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Currently applying for linkage through my postbac program! Would really appreciate some feedback and perspective - especially given that I have to choose my linkage school without having the chance to visit due to covid.
- State/Country of Residence: NY
- Ties to other States/Regions: have lived in GA and CA
- URM? (Y/N): N
- Year in School: second year postbac student
- Undergraduate Major(s)/Minor(s): psychology
- Graduate Degrees (if applicable):
- Cumulative GPA: 3.97 undergrad, 4.18 postbac
- Science GPA: 4.18
- MCAT Score(s): no MCAT score since I have to apply for linkage prior to taking the test
- Research Experience:
- 2 years of an independently lead research project in cognitive psychology
- 1 year as a full time lab coordinator at a government institution
- full time summer internship in an addiction lab
- 1 year of part time research at a hospital associated with a top 5 medical school
- Publications/Abstracts/Posters (include how you were credited e.g. First author, second author, etc.):
- 3 posters & abstracts first author
- 1 paper about to be submitted first author
- Clinical Experience (paid or volunteer):
- 480 hrs summer internship with a womens recovery center (volunteer)
- 160 hrs emergency department research intern (more clinical than actual research, though) (volunteer)
- 520 hours working in the ICU ( I have been about to continue this work throughout the pandemic)
- Physician Shadowing:
- only about 20 hours because of covid
- Non-Clinical Volunteering:
- 100 hrs in various womens shelters and womens health organizations over the years
- I volunteer to teach dance to kids in underserved communities
- Other Extracurricular Activities:
- dancer
- personal trainer
- Other Employment History:
- worked as a personal trainer and started my own business. Did that for about 2 years after college before deciding to study medicine.
- Immediate family members in medicine? (Y/N): N
- Specialty of Interest (if applicable): orthopedic surgery, but very open to that changing
- Interest in Primary Care (Y/N): considering OBG
- Interest in Rural Health (Y/N): N
- Medical School List: Columbia, Brown, NYU, Mt. Sinai (for my linkage application I can only pick 2 of these)
