Another one of those...what are my chances?

[premedical1990]

I will give you some of my statistics so you can let me know what you think:•Senior in Biomedical Engineering in a NC University
•3.98 cGPA, 3.82 sGPA
•President of a club for one year
•Treasurer of a club for one year
•50+ hours US shadowing including a pediatricain, pediatric surgeon, internal medicine, neurologist, orthopidic surgeon, ENT
•50+ hours shadowing abroad at a HIV/ARV clinic in Africa
•20+ hours volunteering at a local clinic
•350 hours in cancer research
•800 hours working as a technician at a company
•TA for a freshman introductory course
•Played intramural soccer and kickball for 4 years
•Member of pre-health club, BME club, Engineering World Health, medical honor society, biomedical honor society
•Worked as an ambassador for my college of engineering
•Participated on a committe for a service event
•Many volunteer activities throughout the years
•Service trip to Guatemala for spring break
•Service trip to Washington DC for fall break
•Currently taking the Kaplan MCAT prep class
•Tutor once a week for an hour for the last year
Let me know what I should improve on to improve my chances of getting in!

Thanks!

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[gmcguitar4]

More clinical experience + solid MCAT = med school for you

 

[Catalystik]

I will give you some of my statistics so you can let me know what you think:

• Senior in Biomedical Engineering in a NC University
• 3.98 cGPA, 3.82 sGPA
• President of a club for one year
• Treasurer of a club for one year
• 50+ hours US shadowing including a pediatricain, pediatric surgeon, internal medicine, neurologist, orthopidic surgeon, ENT
• 50+ hours shadowing abroad at a HIV/ARV clinic in Africa
• 20+ hours volunteering at a local clinic
• 350 hours in cancer research
• 800 hours working as a technician at a company
• TA for a freshman introductory course
• Played intramural soccer and kickball for 4 years
• Member of pre-health club, BME club, Engineering World Health, medical honor society, biomedical honor society
• Worked as an ambassador for my college of engineering
• Participated on a committe for a service event
• Many volunteer activities throughout the years
• Service trip to Guatemala for spring break
• Service trip to Washington DC for fall break
• Currently taking the Kaplan MCAT prep class
• Tutor once a week for an hour for the last year

Let me know what I should improve on to improve my chances of getting in!

Thanks!

Unless your research allowed you to interact frequently with cancer patients, you have some beefing up to do; applying with only 20ish hours of clinical volunteering experience is pretty sparse. Otherwise, your ECs look pretty good. The shadowing looks particularly meaty. Do you have some regular nonmedical community service that helps those with poor economic resources closer to home?

 

[premedical1990]

I am in the process of becoming a volunteer at a local hospital. How many hours would you recommend I shoot for?

 

[Catalystik]

About 150 total hours is the average that applicants list on their applications. I personally would consider 100 hours to be the minimum to aim for. So try to get in at least 80 more hours before you apply, but ideally more like 130 if you can manage it.