sursammy98
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Hi everyone, could I get some feedback on what schools I should add to my MD list? I am still waiting for verification (July 1st submission), so I am currently pre-writing secondaries and willing to add more MD schools to my list.
- Demographics: South Asian, born outside the country but Canadian citizen since I was 3 years old. No relatives in medicine.
- State/Country of Residence: Ontario/Canada
- Ties to other States/Regions: Aunt living in Albany, NY/ Visited grandparents in Boston during childhood; not any significant ties
- Year in School: Finished undergrad June 2020 (gap year with 2 pre-requisite courses and working part-time)
- Undergraduate Major(s)/Minor(s): Physiology Specialist
- Graduate Degrees (if applicable):
- Cumulative GPA: 3.57 (upward trend with GPA: 3.36 > 3.24 > 3.59 > 4.00); full course load each semester
- Science GPA: (not verified yet) probably around 3.45
- MCAT Score(s): 511, 509, 516 (=129/127/129/131)
- Research Experience: Total=550 hours; 300 hours senior thesis in Cardiovascular Molecular Biology (supposed to present but COVID; wrote manuscript), 150 hours research student in behavioral science dry lab with a poster presentation in undergrad conference; 100 hours into research case competition presenting work at a national conference.
- Publications/Abstracts/Posters (include how you were credited e.g. First author, second author, etc.): see above
- Clinical Experience (paid or volunteer): Cancer patient visitor at SickKids Children's Hospital (254 hours to date, planning to continue regularly this year)
- Physician Shadowing: 53 hours (note that shadowing is very hard to find in Canada due to privacy laws, but still doable if you know people)
- Non-Clinical Volunteering: Orientation Leader (180 hours)
- Other Extracurricular Activities: Toastmasters Club VP PR (300 hours), University Public Speaking Club Workshop Leader (150 hours), Head of Speaker Coach Team (TEDx) 300 hours
- Other Employment History: 575 hours Pharmacy Assistant, 810 hours Private Tutor
- Immediate family members in medicine? (Y/N): N
- Specialty of Interest (if applicable): N/A
- Interest in Primary Care (Y/N): Y
- Interest in Rural Health (Y/N): Y
- Medical School List:
- Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
- Central Michigan University College of Medicine
- Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science
- Emory University School of Medicine
- Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
- George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
- Georgetown University School of Medicine
- Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans
- Meharry Medical College
- Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
- Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
- Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University
- Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
- Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
- State University of New York Upstate Medical University
- Tulane University School of Medicine
- University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine
- University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine
- University of Maryland School of Medicine
- Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
- Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
- West Virginia University School of Medicine
- DO Schools
- AZCOM
- CCOM
- LUCOM
- MU-COM
- MSUCOM
- NSU COM
- RowanSOM
- TouroCOM-NY
- WCUCOM
- COMP