Year in school: Graduated in Biology
• Country/state of residence: CA
• Cumulative GPA: 3.36 (upward trend)
• Science GPA: 3.2
• MCAT Scores: 513
• Research – 600 hours. One year doing prostate cancer research and one lung stem cell research.
• Volunteering (clinical) – include hours:
-280hrs Worked as a volunteer rotating on different floors of a hospital through COPE health program --> responsibilities included changing leads, ambulating patients, and helping nurses and other medical staff
• Physician shadowing – include hours/specialties
~40 hrs ICU
~20 hrs OR with plastic surgeon
- 20 hrs with orthopedic surgeon
• Non-clinical volunteering - 3 years working with a non-profit(Project RISHI) that provides novel innovative solutions to a rural village in India
~100 hours working with local school kids tutoring them in reading and science ( 2 student orgs)
• Leadership
- Director of Finance in Project RISHI
- Director of Public Relations in Health Sciences Education Progam
• Immediate family members in medicine? (y/n) Yes mother is a doctor
I know my GPA is on the lower end of the scale for MD programs, and my current list looks like this:
MD:Western Michigan, Rosalind Franklin, Temple, Tulane, Tufts, UCLA, Northstate, UC Davis, UC Riverside, Albany
DO: CCOM, PCOM, COMP, TUCOM, AT Stills, LECOM
What are my chances and what other schools should I be looking at? Thank you!
• Country/state of residence: CA
• Cumulative GPA: 3.36 (upward trend)
• Science GPA: 3.2
• MCAT Scores: 513
• Research – 600 hours. One year doing prostate cancer research and one lung stem cell research.
• Volunteering (clinical) – include hours:
-280hrs Worked as a volunteer rotating on different floors of a hospital through COPE health program --> responsibilities included changing leads, ambulating patients, and helping nurses and other medical staff
• Physician shadowing – include hours/specialties
~40 hrs ICU
~20 hrs OR with plastic surgeon
- 20 hrs with orthopedic surgeon
• Non-clinical volunteering - 3 years working with a non-profit(Project RISHI) that provides novel innovative solutions to a rural village in India
~100 hours working with local school kids tutoring them in reading and science ( 2 student orgs)
• Leadership
- Director of Finance in Project RISHI
- Director of Public Relations in Health Sciences Education Progam
• Immediate family members in medicine? (y/n) Yes mother is a doctor
I know my GPA is on the lower end of the scale for MD programs, and my current list looks like this:
MD:Western Michigan, Rosalind Franklin, Temple, Tulane, Tufts, UCLA, Northstate, UC Davis, UC Riverside, Albany
DO: CCOM, PCOM, COMP, TUCOM, AT Stills, LECOM
What are my chances and what other schools should I be looking at? Thank you!