Year in school: Graduated, currently in SMP (No URM)
Country/state of residence: TX, Have lived in CA (ties?)
Schools to which you are applying: (Secondary received for all, expect those noted)
• Texas AM
• UT Houston
• UT Austin (No secondary)
• UT Southwestern
• UT San Antonio
• UTMB
• UT Rio Grande Valley (Received secondary after screen)
• TT Lubbock
• TT El Paso
• TCOM (DO)
• David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (Received secondary after screen)
• USC
• UC Irvine (No secondary)
• UC San Diego (No secondary)
• UC Davis (Received secondary after screen)
• UC Riverside (No secondary)
• Loma Linda
• Loyola Stritch
• Rosalind Franklin
• Rush
• UI Chicago (Received secondary after screen)
• Upstate
• Downstate
• Albany
• SUNY Buffalo
• New York Medical College
• Stony Brook
• Rochester
• Tulane
• Georgetown
• Boston University
• Baylor
• Drexel
• Geisinger
• Temple
• Penn State
• Sidney Kimmel
• U Miami
• Medical College of Wisconsin
• VCU (Received secondary after screen)
• Vermont
Cumulative GPA: 3.37; Top 25 university if that has any bearing
Science GPA: 3.24
Current SMP GPA: 4.00 (I have updated Texas schools and AMCAS schools with post submission updates)
MCAT Scores: 507 (127/126/128/126), 508 (127/125/125/131)
Applied disadvantaged due to parental issues/mental health causing initial low GPA, but massive upward trend.
Research: Undergraduate Research Assistant at Vision Molecular Lab (600 hrs), Individual Project (300 hrs), 1 Poster presentation at ARVO International Conference
Volunteering (clinical): Hospital Helper (268 hours): Interacted with patients, brought them food, cleaned their beds
Physician shadowing: Endocrinologist (35 hrs), Family Medicine (40 hrs)
Non-clinical volunteering: Local village translator during international trips in marginalized areas of nonprofit organization on campus/ organizer of community projects (400 hrs)
Local nursing home during summer after graduation (35 hrs)
Extracurricular activities: Weightlifting, Leisure Reading
Employment history: Supervisor/Customer relations at campus gym (530 hrs)
Immediate family members in medicine?: Yes
Specialty of interest: Primary care, endocrinology
Shadowing experience: Yes, please see above
Graduate degrees: Currently pursuing SMP
Interest in rural health (y/n) :Yes
No II, No Rejections (knock on wood)
Thanks for your input!
Country/state of residence: TX, Have lived in CA (ties?)
Schools to which you are applying: (Secondary received for all, expect those noted)
• Texas AM
• UT Houston
• UT Austin (No secondary)
• UT Southwestern
• UT San Antonio
• UTMB
• UT Rio Grande Valley (Received secondary after screen)
• TT Lubbock
• TT El Paso
• TCOM (DO)
• David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (Received secondary after screen)
• USC
• UC Irvine (No secondary)
• UC San Diego (No secondary)
• UC Davis (Received secondary after screen)
• UC Riverside (No secondary)
• Loma Linda
• Loyola Stritch
• Rosalind Franklin
• Rush
• UI Chicago (Received secondary after screen)
• Upstate
• Downstate
• Albany
• SUNY Buffalo
• New York Medical College
• Stony Brook
• Rochester
• Tulane
• Georgetown
• Boston University
• Baylor
• Drexel
• Geisinger
• Temple
• Penn State
• Sidney Kimmel
• U Miami
• Medical College of Wisconsin
• VCU (Received secondary after screen)
• Vermont
Cumulative GPA: 3.37; Top 25 university if that has any bearing
Science GPA: 3.24
Current SMP GPA: 4.00 (I have updated Texas schools and AMCAS schools with post submission updates)
MCAT Scores: 507 (127/126/128/126), 508 (127/125/125/131)
Applied disadvantaged due to parental issues/mental health causing initial low GPA, but massive upward trend.
Research: Undergraduate Research Assistant at Vision Molecular Lab (600 hrs), Individual Project (300 hrs), 1 Poster presentation at ARVO International Conference
Volunteering (clinical): Hospital Helper (268 hours): Interacted with patients, brought them food, cleaned their beds
Physician shadowing: Endocrinologist (35 hrs), Family Medicine (40 hrs)
Non-clinical volunteering: Local village translator during international trips in marginalized areas of nonprofit organization on campus/ organizer of community projects (400 hrs)
Local nursing home during summer after graduation (35 hrs)
Extracurricular activities: Weightlifting, Leisure Reading
Employment history: Supervisor/Customer relations at campus gym (530 hrs)
Immediate family members in medicine?: Yes
Specialty of interest: Primary care, endocrinology
Shadowing experience: Yes, please see above
Graduate degrees: Currently pursuing SMP
Interest in rural health (y/n) :Yes
No II, No Rejections (knock on wood)
Thanks for your input!