MD & DO 25 F ORM 510 MCAT WAMC

[lostvoyager]

Residency: California resident

Education: B.S in Biology from UCLA

Low SES & 1st generation college graduate

BCPM GPA: 3.292

Overall GPA including post-bacc: 3.51

Post-Bacc GPA: 3.71

Current Masters GPA: 4.0

MCAT: 510

hrs | activity :

* 3555 retail
* 800 student government executive board
* 2000 (paid clinical)
* 300 cancer biology research
* 2100 health equity research
* 750 global health research
* 560 clinical volunteering in ER
* 50 shadowing
* 300 community volunteer
* 4 writing pubs, 2 research pubs, 4 research pubs under review
* 4 conference presentations
* National award recipient


How should my school list look like? First time applicant with no help.

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[Mr.Smile12]

Welcome to the forums.

What type of master's degree program are you/did you complete?

Break down your experiences, and highlight those activities (clinical and non-clinical) that were done in the last two years.

What does 300 community volunteer hours mean?

 

[lostvoyager]

3555 retail - part time work all throughout college to fund it

• 800 student government executive board - created scholarships & various resources for students (housing services, food pantry, etc)

• 2000 (paid clinical) - clinical research coordinator for GI trials, screened charts and medical records, recruited & registered pts to study, helped them conduct study visits, drew blood samples, collected vitals, talked to them about their disease and the medication process;

also had a secondary role as a DEI cultural humility ambassador in the hospital where we were promoting initiatives for diversity awareness among staff, creating trainings that contextualize patient experiences and hosting healing listening sessions for staff concerns about global crises in other countries that may impact their wellbeing and work

• 2100 health equity research - community mapping project assessing how health orgs define and apply health equity in their area, as well as what their criticisms are for current gaps in health equity in hospital and county services

• 750 global health research - researched impact of covid on healthcare system resilience in lmics; critiquedc and introduced new health frameworks for assessing health in conflict zones

• 560 clinical volunteering in ER - collect patient vitals, also was a compassion companion for no one dies alone where you sit and support patients with no family until they pass away

• 50 shadowing - pediatric cardiology, GI, ER, surgical oncology

• 300 community volunteer - refugee service volunteer, helped refugees with assimilation and navigating the process to pursuing higher educaiton in the US as well as coaching on processes for job applications, employment, and career prospects

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Confirm: didn't you already have an acceptance from the 2024-2025 cycle?

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Oct 25, 2024

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[lostvoyager]

Yeah sorry should’ve mentioned, I’m posting on behalf of a friend.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Yeah sorry should’ve mentioned, I’m posting on behalf of a friend.

Okay... first, get the new SDN app or update it. Stop using the old one or you'll get more walls of emoji text.

Second, let your friend create their own account. It will make advising easier and is the more FERPA-appropriate professional way (though we are not an educational institution and are thus not subject to FERPA because we don't keep academic records). You wouldn't sign in on behalf of your absent peer for a lecture requiring mandatory attendance, would you?

Third, there are two unanswered questions I posed.

 

[lospolloshermanos2]

Okay... first, get the new SDN app or update it. Stop using the old one or you'll get more walls of emoji text.

Second, let your friend create their own account. It will make advising easier and is the more FERPA-appropriate professional way (though we are not an educational institution and are thus not subject to FERPA because we don't keep academic records). You wouldn't sign in on behalf of your absent peer for a lecture requiring mandatory attendance, would you?

Third, there are two unanswered questions I posed.

hi i am said friend. thankful for any help u can provide.

master's is in global public health. the past two years i was working two jobs (CRC & health equity research simultaneously) while doing ER volunteering & refugee volunteering (and starting my masters)

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Can you tell me what courses comprise your postbac (before your masters, I presume)?

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[lospolloshermanos2]

yess before masters. it was more of an unconventional diy self-discovery post-bacc.
i did some classes in languages, arts, and then took genetics, statistics, & human biology.
straight As in all except stats. (~27 units total)

 

[Mr.Smile12]

So now I need the courses and grades for all prerequisites and relevant biomedical science courses. You have a BCPM reported of 3.29 so where most of your grades B's or were there some C's? Did you repeat coursework? How long ago were these courses taken? When did you take your MCAT and what are the section scores?

Where did you grow up in California?

Break down your experiences, and highlight those activities (clinical and non-clinical) that were done in the last two years.

 

[Faha]

hi i am said friend. thankful for any help u can provide.

master's is in global public health. the past two years i was working two jobs (CRC & health equity research simultaneously) while doing ER volunteering & refugee volunteering (and starting my masters)

I suggest these schools with your stats:
Vermont
Quinnipiac
Albany
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Penn State
George Washington
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
Wake Forest
Methodist (when it opens)
NOVA MD
Belmont
Alice Walton
TCU
Ponce (St. Louis)
Rosalind Franklin
Medical College Wisconsin
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
California University
Kaiser
UC Davis
UC Riverside (if you are from that region)
Also apply to DO schools and I suggest these:
WESTERN
TUCOM-CA
AZCOM
TUNCOM
UIWSOM
ATSU-KCOM
KCU-COM
DMU-COM
MU-COM
CCOM
CUSOM
PCOM
LECOM
NYITCOM
Touro-NY

 

[lospolloshermanos2]

So now I need the courses and grades for all prerequisites and relevant biomedical science courses. You have a BCPM reported of 3.29 so where most of your grades B's or were there some C's? Did you repeat coursework? How long ago were these courses taken? When did you take your MCAT and what are the section scores?

Where did you grow up in California?

Break down your experiences, and highlight those activities (clinical and non-clinical) that were done in the last two years.

i started off with straight As in gen chem, all of calculus/math, physics, B's in ochem.

when i transferred to university 3rd year, i started taking upper divs like thermochemistry, quantum mechanics, molecular bio, cell bio, & etc.
my classes got harder but i was also still working 2 jobs, so all my upper div science grades started to drop to Cs. i had straight As again towards my last two semesters. using the section to explain and acknowledge all this, not sure if i need to clarify it more but let me know your thoughts given that context. i tried to also make the case that i figured it out eventually so now even in grad school i still work 2 jobs but my gpa is still 4.0.

edit: Cs began in sciences for the year 2021-2022. upward trend begins from winter 2023 and after.

didn't really have the money to afford buying uni classes & retaking 🙁

i actually grew up in north carolina (suburb but borderline med underserved), and moved to CA when i was like 17 (in extremely underserved area).

MCAT is recent,
127/128/127/128

i tried to break down my experiences above but what else do you mean/need?

 

[lospolloshermanos2]

I suggest these schools with your stats:
Vermont
Quinnipiac
Albany
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Penn State
George Washington
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
Wake Forest
Methodist (when it opens)
NOVA MD
Belmont
Alice Walton
TCU
Ponce (St. Louis)
Rosalind Franklin
Medical College Wisconsin
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
California University
Kaiser
UC Davis
UC Riverside (if you are from that region)
Also apply to DO schools and I suggest these:
WESTERN
TUCOM-CA
AZCOM
TUNCOM
UIWSOM
ATSU-KCOM
KCU-COM
DMU-COM
MU-COM
CCOM
CUSOM
PCOM
LECOM
NYITCOM
Touro-NY

thank you this is so helpful as i didn't have a starting point!! which do you think are more service oriented vs research oriented? / what stat specifically maxxes out my chances for some of these?

 

[Faha]

thank you this is so helpful as i didn't have a starting point!! which do you think are more service oriented vs research oriented? / what stat specifically maxxes out my chances for some of these?

These schools are less research oriented. Your extensive ECs should help you.