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Hi guys, please let me know what you think my chances are! i would like to go to a fairly respectable med school (cali preferred but i know it'll be very hard so i will apply broadly)
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Female
Undergrad: UCLA (Honors Program & Departmental Honors)
Year: 4th
Major: Neuroscience
cGPA: 3.89
sGPA: ~3.80 i think?
MCAT: 30 (10, 10, 10, Q)
Hospital volunteering: only 30 hours so far... will work on it!
Shadowing: only 1 surgeon so far
Research:
-1 summer un-paid senior year of high school, neurosci lab at UCI
-2 summers paid 1st & 2nd year of college, neurosci lab at UCI
-research at neurosci lab since 2nd year of college, UCLA
Publications: 1 publication, 4th author
Presentations: (2 more this year most likely)
-UCLA science poster session
-UCLA Neuroscience poster session
Scholarships:
-URFP scholarship for 2 quarters of research in Junior year
-URSP scholarship for 3 quarters of research in Senior year
Extracurriculars/Hobbies:
-Officer in an Honor Society for two years
-Officer in a tutoring project for two years (we tutor incarcerated youth at a local detention camp)
-Piano
-Subtitling tv shows in Korean, Japanese, & Chinese into English online (unpaid) (dunno if i should mention this hobby of mine haha, or just how i learned to understand other languages through watching tv shows?)
Awards:
-Just one for volunteer of the quarter from the school's Community Service Commission for my tutoring in the project
so do you guys think i would have a decent chance at some of the top 50 med schools? I'm still trying to decide if i should retake the MCAT again or if i should just apply w/ my 30 next summer & focus on rounding out my app...
also any areas for improvement please let me know, thank you!
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Female
Undergrad: UCLA (Honors Program & Departmental Honors)
Year: 4th
Major: Neuroscience
cGPA: 3.89
sGPA: ~3.80 i think?
MCAT: 30 (10, 10, 10, Q)
Hospital volunteering: only 30 hours so far... will work on it!
Shadowing: only 1 surgeon so far
Research:
-1 summer un-paid senior year of high school, neurosci lab at UCI
-2 summers paid 1st & 2nd year of college, neurosci lab at UCI
-research at neurosci lab since 2nd year of college, UCLA
Publications: 1 publication, 4th author
Presentations: (2 more this year most likely)
-UCLA science poster session
-UCLA Neuroscience poster session
Scholarships:
-URFP scholarship for 2 quarters of research in Junior year
-URSP scholarship for 3 quarters of research in Senior year
Extracurriculars/Hobbies:
-Officer in an Honor Society for two years
-Officer in a tutoring project for two years (we tutor incarcerated youth at a local detention camp)
-Piano
-Subtitling tv shows in Korean, Japanese, & Chinese into English online (unpaid) (dunno if i should mention this hobby of mine haha, or just how i learned to understand other languages through watching tv shows?)
Awards:
-Just one for volunteer of the quarter from the school's Community Service Commission for my tutoring in the project
so do you guys think i would have a decent chance at some of the top 50 med schools? I'm still trying to decide if i should retake the MCAT again or if i should just apply w/ my 30 next summer & focus on rounding out my app...
also any areas for improvement please let me know, thank you!