Hi! Just wanted to see what my chances are and what people suggested in terms of school list.
cGPA: 3.95
(note- I have about 16 credits worth of dual enrollment that are a 3.6 cumulative GPA- not sure how much this will lower my GPA but wondering if this is something to be worried about?)
MCAT Score and Breakdown: 518 (130/128/131/129)
State of residence: NJ
Ethnicity/race: W
Undergraduate category: Large urban public school with good med school affiliated
Clinical Experience:
~500 hours working as an EMT (private transport, not 911) (PAID)
~200 hours working as a PCT
~Will spend gap year working as MA, anticipating over 2000 hours
Research Experience:
~400 hours pediatrics clinical research (paper in progress but doubt itll be ready for submission before I submit primary)
~350 hours working at the Children's Hospital ED to enroll patients, collect samples, etc. in several clinical studies
Volunteering (CLINICAL):
~About 75 hours volunteering as a COVID Screener at the local hospital
~200 hours volunteering for Crisis Text Line (not sure if this qualifies as clinical ?)
Volunteering (NONCLINICAL):
~300 hours volunteering at an elderly day care center where I help plan and execute activities, spend time with them, assist with administrative tasks, etc.
~60 hours volunteering as a conversational partner for Ukrainian refugees
Shadowing: 40 hours primary care, 20 hours pediatrics, 20 hours cardiology
Other:
~Worked as a UTA for 5 semesters for 2 different classes (about 300 hours)
~Had a clinical internship with a small pharmaceutical company this past summer where I learned all about clinical trials and helped facilitate the CRAs with data entry, accuracy, protocols, IRB submission, etc. (~400 hours)
~Leadership position for my sorority (academic chair)
~Included my involvement with tennis
Anything else not listed you think might be important:
-My parents immigrated from Ukraine and I used to visit there every year so it is very close to our hearts so when the war started my mom and I helped organize a donation drive and donated almost $4000 worth of goods to Ukraine using donations from the community
-Also, I have done a lot of back and forth between my home town and my college town so it has made for more short term experiences rather than fewer longitudinal experiences. This is something I am worried will be an issue because I have had different clinical positions in each location
School List as of now:
1. Robert Wood Johnson
2. NJMS
3. Hackensack
4. Cooper @ Rowan
5. Mt. Sinai
6. SUNY Downstate
7. Drexel
8. Temple
9. Sidney Kimmel
10. Cornell
11. Keck
12. Emory
13. Stony Brook
14. Boston
15. Tufts
16. Miami
17. USF
18. Tulane
19. UVA
20. Wake Forest
21. Pitt
22. Einstein
23. Georgetown
24. GWU
25. Penn
26. Duke
27. UCSF
28. Vanderbilt
29. WashU
30. Hofstra
Let me know how many T20 I should apply to or if some T20 would be a better fit than others!
cGPA: 3.95
(note- I have about 16 credits worth of dual enrollment that are a 3.6 cumulative GPA- not sure how much this will lower my GPA but wondering if this is something to be worried about?)
MCAT Score and Breakdown: 518 (130/128/131/129)
State of residence: NJ
Ethnicity/race: W
Undergraduate category: Large urban public school with good med school affiliated
Clinical Experience:
~500 hours working as an EMT (private transport, not 911) (PAID)
~200 hours working as a PCT
~Will spend gap year working as MA, anticipating over 2000 hours
Research Experience:
~400 hours pediatrics clinical research (paper in progress but doubt itll be ready for submission before I submit primary)
~350 hours working at the Children's Hospital ED to enroll patients, collect samples, etc. in several clinical studies
Volunteering (CLINICAL):
~About 75 hours volunteering as a COVID Screener at the local hospital
~200 hours volunteering for Crisis Text Line (not sure if this qualifies as clinical ?)
Volunteering (NONCLINICAL):
~300 hours volunteering at an elderly day care center where I help plan and execute activities, spend time with them, assist with administrative tasks, etc.
~60 hours volunteering as a conversational partner for Ukrainian refugees
Shadowing: 40 hours primary care, 20 hours pediatrics, 20 hours cardiology
Other:
~Worked as a UTA for 5 semesters for 2 different classes (about 300 hours)
~Had a clinical internship with a small pharmaceutical company this past summer where I learned all about clinical trials and helped facilitate the CRAs with data entry, accuracy, protocols, IRB submission, etc. (~400 hours)
~Leadership position for my sorority (academic chair)
~Included my involvement with tennis
Anything else not listed you think might be important:
-My parents immigrated from Ukraine and I used to visit there every year so it is very close to our hearts so when the war started my mom and I helped organize a donation drive and donated almost $4000 worth of goods to Ukraine using donations from the community
-Also, I have done a lot of back and forth between my home town and my college town so it has made for more short term experiences rather than fewer longitudinal experiences. This is something I am worried will be an issue because I have had different clinical positions in each location
School List as of now:
1. Robert Wood Johnson
2. NJMS
3. Hackensack
4. Cooper @ Rowan
5. Mt. Sinai
6. SUNY Downstate
7. Drexel
8. Temple
9. Sidney Kimmel
10. Cornell
11. Keck
12. Emory
13. Stony Brook
14. Boston
15. Tufts
16. Miami
17. USF
18. Tulane
19. UVA
20. Wake Forest
21. Pitt
22. Einstein
23. Georgetown
24. GWU
25. Penn
26. Duke
27. UCSF
28. Vanderbilt
29. WashU
30. Hofstra
Let me know how many T20 I should apply to or if some T20 would be a better fit than others!
