My stats:
Asian female, CA resident (attended UCLA as biochem major)
3.74 cum. GPA, 3.72 BCPM
31P MCAT (11 PS, 10 BS, 10 V)
EC's:
-ophthalmology asst at free clinic (1 academic yr)
-shadowed a rheumatologist/assisting w/protocol development (1 yr, including summer)
-shadowed doctors and surgeons at inner-city hospital (monthlong volunteer rotation) - scrubbed-in on multiple surgeries for a week, followed doctors on rounds, helped nurses w/patient care stuff
-working at info desk in clinic waiting room
-research in pathology lab (2 yrs, including summer) - 2 projects, 1st author of 1 paper (to be submitted this month, co-author on another
-health fair volunteer (4 years) - performed blood pressure screenings; also co-chaired various committees of our group
Which of the following schools should I remove?
MD:
CA schools: UC's (LA, SF, SD, Davis, Irvine), Stanford, Loma Linda, USC
Out of state:
Albany
Einstein
Boston
Brown
Case Western
Columbia
Creighton
Dartmouth
Drexel
George Washington
Georgetown
Howard
Jefferson
Loyola Chicago
MCW
NYMC
Penn State
Rosalind Franklin
Rush
St. Louis
SUNY (Downstate, Upstate, Buffalo)
Stony Brook
Temple
Tulane
UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson (volunteered and shadowed doctors here, have LOR from an attending)
Univ. of Maryland
Pitt
VCU
I am also thinking of applying to 5 DO schools (DMU, ATSU, NYCOM, CCOM, and Western).
Thanks for your input!
Asian female, CA resident (attended UCLA as biochem major)
3.74 cum. GPA, 3.72 BCPM
31P MCAT (11 PS, 10 BS, 10 V)
EC's:
-ophthalmology asst at free clinic (1 academic yr)
-shadowed a rheumatologist/assisting w/protocol development (1 yr, including summer)
-shadowed doctors and surgeons at inner-city hospital (monthlong volunteer rotation) - scrubbed-in on multiple surgeries for a week, followed doctors on rounds, helped nurses w/patient care stuff
-working at info desk in clinic waiting room
-research in pathology lab (2 yrs, including summer) - 2 projects, 1st author of 1 paper (to be submitted this month, co-author on another
-health fair volunteer (4 years) - performed blood pressure screenings; also co-chaired various committees of our group
Which of the following schools should I remove?
MD:
CA schools: UC's (LA, SF, SD, Davis, Irvine), Stanford, Loma Linda, USC
Out of state:
Albany
Einstein
Boston
Brown
Case Western
Columbia
Creighton
Dartmouth
Drexel
George Washington
Georgetown
Howard
Jefferson
Loyola Chicago
MCW
NYMC
Penn State
Rosalind Franklin
Rush
St. Louis
SUNY (Downstate, Upstate, Buffalo)
Stony Brook
Temple
Tulane
UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson (volunteered and shadowed doctors here, have LOR from an attending)
Univ. of Maryland
Pitt
VCU
I am also thinking of applying to 5 DO schools (DMU, ATSU, NYCOM, CCOM, and Western).
Thanks for your input!