So I'm feeling uneasy about my grades. I would like to stay in CA if possible but I am also aiming high, top 20, hoping that they don't zero in on the 4th semester as my grades were uncharacteristically low due to external stressors. If the school has an adversity prompt, this semester would be included.
Rising Senior
MCAT 513
I did a UC-UC transfer for a variety of reasons, and this meant I switched from semester system to quarter system this past year.
Semester/Quarter GPAs:
1st School: Semesters
1st: 3.83
2nd: 3.66
3rd: 3.83
4th: 3.34 (rough series of events, C- in Organic Chemistry 2, B in Physics II - downward trend in both classes)
2nd School: Quarters
5th: 4.00 (A in Biochemistry)
6th: 3.70
7th: 4.00 (one course; studying for MCAT)
EC:
Working with two non-profits that serve the Hispanic and Vietnamese community around my university, currently on a committee organizing a health fair in the inner city.
Shadowing my dad in the local ER in my small hometown so I had a good amount of freedom to explore and learn about other departments.
Research with two labs: spinal cord injury and hypoxia/diabetes
Worked as a medical assistant at the first aid tent for an extreme endurance high-altitude bicycle race in a wilderness area (Death Ride, might be interesting if you're a cyclist)
Tutored/peer mentored while at my first university for incoming students
LORs should be very good
Senior Year plans: Senior Thesis in spinal cord injury lab (would include at least 1 poster/1 publication)/clinic trips to Mexico/Vietnam with my non-profits/Considering an MCAT retake as I feel that my anxiety got the best of me in the weeks leading up to the exam (re-scheduled for later but ended up not really studying at all). Would only retake if my test prep full-lengths were equal to my real or higher.
Rising Senior
MCAT 513
I did a UC-UC transfer for a variety of reasons, and this meant I switched from semester system to quarter system this past year.
Semester/Quarter GPAs:
1st School: Semesters
1st: 3.83
2nd: 3.66
3rd: 3.83
4th: 3.34 (rough series of events, C- in Organic Chemistry 2, B in Physics II - downward trend in both classes)
2nd School: Quarters
5th: 4.00 (A in Biochemistry)
6th: 3.70
7th: 4.00 (one course; studying for MCAT)
EC:
Working with two non-profits that serve the Hispanic and Vietnamese community around my university, currently on a committee organizing a health fair in the inner city.
Shadowing my dad in the local ER in my small hometown so I had a good amount of freedom to explore and learn about other departments.
Research with two labs: spinal cord injury and hypoxia/diabetes
Worked as a medical assistant at the first aid tent for an extreme endurance high-altitude bicycle race in a wilderness area (Death Ride, might be interesting if you're a cyclist)
Tutored/peer mentored while at my first university for incoming students
LORs should be very good
Senior Year plans: Senior Thesis in spinal cord injury lab (would include at least 1 poster/1 publication)/clinic trips to Mexico/Vietnam with my non-profits/Considering an MCAT retake as I feel that my anxiety got the best of me in the weeks leading up to the exam (re-scheduled for later but ended up not really studying at all). Would only retake if my test prep full-lengths were equal to my real or higher.