Year in school - Non-Traditional, BA Social Science, Nearly Finished with BS Biology (Not entirely sure it will be worth it to finish)
State - WA
Schools Applying
MD - WSU, University of Washington, Wake forest, Univ. Minnesota Duluth
DO - Most DO schools West of the Mississippi, 15 in total.
Cumulative GPA - 3.52 Strong Upward Trend (GPA mostly brought down by poor grades from ten years ago.
Science GPA - 3.47
MCAT Scores - 505 (126,126,126,127)
Research – No Research
Volunteering (clinical) – 100 Hours Between Community Clinic and Emergency Room
Physician shadowing – 50 Hours Rural Primary Care, 25 Hours Various Specialities at Tertiary Hospital
Non-clinical volunteering - 1000 Hours Volunteer Firefighter, 300 Firefighter's Union Community Outreach Program, 30 Hours Organizing Bone Marrow Registration Drive, 30 Hours High School Student Tutor
Extracurricular activities - Mindfulness Based Medication Course, Japan Study Abroad Experience
Employment history - 7 years Public service as a Professional Firefighter and EMT. The department I worked for did all emergency transports for the city and surrounding area. As such I have extensive clinical health experience.
Immediate family members in medicine? - No
Specialty of interest - Rural Primary Care. I wrote about this to an extent in my personal statement and most of my secondary essays.
Graduate degrees - None
Interest in rural health - Yes
Other: Very strong letters of recommendation. Strong personal statement. My wife and I are from a very small farming community and we would like to return to a similar community in the future.
State - WA
Schools Applying
MD - WSU, University of Washington, Wake forest, Univ. Minnesota Duluth
DO - Most DO schools West of the Mississippi, 15 in total.
Cumulative GPA - 3.52 Strong Upward Trend (GPA mostly brought down by poor grades from ten years ago.
Science GPA - 3.47
MCAT Scores - 505 (126,126,126,127)
Research – No Research
Volunteering (clinical) – 100 Hours Between Community Clinic and Emergency Room
Physician shadowing – 50 Hours Rural Primary Care, 25 Hours Various Specialities at Tertiary Hospital
Non-clinical volunteering - 1000 Hours Volunteer Firefighter, 300 Firefighter's Union Community Outreach Program, 30 Hours Organizing Bone Marrow Registration Drive, 30 Hours High School Student Tutor
Extracurricular activities - Mindfulness Based Medication Course, Japan Study Abroad Experience
Employment history - 7 years Public service as a Professional Firefighter and EMT. The department I worked for did all emergency transports for the city and surrounding area. As such I have extensive clinical health experience.
Immediate family members in medicine? - No
Specialty of interest - Rural Primary Care. I wrote about this to an extent in my personal statement and most of my secondary essays.
Graduate degrees - None
Interest in rural health - Yes
Other: Very strong letters of recommendation. Strong personal statement. My wife and I are from a very small farming community and we would like to return to a similar community in the future.
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