are dedicated to discussing health disparities)
13. Schools List: very uncertain about them because of my GPA, I want to apply to all MD schools that fund international applicants, I really appreciate your suggestions !
Thank you very much for your help!
I am hoping to get some advice/guidance on my chances as well as schools I should or shouldn't apply to:
1. cGPA/sGPA: 3.7 (3.6, 2.8, 4.0, 4.0, 4.0)
*Major: Engineering (Co-op hence 5ys degree)
2. MCAT: 528
3. Country of citizenship: International student from North Africa
4. Ethnicity: ORM ? (I'm a Berber from North Africa, we have no recognized category in AMCAS and are told to identify as white, also FGLI)
5. Undergraduate Institution: T30
6. Clinical experience:
*Volunteer: +1000h (Emergency, Cardiac outpatient clinic, Patient companion & Psychiatric outpatient (relates to my research))
7. Research experience:
*+1800h Psychiatry Reseach using Machine Learning & AI (in addition to +1400h projected during gap year, been in the same lab since sophomore year)
*4 publications (1 co-first & mid author in the rest. Published in various journals including Nature)
*Presentations (posters/oral) at school/regional conferences
*Rewarded summer research grants
*+500h Research Coordinator in a biotech startup that developed a mobile app of AI-optimized medical imaging
8. Shadowing experience:
*+70h - hoping to have more (FM Doc, EM & Psychiatry)
9. Non-clinical volunteering:
*~460h Distress line listener
*~500h first-hand service with new immigrants from underprivileged backgrounds (in a local NGO)
*+200h service with sexual and gender minorities (through an independent service in the students union, this includes being in an advisory committee)
*around 100h in a Diving club in my home country to welcome tourists and take visitors in Kayak tours around small islands
10. Other Extracurriculars:
*around 300h serving as reviewer, then editor and finally Editor-in-Chief for the main undergrad research journal in my uni
*around 700h of tutoring as of now (college students through my uni tutoring center, new immigrants(children) through a service project)
*TA for various coding classes throughout 4 semesters
*Leadership in an AI x Healthcare org through uni chapter then through the national team (also relates to my research area and the startup I worked in, this is a very significant activity for me)
*Co-op work terms included research, Biomed internships and my own business.
11. Hobbies: 2-star SCUBA Diver ! It's a very significant activity for me, spent a lot of time in my training to become a certified CMAS** and had exposure to diving medicine.
*LORs:
2 from science profs I took the pre-reqs with, 1 from an engineering prof, 1 from my PI, 1 from a physician I shadowed and worked with (in the AI x Healthcare org) ...... another one hopefully from a post-doc in my research lab (very close to me personally),
*the CEO of the startup I worked in is also willing to write me a letter but some schools limit the package to 6 letters only
12. Anything else not listed you think might be important:
*started my own business and made +60k$ which helped me pay tuition on my own
*Trilingual (Arabic, French and English)
*To boost my gpa i took a lot of online courses in CC (no pre-reqs), I'm worried about this and about my GPA in general.
*started most of my activities in second-year and continued growing with them, low GPA in first two years because of that and because of serious financial issues I had, but I know nothing can excuse it.
*can't comment on my narratitve or personal experiences but I hope they're convincing. Passionate about applications of Machine Learning to Psychiatry, as well as health equity (some of my research projects are dedicated to discussing health disparities)
13. Schools List: very uncertain about them because of my GPA, I want to apply to all MD schools that fund international applicants, I really appreciate your suggestions !
Thank you very much for your help!
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