glutenfreebabe
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Hello! I applied end of June, am awaiting verification, and currently finalizing my school list. I feel like my ECs are solid, but not necessarily extraordinary, due to the fact that I had to work multiple jobs in undergrad as my parents got divorced during this time and my financial circumstances changed drastically. I applied as disadvantaged and I also grew up in a medically underserved area. Any and all feedback is appreciated regarding my chances, school list, and ways to improve during my time off between now and (hopefully) 2022 matriculation.
Thank you
State/Country of Residence: Maryland
Ties to other States/Regions: North Carolina (Not sure if this counts but my grandmother lives here)
URM? (Y/N): Yes, Black female
Year in School: 2021 graduate
Undergraduate Major(s)/Minor(s): Public Health major, Spanish minor
Cumulative GPA: 3.9
Science GPA: ~3.75
MCAT Score(s): 508 (124/127/127/130)
Research Experience: 500 hours of global health research in Africa w/ international NGO
Publications/Abstracts/Posters: 1 poster presentation at a national public health conference, 1 oral presentation at a conference in Africa, 1 panel presentation at a university conference
Clinical Experience (paid or volunteer): 65 hours volunteering in neuroscience unit @ hospital, ~500 hours (paid) as a case manager at outpatient mental health facility for formerly incarcerated individuals
Physician Shadowing: ~50 virtual shadowing hours across various specialties
Non-Clinical Volunteering: 55 hours volunteering as an English tutor/college mentor to students living in poverty, 20 hours as orientation leader/student panelist
Other Extracurricular Activities: 50 hours as a co-founder/secretary of on-campus public health org
Other Employment History: ~1,100 hours of on-campus work experience as a resident assistant, conference assistant, and desk assistant
Awards/Honors/Recognitions: national scholarship recipient for study abroad, most outstanding research presentation, 2x global health research scholarship recipient, global health research scholar of the year award, summa cum laude, dean's list
Immediate family members in medicine? (Y/N): No
Specialty of Interest (if applicable): Open to them all!
Interest in Primary Care (Y/N): Yes
Interest in Rural Health (Y/N): Not necessarily, moreso urban health
Current School List:
Thank you
State/Country of Residence: Maryland
Ties to other States/Regions: North Carolina (Not sure if this counts but my grandmother lives here)
URM? (Y/N): Yes, Black female
Year in School: 2021 graduate
Undergraduate Major(s)/Minor(s): Public Health major, Spanish minor
Cumulative GPA: 3.9
Science GPA: ~3.75
MCAT Score(s): 508 (124/127/127/130)
Research Experience: 500 hours of global health research in Africa w/ international NGO
Publications/Abstracts/Posters: 1 poster presentation at a national public health conference, 1 oral presentation at a conference in Africa, 1 panel presentation at a university conference
Clinical Experience (paid or volunteer): 65 hours volunteering in neuroscience unit @ hospital, ~500 hours (paid) as a case manager at outpatient mental health facility for formerly incarcerated individuals
Physician Shadowing: ~50 virtual shadowing hours across various specialties
Non-Clinical Volunteering: 55 hours volunteering as an English tutor/college mentor to students living in poverty, 20 hours as orientation leader/student panelist
Other Extracurricular Activities: 50 hours as a co-founder/secretary of on-campus public health org
Other Employment History: ~1,100 hours of on-campus work experience as a resident assistant, conference assistant, and desk assistant
Awards/Honors/Recognitions: national scholarship recipient for study abroad, most outstanding research presentation, 2x global health research scholarship recipient, global health research scholar of the year award, summa cum laude, dean's list
Immediate family members in medicine? (Y/N): No
Specialty of Interest (if applicable): Open to them all!
Interest in Primary Care (Y/N): Yes
Interest in Rural Health (Y/N): Not necessarily, moreso urban health
Current School List:
| Howard University |
| Morehouse SOM |
| Meharry Medical College |
| UCLA/Charles R. Drew |
| George Washington |
| Georgetown |
| Emory |
| NYMC |
| NYU |
| UMiami |
| Hofstra |
| Mount Sinai |
| Drexel |
| Temple |
| Jefferson |
| Wake Forest SOM |
| Tufts |
| Boston University SOM |
| Albert Einstein |
| Columbia |
| Weill Cornell |
| Duke |
| USC |
| UCLA |
| University of Maryland SOM |
