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Already applying (and struggling with secondaries), just wanted to get some feedback on my school list, especially if there's any worth cutting or adding. My GPA and MCAT are a little unbalanced, so picking reach/target/"safeties" has been confusing.
Recent graduate of a CA private school (Bioengineering major, South Asian)
cGPA: 3.61 (had a semi-substantial dip junior year with a C in stats and C+ in biochem, but senior year I got mostly A's/A-'s with one B+)
sGPA: 3.63
MCAT: 522 (132/130/129/131)
Research: 2 summers in a medical device lab, and 2 semesters in a biochem/neurobio lab at my school (no publications in either, but I presented at a conference for the biochem/neurobio lab)
Clinical Volunteering: ~110 hours as a general hospital volunteer (cycled through a few different departments), and 25-30 hours on a Medlife service trip
Nonclinical Volunteering: around 375 hours, mostly working with kids (200 teaching with a STEM outreach program, the rest are split between an org that holds soccer games for kids with physical/developmental disabilities and being a counselor for a summer camp for kids whose parents have cancer). Also have around 35 hours from an alternative break service trip (not international).
Shadowing: About 50 hours total, half with CT/vascular surgeons, and half with a primary care group and a dermatologist
Leadership: held a few different positions in the STEM outreach program throughout college, and for one year in my school's South Asian cultural club
Employment: none in college, but I'll be working full-time as a scribe this year
School List:
Recent graduate of a CA private school (Bioengineering major, South Asian)
cGPA: 3.61 (had a semi-substantial dip junior year with a C in stats and C+ in biochem, but senior year I got mostly A's/A-'s with one B+)
sGPA: 3.63
MCAT: 522 (132/130/129/131)
Research: 2 summers in a medical device lab, and 2 semesters in a biochem/neurobio lab at my school (no publications in either, but I presented at a conference for the biochem/neurobio lab)
Clinical Volunteering: ~110 hours as a general hospital volunteer (cycled through a few different departments), and 25-30 hours on a Medlife service trip
Nonclinical Volunteering: around 375 hours, mostly working with kids (200 teaching with a STEM outreach program, the rest are split between an org that holds soccer games for kids with physical/developmental disabilities and being a counselor for a summer camp for kids whose parents have cancer). Also have around 35 hours from an alternative break service trip (not international).
Shadowing: About 50 hours total, half with CT/vascular surgeons, and half with a primary care group and a dermatologist
Leadership: held a few different positions in the STEM outreach program throughout college, and for one year in my school's South Asian cultural club
Employment: none in college, but I'll be working full-time as a scribe this year
School List:
- Albany
- Albert Einstein
- BU
- Case Western
- Chicago Medical at Rosalind Franklin
- Columbia
- Drexel
- Georgetown
- George Washington University
- Icahn at Mt. Sinai
- Keck USC
- NYMC
- Ohio State
- OHSU
- Rush
- Jefferson
- Quinnipiac
- St. Louis University
- Tufts
- Tulane
- UC Davis
- UC Irvine
- UCLA
- UCSD
- UCSF
- University of Colorado
- UMiami
- University of Pittsburgh
- University of Rochestor
- Virginia Tech
- WashU
- Medical College of Wisconsin
- West Michigan
- UW
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