3.7/515 WAMC, school list

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cGPA and sGPA as calculated by AMCAS or AACOMAS
3.7 cGPA, 3.62 sGPA
MCAT score(s) and breakdown
515 (130/127/127/131)
State of residence or country of citizenship (if non-US)
CO
Ethnicity and/or race
White
Undergraduate institution or category
graduated from JHU in 2018
Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer)

• Will have ~30 hrs of hospice volunteering by application, but this is ongoing and will be closer to 100 hrs by matriculation
• Currently working full time as a clinical RA in children's hospital (1.5yrs by matriculation)

Research experience and productivity

• 1st lab: full time over winter break + part time spring semester (200 hrs over 5 months) under an anesthesiologist working in various ICUs. Mostly scanning health records to find eligible patients to enroll in study. Helped collect and analyze neuromonitoring data (fNIRS, TCD)
• 2nd lab: involved for 2 years in psychiatry dpt. (800 hrs) Worked on 2 projects: one clinical - again collecting fNIRS data, performed data analysis; one preclinical/translational - extensively involved in this project. Helped administer drug protocol to mice, ran behavioral studies, helped collect tissue samples, performed data analysis, contributed to manuscript writing
  • mid level authorship on publication from 2nd study
• Opportunity for multiple publications to come out of work as CRA

Shadowing experience and specialties represented

• one summer (100+ hrs) orthopedic surgeon - OR/clinic
• 30 hrs in OR with anesthesiologist from 1st lab
• 20 hrs cardiology OR/clinic
• CRA in orthopedics department of children's hospital - will have plenty of opportunities to again be in the OR as well as be in clinic where I consent patients

Non-clinical volunteering

• 2 years (100 hrs) in tutoring/mentorship program that services low SES high school students in Baltimore - had leadership overseeing 5 other undergraduates
• 6 months (80 hrs) in free health+wellness center that provides services for low SES community members

Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc)

• 4 years (350 hrs) club volleyball - president of club senior year
• 3.5 years (150 hrs) student organization - on exec board senior year
• 40 hrs orientation leader
• medical service trip abroad spring break freshman year (50 hrs) - heard these don't look too favorable due to "voluntourism" so might not include (thoughts?)

Relevant honors or awards

• Dean's List every semester
• graduated with General Honors/Departmental Honors

School List (looking for help)
JHU, UCSF, Duke, Chicago, UColorado, Northwestern, Michigan, Vandy, Pitt, UCSD, Mt Sinai, Case Western, Emory, UVA, OSU, USC, Dartmouth, Einstein, UNC, Miami, Wake Forest, VCU, GWU, Georgetown

Is this too top heavy?
Thanks!

 

[Faha]

Yes, your list is top heavy. I suggest adding more schools such as:
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Eastern Virginia
Hofstra
Western Michigan
Oakland Beaumont
Medical College Wisconsin
Rosalind Franklin
Tufts

 

[FutureDPM123]

Have at least 3-4 schools where your stats are at the 75th percentile of those accepted.

 

[aspiringMD47]

I also did a medical service trip abroad and I was not looked down upon - I actually ended up talking about this most and expressed how much the trip meant to me!