- Joined
- May 22, 2013
- Messages
- 2
- Reaction score
- 0
Hi all, long time reader, first time poster
Stats
MI resident
College: UC Berkeley; molecular and cell biology major
cGPA: 3.72
sGPA: 3.68
1st MCAT: (11PS, 6VS, 8BS)
2nd MCAT: (14 PS, 13VS, 13BS)
ECs
Volunteering
-volunteered at a UCSF clinic where I talked with patients, asked how they were, and made them feel comfortable (1 year)
-volunteered at an eye clinic in India where I helped escort patients to the eye exam room and helped the ophthalmologist with giving certain lenses for eye exams (every winter break+summer before freshman year)
-non-clinical: volunteered at an elementary school in India and taught kids basic english and arithmetic skills
Shadowing
-shadowed a primary care doc and a cardiologist for about 80-90 hours total
Research
-worked in a bioengineering lab at berkeley for 2 years on several of my own projects including things such as PEG micro fabrication, heart on a chip, and cardiac patch. (I can expand on a lot of this, but I don't think that's necessary here). I also helped and fixed a lot of computer-like equipment (and microscopes) in the lab since I'm a computer person
-worked in a hypertension lab at a hospital in Michigan during the summer between my freshman and sophomore years on a project involving measuring the tensile strength of the thoracic aorta in rats (so I can work with animals too)
Miscellaneous
-pre-med honor society member at berkeley: this is an invite only club and I had a hand in organizing and participating in events such as an ice cream social for kids in Oakland, organizing places in the library for study hours, having a potluck for members, etc)
-during my free time in college, i built and sold many computers to people and I always tinker around with electronics to see what other things they can do (manually jailbreak my iPhone etc)
Schools (a little top heavy I suppose)
Stanford
Duke
Johns Hopkins
Harvard
Yale
UPenn
UCSF
UCLA
UCSD
Columbia
Cornell
Pittsburgh
Michigan
Chicago
Northwestern
Georgetown
Emory
NYU
Boston University
Miami
USC
Dartmouth
Brown
MSU
Wayne State
Oakland University
Few questions
I had a bad junior year (Freshman GPA: 3.76 Sophomore GPA: 3.84 Junior GPA: 3.1 Senior GPA: 4.0). Are my overall and science GPA good enough for the top schools? Will my 1st MCAT attempt count against me? Stanford is my dream school.
Thanks for any input
Stats
MI resident
College: UC Berkeley; molecular and cell biology major
cGPA: 3.72
sGPA: 3.68
1st MCAT: (11PS, 6VS, 8BS)
2nd MCAT: (14 PS, 13VS, 13BS)
ECs
Volunteering
-volunteered at a UCSF clinic where I talked with patients, asked how they were, and made them feel comfortable (1 year)
-volunteered at an eye clinic in India where I helped escort patients to the eye exam room and helped the ophthalmologist with giving certain lenses for eye exams (every winter break+summer before freshman year)
-non-clinical: volunteered at an elementary school in India and taught kids basic english and arithmetic skills
Shadowing
-shadowed a primary care doc and a cardiologist for about 80-90 hours total
Research
-worked in a bioengineering lab at berkeley for 2 years on several of my own projects including things such as PEG micro fabrication, heart on a chip, and cardiac patch. (I can expand on a lot of this, but I don't think that's necessary here). I also helped and fixed a lot of computer-like equipment (and microscopes) in the lab since I'm a computer person
-worked in a hypertension lab at a hospital in Michigan during the summer between my freshman and sophomore years on a project involving measuring the tensile strength of the thoracic aorta in rats (so I can work with animals too)
Miscellaneous
-pre-med honor society member at berkeley: this is an invite only club and I had a hand in organizing and participating in events such as an ice cream social for kids in Oakland, organizing places in the library for study hours, having a potluck for members, etc)
-during my free time in college, i built and sold many computers to people and I always tinker around with electronics to see what other things they can do (manually jailbreak my iPhone etc)
Schools (a little top heavy I suppose)
Stanford
Duke
Johns Hopkins
Harvard
Yale
UPenn
UCSF
UCLA
UCSD
Columbia
Cornell
Pittsburgh
Michigan
Chicago
Northwestern
Georgetown
Emory
NYU
Boston University
Miami
USC
Dartmouth
Brown
MSU
Wayne State
Oakland University
Few questions
I had a bad junior year (Freshman GPA: 3.76 Sophomore GPA: 3.84 Junior GPA: 3.1 Senior GPA: 4.0). Are my overall and science GPA good enough for the top schools? Will my 1st MCAT attempt count against me? Stanford is my dream school.
Thanks for any input
Last edited: