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Hey guys, just wondering about how my school lists look for both MD & DO. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated!
Demographics: 26, F, CO resident.
GPAs: sGPA 3.43, cGPA 3.57 according to AMCAS calculator. Undergrad GPA wasn't so hot, sGPA was around 3.24, but I have a Master's degree with a 3.82 sGPA (all upper level science classes) which tugged it up slightly.
MCAT: old MCAT 31 (2011, so expired), new MCAT 516 (2016, score breakdown 127/131/128/130)
Non-Clinical Volunteering
~400 hours as student tour guide over three years
~30 hours with activism group helping with various functions around campus (condom handouts, etc)
~20 hours as Vagina Monologues performer to raise money for local women's shelter
~100 hours with my sorority doing various philanthrophy projects
Currently volunteer at rabbit shelter in my area (mainly cleaning cages and baking treats), will have about 80 hours at time of submission but continuing to volunteer there.
Clinical Experience
Research
Other ECs: Played an unusual club sport for my college(~1 year), traveled to a bunch of tournaments.
Special Considerations: My education hasn't been constant. I took a semester off and transferred home to finish my degree to take care of a relative with a terminal disease. I graduated with my Master's in 2014 and have taken a couple years off to rebuild my finances/pay down my student loan debt and get more clinical experience.
Shadowing: mainly DOs, I've shadowed two different DOs in the last year for about 100 hours. I've also shadowed a pediatrician in my home state.
LORs: physiology professor from graduate school, evolutionary biology professor from undergrad, genetic professor from grad school, DO that I shadow the most, the Operations Manager at my clinic, and the Clinical Director at my clinic. All pretty good.
Here's my list:
MD
Albany MC
Central Michigan
Rosalind Franklin
Creighton
Eastern VA
Quinnipac
Loyola
CU
MSU
Rush
Tulane
NYMC
DO
LMU-DCOM
CUSOM
DMU
KCU-COM
LECOM-Erie
AZCOM
MUCOM
RVU
KYCOM
KCOM
BCOM
Sorry about the novel, and thanks for helping!
Demographics: 26, F, CO resident.
GPAs: sGPA 3.43, cGPA 3.57 according to AMCAS calculator. Undergrad GPA wasn't so hot, sGPA was around 3.24, but I have a Master's degree with a 3.82 sGPA (all upper level science classes) which tugged it up slightly.
MCAT: old MCAT 31 (2011, so expired), new MCAT 516 (2016, score breakdown 127/131/128/130)
Non-Clinical Volunteering
~400 hours as student tour guide over three years
~30 hours with activism group helping with various functions around campus (condom handouts, etc)
~20 hours as Vagina Monologues performer to raise money for local women's shelter
~100 hours with my sorority doing various philanthrophy projects
Currently volunteer at rabbit shelter in my area (mainly cleaning cages and baking treats), will have about 80 hours at time of submission but continuing to volunteer there.
Clinical Experience
- Volunteer at hospital for ~20 hours in ED and Surgical Services (had to quit because of my job at the time)
- Caregiver for end-of-life dementia patients (paid, around 1400 hours)
- Currently work at clinic with underserved population (demographic is either largely monolingual Spanish-speaking, low-income, or trans* patients). I do translating for providers, take patients back, draw blood/do hematocrits/give injections, and assist with whatever procedures we have that day, including sterilizations. ~2800 hours here according to my boss.
Research
- Worked at a respiratory lab in graduate school doing sequencing on different bacterial species. No publications, did a poster presentation over my findings at graduate school.
- Conducted research study at graduate school through my physiology class (had to get IRB approval, etc). Was primary investigator, so I wrote most of the paper and did most of the IRB-wrangling.
Other ECs: Played an unusual club sport for my college(~1 year), traveled to a bunch of tournaments.
Special Considerations: My education hasn't been constant. I took a semester off and transferred home to finish my degree to take care of a relative with a terminal disease. I graduated with my Master's in 2014 and have taken a couple years off to rebuild my finances/pay down my student loan debt and get more clinical experience.
Shadowing: mainly DOs, I've shadowed two different DOs in the last year for about 100 hours. I've also shadowed a pediatrician in my home state.
LORs: physiology professor from graduate school, evolutionary biology professor from undergrad, genetic professor from grad school, DO that I shadow the most, the Operations Manager at my clinic, and the Clinical Director at my clinic. All pretty good.
Here's my list:
MD
Albany MC
Central Michigan
Rosalind Franklin
Creighton
Eastern VA
Quinnipac
Loyola
CU
MSU
Rush
Tulane
NYMC
DO
LMU-DCOM
CUSOM
DMU
KCU-COM
LECOM-Erie
AZCOM
MUCOM
RVU
KYCOM
KCOM
BCOM
Sorry about the novel, and thanks for helping!