- Joined
- May 19, 2012
- Messages
- 529
- Reaction score
- 717
Background
Non-URM, male, NY, applied last cycle. I got five interviews, two of which (private, home state schools) landed me on wait-lists. Graduated magna cum laude in May 2014 with a dual degree in forensic biology and pre-medical biology with a minor in chemistry.
36 MCAT (13/10/13)
3.73 cGPA, 3.65 sGPA (Improved from last cycle's 3.65 and 3.51 respectively.)
GPA by semester
-Fall 2010: 3.39 (lowest grades: B- in genetics and general chemistry I lab)
-Spring 2011: 3.38 (lowest grade: C+ in general chemistry II lab)
-Fall 2011: 3.91 (lowest grade: B+ in organic chemistry I lab)
-Spring 2012: 3.69 (lowest grades: B+ in organic chemistry II lab and physics II)
-Fall 2012: 3.88 (lowest grades: A- in forensic biology and creative writing)
-Spring 2013: 4.00
-Fall 2013: 3.76 (lowest grade: B+ in crime scene investigation)
-Spring 2014: 3.84 (lowest grade: B+ in seminar in forensic science)
EC's
*-TA for the chemistry department for four semesters (since Fall 2012).
*-Worked 400-ish hours over the Summer of 2011 at the emergency department of a local hospital with more responsibilities than a volunteer would have (can perform CPR on a patient if necessary, can transport more kinds of patients/samples, etc.).
-Volunteered 160+ hours over the Summer of 2012 in the emergency department of the very same local hospital (note: reason I didn't work for the second year is because the program was cut).
-Helped to conduct and evaluate clinical research for 16 hours a week during the Summer of 2013 at a different hospital than the one I was at for the previous two years.
*-Took jiu jitsu for twelve years, up until I left for undergrad. By the end, I had earned a second degree black belt. I still practice it outside of the dojo (both alone and with others), and it was honestly a defining experience for me (I wrote a bit about it in my personal statement).
-Was in the honors program at my university.
-Helped foreign students from China organize a Chinese cultural performance for a total of about 10 hours. Used Mandarin Chinese to communicate fairly frequently.
-Inducted into my university's chapter of the Honor Society for Experiential education. I had to take a course that involved community service and maintain a GPA within the top 20% of my graduating class to qualify.
-Volunteered with my creative writing class at the English department of an inner-city high school. My classmates and I helped the students write and revise poetry for a total of about 5 hours.
%-Conducted faculty-mentored synthetic chemistry research for my honors thesis for about 130 hours. No publication.
* = most meaningful
% = added this cycle
Additionally this cycle I have a new, strong letter of evaluation from my thesis advisor. As of now I have two faculty letters (including the new one), a letter from an MD, and my pre-med committee letter. I'm trying to get more from other faculty members.
Schools
MD
Albany
Albert Einstein
Drexel
Eastern Virginia
Dartmouth
Georgetown
Hofstra
Loyola
New York Medical College
Penn State
Rosalind Franklin
Rush
Robert Wood Johnson
SUNY Downstate
Stony Brook
SUNY Buffalo
SUNY Upstate
Temple
University of Cincinnati
University of Rochester
University of Virginia
Wake Forest
DO
Touro
NYIT
Rowan University
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Lake Erie
Non-URM, male, NY, applied last cycle. I got five interviews, two of which (private, home state schools) landed me on wait-lists. Graduated magna cum laude in May 2014 with a dual degree in forensic biology and pre-medical biology with a minor in chemistry.
36 MCAT (13/10/13)
3.73 cGPA, 3.65 sGPA (Improved from last cycle's 3.65 and 3.51 respectively.)
GPA by semester
-Fall 2010: 3.39 (lowest grades: B- in genetics and general chemistry I lab)
-Spring 2011: 3.38 (lowest grade: C+ in general chemistry II lab)
-Fall 2011: 3.91 (lowest grade: B+ in organic chemistry I lab)
-Spring 2012: 3.69 (lowest grades: B+ in organic chemistry II lab and physics II)
-Fall 2012: 3.88 (lowest grades: A- in forensic biology and creative writing)
-Spring 2013: 4.00
-Fall 2013: 3.76 (lowest grade: B+ in crime scene investigation)
-Spring 2014: 3.84 (lowest grade: B+ in seminar in forensic science)
EC's
*-TA for the chemistry department for four semesters (since Fall 2012).
*-Worked 400-ish hours over the Summer of 2011 at the emergency department of a local hospital with more responsibilities than a volunteer would have (can perform CPR on a patient if necessary, can transport more kinds of patients/samples, etc.).
-Volunteered 160+ hours over the Summer of 2012 in the emergency department of the very same local hospital (note: reason I didn't work for the second year is because the program was cut).
-Helped to conduct and evaluate clinical research for 16 hours a week during the Summer of 2013 at a different hospital than the one I was at for the previous two years.
*-Took jiu jitsu for twelve years, up until I left for undergrad. By the end, I had earned a second degree black belt. I still practice it outside of the dojo (both alone and with others), and it was honestly a defining experience for me (I wrote a bit about it in my personal statement).
-Was in the honors program at my university.
-Helped foreign students from China organize a Chinese cultural performance for a total of about 10 hours. Used Mandarin Chinese to communicate fairly frequently.
-Inducted into my university's chapter of the Honor Society for Experiential education. I had to take a course that involved community service and maintain a GPA within the top 20% of my graduating class to qualify.
-Volunteered with my creative writing class at the English department of an inner-city high school. My classmates and I helped the students write and revise poetry for a total of about 5 hours.
%-Conducted faculty-mentored synthetic chemistry research for my honors thesis for about 130 hours. No publication.
* = most meaningful
% = added this cycle
Additionally this cycle I have a new, strong letter of evaluation from my thesis advisor. As of now I have two faculty letters (including the new one), a letter from an MD, and my pre-med committee letter. I'm trying to get more from other faculty members.
Schools
MD
Albany
Albert Einstein
Drexel
Eastern Virginia
Dartmouth
Georgetown
Hofstra
Loyola
New York Medical College
Penn State
Rosalind Franklin
Rush
Robert Wood Johnson
SUNY Downstate
Stony Brook
SUNY Buffalo
SUNY Upstate
Temple
University of Cincinnati
University of Rochester
University of Virginia
Wake Forest
DO
Touro
NYIT
Rowan University
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Lake Erie
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