Brief rundown:
At time of application I will have:
3.8 cGPA
3.8 sGPA
38 MCAT
Decent LORs (Not the type to make friends with profs...)
9 months volunteering at ER in local hospital 4 hrs/week
Leadership training from a top company in the chemicals industry
Teaching experience working at a test prep company teaching MCAT courses (8 months, 6 hours classroom time/week)
Shadowing Experience: 2 full days shadowing Ortho surg, both in office and in surgery. Have time to broaden and increase this, as I know it is severely lacking. Are certain specialties better to shadow than others?
None of what I call research. I have participated in a "research project" for 3 years, gotten credit for it once (class is even called "undergraduate research"), and was the leader of the project for a year, but the project consisted of designing a miniature vehicle (with possibility of scale-up, "green?") and competing against other schools' designs. We competed at the national level. Can this count?
Will have 1 yr work experience after graduating college before matriculation.
Work full-time one summer during college, part-time on and off while attending school.
Chemical Engineering BS degree.
Other:
Completed 30% of the AT. Not phenomenal as far as %age goes, but it was a good experience.
Will be married at time of matriculation.
Hobbies are backpacking, sports, running, etc. (anything outdoors)
I don't want to go in-state, don't have the need to go to a research-heavy institution, just want somewhere middle-of-the-road or better that is a good fit. Not talking top 25 or anything.
Thoughts?
At time of application I will have:
3.8 cGPA
3.8 sGPA
38 MCAT
Decent LORs (Not the type to make friends with profs...)
9 months volunteering at ER in local hospital 4 hrs/week
Leadership training from a top company in the chemicals industry
Teaching experience working at a test prep company teaching MCAT courses (8 months, 6 hours classroom time/week)
Shadowing Experience: 2 full days shadowing Ortho surg, both in office and in surgery. Have time to broaden and increase this, as I know it is severely lacking. Are certain specialties better to shadow than others?
None of what I call research. I have participated in a "research project" for 3 years, gotten credit for it once (class is even called "undergraduate research"), and was the leader of the project for a year, but the project consisted of designing a miniature vehicle (with possibility of scale-up, "green?") and competing against other schools' designs. We competed at the national level. Can this count?
Will have 1 yr work experience after graduating college before matriculation.
Work full-time one summer during college, part-time on and off while attending school.
Chemical Engineering BS degree.
Other:
Completed 30% of the AT. Not phenomenal as far as %age goes, but it was a good experience.
Will be married at time of matriculation.
Hobbies are backpacking, sports, running, etc. (anything outdoors)
I don't want to go in-state, don't have the need to go to a research-heavy institution, just want somewhere middle-of-the-road or better that is a good fit. Not talking top 25 or anything.
Thoughts?