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Hi everyone! I'm new to SDN after seeing how beneficial this site seems to be!
I'm entering my sophomore year of college, but technically am a junior (senior?) with 91 credits. A biology-healthcare-science major with minors in spanish and chemistry.
So far: 3.99 GPA
I have held a job for 2 years working as a business office assistant at a Retina Specialists' office doing administrative work, but also have communicated with elderly patients over the phone.
I have been working as a Pharmacy Tech since October, and am planning on quitting to focus on my MCAT studies (which I am planning to take May-June of 2018)
I recently have been hired as a student assistant in the Dean's Office at my university's College of Letters and Sciences.
My freshman year of college, I tutored Calc I and II, Gen Chem I, and Spanish. In the fall I will continue with those classes and add Gen Chem II to my tutor list.
I've only shadowed about 15 hours, including a pediatric cardiologist, pediatric gastroenterologist, pediatric pulmonologist, a radiologist, and one of the retina specialists I work for.
I have about 25 hours of volunteering in a hospital emergency room, and have recently began volunteering at a homeless shelter, where I will be also volunteering in the Free Clinic.
My schedule this fall includes Organic Chem I, Genetics, Physics I, and Eco/Evo.
I believe my strongest points include how I've had a lot of experience communicating with patients in many different venues, whether it be over the phone, at the pharmacy, or in the ER. I also feel that I've seen medicine play out from many angles/perspectives (billing, pharmacy, and of course the actual doctor part)
So, am I on the right track? What should I continue, stop, add? And do you think I'd have a chance of getting into an MD program if I were to apply next summer, 2018? I will be 20 years old at that time.
Thank you so much in advance!
I'm entering my sophomore year of college, but technically am a junior (senior?) with 91 credits. A biology-healthcare-science major with minors in spanish and chemistry.
So far: 3.99 GPA
I have held a job for 2 years working as a business office assistant at a Retina Specialists' office doing administrative work, but also have communicated with elderly patients over the phone.
I have been working as a Pharmacy Tech since October, and am planning on quitting to focus on my MCAT studies (which I am planning to take May-June of 2018)
I recently have been hired as a student assistant in the Dean's Office at my university's College of Letters and Sciences.
My freshman year of college, I tutored Calc I and II, Gen Chem I, and Spanish. In the fall I will continue with those classes and add Gen Chem II to my tutor list.
I've only shadowed about 15 hours, including a pediatric cardiologist, pediatric gastroenterologist, pediatric pulmonologist, a radiologist, and one of the retina specialists I work for.
I have about 25 hours of volunteering in a hospital emergency room, and have recently began volunteering at a homeless shelter, where I will be also volunteering in the Free Clinic.
My schedule this fall includes Organic Chem I, Genetics, Physics I, and Eco/Evo.
I believe my strongest points include how I've had a lot of experience communicating with patients in many different venues, whether it be over the phone, at the pharmacy, or in the ER. I also feel that I've seen medicine play out from many angles/perspectives (billing, pharmacy, and of course the actual doctor part)
So, am I on the right track? What should I continue, stop, add? And do you think I'd have a chance of getting into an MD program if I were to apply next summer, 2018? I will be 20 years old at that time.
Thank you so much in advance!