I will be applying this summer. What are my chances for the top 10 schools? And besides in-state ones, what others would you guys suggest I apply to?
Black male at HYP, biology major
Resident of Texas
Stats: 3.53 cGPA (upward trend), 3.51 sGPA (upward trend) 518 MCAT
*Around 3.0 through first 3 sems, with one C and two Ws (both in calculus course); ~4.0 sems since then
EC:
Clinical Volunteering: hospital emergency department (220 hours), EMT (50 hours), free clinic (110 hours),
red cross (50 hours), hospice (80 hours), 1 clinical mission trip
Non-clinical Volunteering: literacy tutor (70 hours), soup kitchen (50 hours), Habitat for Humanity (60 hours)
Shadowing: 95 hrs (many specialties)
Research: Neuroscience (2 years, no pubs)
Other: vice president of pre-med club, saxophonist in band, editor of science journal
Black male at HYP, biology major
Resident of Texas
Stats: 3.53 cGPA (upward trend), 3.51 sGPA (upward trend) 518 MCAT
*Around 3.0 through first 3 sems, with one C and two Ws (both in calculus course); ~4.0 sems since then
EC:
Clinical Volunteering: hospital emergency department (220 hours), EMT (50 hours), free clinic (110 hours),
red cross (50 hours), hospice (80 hours), 1 clinical mission trip
Non-clinical Volunteering: literacy tutor (70 hours), soup kitchen (50 hours), Habitat for Humanity (60 hours)
Shadowing: 95 hrs (many specialties)
Research: Neuroscience (2 years, no pubs)
Other: vice president of pre-med club, saxophonist in band, editor of science journal
