Here are the stats:
11 VR, 12 PS, 13 BS (36 total), this will probably be the strong point of my application.
GPA is 3.63 cumulative but probably slightly lower AMCAS because I retook two classes. Based on my own calculations my BCPM GPA is 3.53.
Averaged about a 3.8 in junior/senior year, 3.4 freshman/sophomore. I graduated with honors, cum laude from a state school in CT, majored in BME.
After I graduated in 2011 I took an engineering job for 3 years. My job started with software engineering but quickly evolved into leading a team of signal analysts.
My ECs are weak on some areas. I have 2 semesters of research experience but no publications. I started volunteering recently at a local hospital 7 hours a week, but no prior volunteer experience other than minor 1-day things. I also have just recently started shadowing an orthopedic surgeon, and will be setting up an observership with a cardiothoracic surgeon for this summer. So my concern is, is it too little too late?
I only recently started creating a school list. I am planning on applying to around 10-12 schools. I will probably get some flak for this, but this rough list is constructed mainly of schools located where I think I would like to reside.
Very rough list (I understand some of these may be way out of reach, please let me know):
University of Connecticut
Yale
NYC based schools like Yeshiva, Columbia, NYU
University of Colorado
Do I have a chance at any of the University of California schools?
Any other suggestions?
Thanks a lot for any help!
11 VR, 12 PS, 13 BS (36 total), this will probably be the strong point of my application.
GPA is 3.63 cumulative but probably slightly lower AMCAS because I retook two classes. Based on my own calculations my BCPM GPA is 3.53.
Averaged about a 3.8 in junior/senior year, 3.4 freshman/sophomore. I graduated with honors, cum laude from a state school in CT, majored in BME.
After I graduated in 2011 I took an engineering job for 3 years. My job started with software engineering but quickly evolved into leading a team of signal analysts.
My ECs are weak on some areas. I have 2 semesters of research experience but no publications. I started volunteering recently at a local hospital 7 hours a week, but no prior volunteer experience other than minor 1-day things. I also have just recently started shadowing an orthopedic surgeon, and will be setting up an observership with a cardiothoracic surgeon for this summer. So my concern is, is it too little too late?
I only recently started creating a school list. I am planning on applying to around 10-12 schools. I will probably get some flak for this, but this rough list is constructed mainly of schools located where I think I would like to reside.
Very rough list (I understand some of these may be way out of reach, please let me know):
University of Connecticut
Yale
NYC based schools like Yeshiva, Columbia, NYU
University of Colorado
Do I have a chance at any of the University of California schools?
Any other suggestions?
Thanks a lot for any help!