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- Jun 29, 2010
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My GPA:
Undergraduate: 3.66 (3.60 BCPM, 3.84 AO)
Graduate: 3.87 (AO) (no degree)
MCAT:
7/2010: 30N (VR 9, PS 10, BS 11)
5/2008: 24Q (VR 8, PS 7, BS 9) (Will this hurt me?)
My ECs:
1. Girl Scout camp leader (paid employment, 6 summers with some hours on volunteer basis during school year)
2. Part-time work: lifeguard (2 years, 480 hours), food service worker (1 semester, 240 hours)
3. Residence Life Academic Mission Group Program Director (paid employment, 1 year)
4. Environmental Studies field researcher (1 semester)
5. Non-medical community service: New York Cares volunteer organization (7 hours), Habitat for Humanity trip (70 hours), Expanding Your Horizons conference leader (20 hours), environmental service trip (70 hours)
6. Biochemistry lab researcher (1 semester)
7. University of Wisconsin Childrens Hospital Child Life volunteer (2 years, 250 hours)
8. Stem cell lab researcher (2 years)
9. Tutor at under-resourced middle school (1.5 years)
10. Secretary of Alpha Epsilon Delta (1 year, member 1 year prior)
11. Vice President of Beta Beta Beta (1 year, member 1 year prior)
12. Physician shadowing (20 hours)
13. Teach For America Middle School Science Teacher (1 year)
14. Mount Sinai Childrens Hospital Child Life volunteer (1 year, 120 hours)
My school list:
1. Mount Sinai
2. NYU
3. Albert Einstein
4. SUNY Downstate
5. NYMC
6. Hofstra
7. Stony Brook
8. SUNY Upstate
9. SUNY Buffalo
10. Albany
11. University of Rochester?
12. GWU
13. Georgetown
14. Temple
15. Drexel
16. Jefferson
17. University of Wisconsin
18. Medical College of Wisconsin
19. Rosalind Franklin
20. Rush?
21. Loyola?
22. Oregon Health & Science University?
23. Michigan State?
24. Pennsylvania State?
25. Boston University?
26. Tufts?
27. The Commonwealth Medical College?
28. University of Vermont?
29. Virginia Commonwealth University?
30. Saint Louis University?
31. Tulane?
I am applying this year and plan to submit my AMCAS application next week (I know I am on the late side, but I wanted to wait for my new MCAT scores, which I received today). I am currently a resident of New York (2 years), but grew up in Wisconsin and went to undergrad at the University of Wisconsin. I would prefer to stay in NYC, with my first-choice, dream schools being NYU and Mount Sinai.
I would like advice on school selection, and help on narrowing down my list. I am looking to apply to about 20 schools. What are my chances at acceptance this cycle? What can I do this year to improve my chances?
Thanks!
Undergraduate: 3.66 (3.60 BCPM, 3.84 AO)
Graduate: 3.87 (AO) (no degree)
MCAT:
7/2010: 30N (VR 9, PS 10, BS 11)
5/2008: 24Q (VR 8, PS 7, BS 9) (Will this hurt me?)
My ECs:
1. Girl Scout camp leader (paid employment, 6 summers with some hours on volunteer basis during school year)
2. Part-time work: lifeguard (2 years, 480 hours), food service worker (1 semester, 240 hours)
3. Residence Life Academic Mission Group Program Director (paid employment, 1 year)
4. Environmental Studies field researcher (1 semester)
5. Non-medical community service: New York Cares volunteer organization (7 hours), Habitat for Humanity trip (70 hours), Expanding Your Horizons conference leader (20 hours), environmental service trip (70 hours)
6. Biochemistry lab researcher (1 semester)
7. University of Wisconsin Childrens Hospital Child Life volunteer (2 years, 250 hours)
8. Stem cell lab researcher (2 years)
9. Tutor at under-resourced middle school (1.5 years)
10. Secretary of Alpha Epsilon Delta (1 year, member 1 year prior)
11. Vice President of Beta Beta Beta (1 year, member 1 year prior)
12. Physician shadowing (20 hours)
13. Teach For America Middle School Science Teacher (1 year)
14. Mount Sinai Childrens Hospital Child Life volunteer (1 year, 120 hours)
My school list:
1. Mount Sinai
2. NYU
3. Albert Einstein
4. SUNY Downstate
5. NYMC
6. Hofstra
7. Stony Brook
8. SUNY Upstate
9. SUNY Buffalo
10. Albany
11. University of Rochester?
12. GWU
13. Georgetown
14. Temple
15. Drexel
16. Jefferson
17. University of Wisconsin
18. Medical College of Wisconsin
19. Rosalind Franklin
20. Rush?
21. Loyola?
22. Oregon Health & Science University?
23. Michigan State?
24. Pennsylvania State?
25. Boston University?
26. Tufts?
27. The Commonwealth Medical College?
28. University of Vermont?
29. Virginia Commonwealth University?
30. Saint Louis University?
31. Tulane?
I am applying this year and plan to submit my AMCAS application next week (I know I am on the late side, but I wanted to wait for my new MCAT scores, which I received today). I am currently a resident of New York (2 years), but grew up in Wisconsin and went to undergrad at the University of Wisconsin. I would prefer to stay in NYC, with my first-choice, dream schools being NYU and Mount Sinai.
I would like advice on school selection, and help on narrowing down my list. I am looking to apply to about 20 schools. What are my chances at acceptance this cycle? What can I do this year to improve my chances?
Thanks!
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