Hello
I am applying this upcoming cycle and would appreciate any feedback or advice. I graduated college in May.
Thank you
I am applying this upcoming cycle and would appreciate any feedback or advice. I graduated college in May.
- GPA: cGPA: 3.99 ; sGPA: 4.00
- MCAT: 514 127/126/130/131
- Residence: FL resident
- ORM/URM: Puerto Rican; born in mainland US, both parents born and raised in Puerto Rico; I believe this is URM
- Undergraduate Institution: Public University in Florida
- Clinical Experience: 389 hours
- Medical Scribe for Family Medicine Practice, paid: 50 hours
- Medical Scribe for Physiatrist, paid: 315 hours currently
- Hospital Volunteer (ER and Inpatient Medical Floor): 24 hours currently (do 8 hours weekly)
- Research Experience: 650 hours
- Summer Research Program. Included poster at end of program. Around 300 hours.
- Another Summer Research Program. Presentation of findings. Abstract sent to a conference and was presented as a podium presentation (not presented by me). Around 350 hours.
- Shadowing: 86 hours
- 86 hours of various specialties, including internal medicine
- Non Clinical Volunteer: 217 hours
- All for the same organization. Works with those who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless
- Started off as regular volunteer (checking temps of people living in their residence halls, serving food during lunch, or organizing clothes in their thrift shop) = 60 hours
- Volunteer Leader (during the holidays). Have done this every holiday season since 2020. Organize and help families get toys for their children during the holidays. 145 hours.
- Volunteer Leader (Food and Clothing). Give out food and clothing to families in need. Just started. 12 hours (only do it 3 hours a week).
- Other extracurricular activities
- Pickleball. Started playing this January and have been playing 2-3 times a week
- Relevant honors or awards.
- Phi Betta Kappa
- Deans List
- Honors Program
- Recommendation Letters:
- 1 science professor (trying to get one more); 1 non science professor; 2 MD letters; Head of the holiday volunteering I did
- Anything else not listed
- I am currently studying to take the SIELE before applications. I am going to the C1 level for the exam. For many of the things I listed, I translate or speak to people in Spanish. This is something important for me and something I will continue in the future.
- USF
- UCF
- UF
- FAU
- UM
- FSU
- FIU
- Tulane
- Emory
- University of South Carolina Columbia
- University of South Carolina Greenville
- Duke
- Wake Forest
- Eastern Virginia
- Virginia Commonwealth
- Virginia Tech
- University of Maryland
- Drexel
- Temple
- Thomas Jefferson
- Rutgers, New Jersey
- Rutgers, Robert Wood Johnson
- Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
- Hackensack Meridian
- George Washington
- Georgetown
- Albert Einstein
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- New York Medical College
- Boston University
- Tufts
- Mayo
Thank you