Hey everyone,
I would appreciate any help/insight into schools that may be within my grasp. A range of schools from good chances to reaches would be great. Thanks in advance for all y'alls time!
About me:
- 23 now and would be turning 25 the fall I matriculate (should I get in of course)
- Hispanic, born in TX, moved abroad at the age of 4 and came back to the US for college. Parents are still abroad and I therefore do not have residency in any state (although I have been paying taxes in NC, where I just graduated, for the past 2 years so maybe I can get lucky and get residency here, I do not know).
- After my freshman year, I took time off school to work (1.5 years) in order to fully fund my education. Held a full time job with serious responsibility as a Junior Trust Administrator.
- Eventually came back to school where my cGPA was a ~2.8. Worked hard and got it up to a cGPA of 3.66 and graduated this May. My major is Economics with a minor in Chemistry. All my pre-med classes have been A's except for a B in gen chem I and C+ in calc I (taken my freshman year) and a B in Biochemistry (took it during the summer with a history class too = a paper and test due every week, close to 250 pages of reading every night, you get the picture). My sGPA is a 3.7 (yes, took into account my calc I grade).
- ~300h of research in bioinformatics (cancer drug discovery, ribosome profiling and RNA-seq). Pretty independent in what I do, I'd spend ~13h/week working on it. Also had no prior background in computer science so learned everything I know on my own.
- ~60h of volunteering in the OR at my school's affiliated hospital.
- Resident Advisor for freshman for 2 years
- Taking the MCAT next week! (Good luck to everyone in the same boat!)
- During my gap year, I am going back into the work force (got a job as an Analyst for Deutsche Bank) and continuing my research remotely while volunteering at the local hospital next to where I will be living in FL.
That's pretty much all I can think of in terms of the information about me... If you want to know anything else then just ask and I'll tell! I completely understand that one of my limitations is in volunteering and maybe shadowing... Just understand that ever since I have came back to school (2013), I have been taking classes every semester and summer in order to graduate as quickly as possible. Due to being financially independent, I could not afford to take an unpaid internship or do things that would advance me as a prospective medical student. Also, being financially independent does not change your Federal Financial Aid Package, they still base it off your parents salary... Therefore, I was still getting the same amount of aid as if my parents paid for my education... Anyway, enough explaining because this is already a long post.
Thanks for all your help!
I would appreciate any help/insight into schools that may be within my grasp. A range of schools from good chances to reaches would be great. Thanks in advance for all y'alls time!
About me:
- 23 now and would be turning 25 the fall I matriculate (should I get in of course)
- Hispanic, born in TX, moved abroad at the age of 4 and came back to the US for college. Parents are still abroad and I therefore do not have residency in any state (although I have been paying taxes in NC, where I just graduated, for the past 2 years so maybe I can get lucky and get residency here, I do not know).
- After my freshman year, I took time off school to work (1.5 years) in order to fully fund my education. Held a full time job with serious responsibility as a Junior Trust Administrator.
- Eventually came back to school where my cGPA was a ~2.8. Worked hard and got it up to a cGPA of 3.66 and graduated this May. My major is Economics with a minor in Chemistry. All my pre-med classes have been A's except for a B in gen chem I and C+ in calc I (taken my freshman year) and a B in Biochemistry (took it during the summer with a history class too = a paper and test due every week, close to 250 pages of reading every night, you get the picture). My sGPA is a 3.7 (yes, took into account my calc I grade).
- ~300h of research in bioinformatics (cancer drug discovery, ribosome profiling and RNA-seq). Pretty independent in what I do, I'd spend ~13h/week working on it. Also had no prior background in computer science so learned everything I know on my own.
- ~60h of volunteering in the OR at my school's affiliated hospital.
- Resident Advisor for freshman for 2 years
- Taking the MCAT next week! (Good luck to everyone in the same boat!)
- During my gap year, I am going back into the work force (got a job as an Analyst for Deutsche Bank) and continuing my research remotely while volunteering at the local hospital next to where I will be living in FL.
That's pretty much all I can think of in terms of the information about me... If you want to know anything else then just ask and I'll tell! I completely understand that one of my limitations is in volunteering and maybe shadowing... Just understand that ever since I have came back to school (2013), I have been taking classes every semester and summer in order to graduate as quickly as possible. Due to being financially independent, I could not afford to take an unpaid internship or do things that would advance me as a prospective medical student. Also, being financially independent does not change your Federal Financial Aid Package, they still base it off your parents salary... Therefore, I was still getting the same amount of aid as if my parents paid for my education... Anyway, enough explaining because this is already a long post.
Thanks for all your help!
