Lemon_Pouch
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- Joined
- May 1, 2024
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- cGPA and sGPA as calculated by AMCAS or AACOMAS
- Currently I have a 3.90 GPA due to a B and B+ in my freshman fall semester, all A's since then. Assuming Gen Chem 2 dosnt completely kill me this Monday and I can get through the rest of college on my current track ill have around a 3.96 being optimistic.
- MCAT score(s) and breakdown. Include all (non-voided) attempts.
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- State of residence or country of citizenship (if non-US)
- US, Maryland
- Ethnicity and/or race
- Caucacion
- Undergraduate institution or category
- University of Maryland, College Park
- Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer)
- Volunteer EMT: So far have worked approx 200 hours, will have over 1500 upon graduating. Will be working paid over the summers. I will be getting my drivers cert this summer and be an ambulance driver as well. I am also wrapping up a 6 month- 14 hour per week class to officially have my EMT license this month.
- I have done 6 hours of volunteering with an organization doing free HIV testing, but dont have time till at least next semester due to weekend classes to continue this.
- Research experience and productivity
- 375 hours so far working in a plant virology lab conducting research on RNA virus structures. Will have over 1000 hours by graduation time. I get to do my own work and projects, and will have my name as a middle author on a methods paper soon.
- Shadowing experience and specialties represented
- So far only 10 hours in geriatrics, will be getting more this summer
- Non-clinical volunteering
- Work with a food recovery organization on campus as a Recovery Leader once per week collecting and driving food. I will be on E-board of this organization in the coming year. 8 hours so far.
- 30 hours of Food Bank volunteering. I do this mainly in the summer and hope to have 200 hours at this location before I graduate.
- Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc
- Just started a position as a CMNS peer mentor, and will be getting paid to assist students in making graduation plans, recovering from academic fails, campus orientations, etc
- I will be TA an introductory to the University class this coming semester, and will be TA a chem lab the semester after that.
- Will be picking up a Business minor this coming semester
Overall I really want to do everything in my potential to get into a T-20 medical school. I feel like I am behind but also feel like I dont have enough time to do anything. This semester I am taking 17 credits + my EMT class, which means that my weekends dont exist and I cant spend that time doing something else. From an outside perspective, where can I improve, where is my application the weakest, and what can I do to improve my chances of getting into a T-20 school?
*Edit: It wont let me unbold the first 2/3 of this post, I apologize.
Thank you!
Lemon Pouch