1. cGPA: 3.26 / sGPA: 3.25 from a California State School (No prestige point for me)
2. MCAT: 495
3. ECs:
- Pharmacy tech for 5 years
- Research assistant for 2 years - 1 presentation, 0 publications
- Teaching assistant for a foreign language class for 2 years
- Volunteered at a hospital for only about ~70 hours
- Shadowed a podiatrist for 16 hours (2 days)
4. Applied to all schools except for DMU and Scholl. I was offered interviews from all 7, but only attended NYCPM, Temple, and Western.
5. Accepted to all 3 schools:
- NYCPM offered me 0$ of scholarships
- Temple offered me a 2000$ merit scholarship
- Western offered me 1000$ merit scholarship
I chose Temple even though Western is only an hour away from my house. For some weird reason, I really loved the vibe of the school and the city of Philadelphia. I love how Temple has its own teaching hospital and is home to other really good healthcare professions programs (MD, PharmD, DMD, Nursing). Temple's foot clinic is also SUPER busy! I also wasn't ready to leave a university system just yet. Western is a graduate university only. I want to be able to route for a team when college football/basketball season comes. It's also time for me to experience life outside of my Southern California bubble and leave my comfort zone.
CHEERS TO CLASS OF 2021!