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<blockquote data-quote="jokoron123" data-source="post: 22145267" data-attributes="member: 1072129"><p>Hey guys, I'm going to apply next cycle and would love to start compiling some school lists. I don't really know where I currently stand and would appreciate school suggestions.</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>School/State/General info</strong><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">NJ resident</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Small, public university with ~80% acceptance rate. The university had only a symbolic research program, getting publications was very hard.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Dual Major in Biology and Biochemistry</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Graduated in 3 years at age of 20 </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Doing 3 years of Postbac at NIH (currently starting my 2nd year)</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GPA/MCAT</strong><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">3.96 (science GPA is 3.94)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">517 (130/127/130/130)</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Experiences</strong><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Founding member and president of a Medical Research Club</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Designed an experiment (bio-related) that was selected to fly on International Space Station by NASA. (sounds impressive but there wasn't much competition) </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Won an award that included 1,000 USD research grant</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Undergrad research project - ~700 hours (about?)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Worked as an O.Chem teaching assistant</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Worked as a tutor</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Paid summer research internship at another ~80% acceptance public university </li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Publications/Presentations/Posters</strong><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">3rd author on a paper from Postbac lab (will possibly get published in Mol. Cell)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">1st author (paper currently in progress, should get published by application) in a specialized journal</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Will possibly have 1-2 additional papers in review at time of application</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Three posters at national conferences - one of them won an award</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Two posters at local uni symposium - won 1st and 2nd place respectively</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Two posters related to Postbac</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Volunteering/Shadowing</strong><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">100 hours volunteering in ER</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">~30 hours shadowing Oncologist </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">~30 hours shadowing general medicine doctor</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">still have opportunity to shadow an MD/PhD before application cycle (also maybe could volunteer more)</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Miscellaneous</strong><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">English second language, caucasian.</li> </ul></li> </ul><p></p><p>Besides, MD school lists, I was hoping someone could suggest:</p><p>1) I am interested in MD/PhD. What would be some MD/PhD programs I should consider?</p><p>2) Best way to improve resume before next spring?</p><p>3) Is MCAT worth a retake? my FLs were: 517,519,520,520</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jokoron123, post: 22145267, member: 1072129"] Hey guys, I'm going to apply next cycle and would love to start compiling some school lists. I don't really know where I currently stand and would appreciate school suggestions. [LIST] [*][B]School/State/General info[/B] [LIST] [*]NJ resident [*]Small, public university with ~80% acceptance rate. The university had only a symbolic research program, getting publications was very hard. [*]Dual Major in Biology and Biochemistry [*]Graduated in 3 years at age of 20 [*]Doing 3 years of Postbac at NIH (currently starting my 2nd year) [/LIST] [*][B]GPA/MCAT[/B] [LIST] [*]3.96 (science GPA is 3.94) [*]517 (130/127/130/130) [/LIST] [*][B]Experiences[/B] [LIST] [*]Founding member and president of a Medical Research Club [*]Designed an experiment (bio-related) that was selected to fly on International Space Station by NASA. (sounds impressive but there wasn't much competition) [*]Won an award that included 1,000 USD research grant [*]Undergrad research project - ~700 hours (about?) [*]Worked as an O.Chem teaching assistant [*]Worked as a tutor [*]Paid summer research internship at another ~80% acceptance public university [/LIST] [*][B]Publications/Presentations/Posters[/B] [LIST] [*]3rd author on a paper from Postbac lab (will possibly get published in Mol. Cell) [*]1st author (paper currently in progress, should get published by application) in a specialized journal [*]Will possibly have 1-2 additional papers in review at time of application [*]Three posters at national conferences - one of them won an award [*]Two posters at local uni symposium - won 1st and 2nd place respectively [*]Two posters related to Postbac [/LIST] [*][B]Volunteering/Shadowing[/B] [LIST] [*]100 hours volunteering in ER [*]~30 hours shadowing Oncologist [*]~30 hours shadowing general medicine doctor [*]still have opportunity to shadow an MD/PhD before application cycle (also maybe could volunteer more) [/LIST] [*][B]Miscellaneous[/B] [LIST] [*]English second language, caucasian. [/LIST] [/LIST] Besides, MD school lists, I was hoping someone could suggest: 1) I am interested in MD/PhD. What would be some MD/PhD programs I should consider? 2) Best way to improve resume before next spring? 3) Is MCAT worth a retake? my FLs were: 517,519,520,520 [/QUOTE]
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