What are my chances?
White female, mid-20s, first-generation student
Languages: English, German, Spanish
(keeping some of this information general to stay anonymous)
Academics -- I don't even know how to calculate my GPA with all of this!! -->
4.0 GPA - in Freshman year (took Bio, basic courses, Psych and Abnormal Psych) at basic state school
3.35 Overall GPA (3.82 Major GPA = Public Health major), Graduated with Honors Thesis - Transferred to Ivy League School for 3 years, mom got cancer and died at this time so I mostly got low C's (and I think 1 D) in Physics I, General Chemistry I and II during that time when I tried to take them. B- in A&P.
B+ Overall in Organic Chemistry I when taken at an average/above average private university
4.0 in Physics I (retook), Physics II, and Social Psychology at Community College
Still need to take Orgo II and retake Gen Chem. II. Would be able to get A's in these if taken at CC (pretty confident).
Recently:
Worked for 2 years as a research assistant in pharmaceutical consulting. Received a lot of clinical research exposure, interviewed patients with a variety of conditions (rheumatoid arthritis, heart failure, uterine fibroids, etc.). Was co-author on abstract presented at major cancer conference.
Currently 4.0 GPA in a funded Medical Psychology Masters program. Will have approximately 4 publications by end of next year (currently have one published), at least 1 first author.
Shadowing: Allergist/Immunologist, Pediatrician
Other experience:
Spent 8 weeks assisting a doctor and doing other medical projects in the slums of Dominican Republic
Lived with a pediatrician and assisted in his clinic for 3 weeks in India, observed surgery there
Volunteered at a Gerontologicalpsychiatric facility in Germany for 1 week
Taught English in Korea for 6 weeks
2 spring break volunteering service trips
Interned for 1 year for a rural county Public Health Department developing their telehealth program
Interned for 1 year in global health at the United Nations
Research Assistant for 1 year at Psychiatric research facility
4 years of paid wet lab bench research in mouse oncogenomics, maize genetics
NSF REU fellow
Spent 1.5 months at European medical institute developing a cancer study for the EU
Currently volunteer on a regular basis with cancer patients
It has always been my dream but my very poor grades in pre-med classes when my mom got cancer and I was at the Ivy League school made me think I am not good enough.
At this point I need to take Orgo II and Gen Chem II at CC and take the MCAT (what score do you think I would need?) Do you think I should go for it? My target school is GW.
Thank you for your feedback!
White female, mid-20s, first-generation student
Languages: English, German, Spanish
(keeping some of this information general to stay anonymous)
Academics -- I don't even know how to calculate my GPA with all of this!! -->
4.0 GPA - in Freshman year (took Bio, basic courses, Psych and Abnormal Psych) at basic state school
3.35 Overall GPA (3.82 Major GPA = Public Health major), Graduated with Honors Thesis - Transferred to Ivy League School for 3 years, mom got cancer and died at this time so I mostly got low C's (and I think 1 D) in Physics I, General Chemistry I and II during that time when I tried to take them. B- in A&P.
B+ Overall in Organic Chemistry I when taken at an average/above average private university
4.0 in Physics I (retook), Physics II, and Social Psychology at Community College
Still need to take Orgo II and retake Gen Chem. II. Would be able to get A's in these if taken at CC (pretty confident).
Recently:
Worked for 2 years as a research assistant in pharmaceutical consulting. Received a lot of clinical research exposure, interviewed patients with a variety of conditions (rheumatoid arthritis, heart failure, uterine fibroids, etc.). Was co-author on abstract presented at major cancer conference.
Currently 4.0 GPA in a funded Medical Psychology Masters program. Will have approximately 4 publications by end of next year (currently have one published), at least 1 first author.
Shadowing: Allergist/Immunologist, Pediatrician
Other experience:
Spent 8 weeks assisting a doctor and doing other medical projects in the slums of Dominican Republic
Lived with a pediatrician and assisted in his clinic for 3 weeks in India, observed surgery there
Volunteered at a Gerontologicalpsychiatric facility in Germany for 1 week
Taught English in Korea for 6 weeks
2 spring break volunteering service trips
Interned for 1 year for a rural county Public Health Department developing their telehealth program
Interned for 1 year in global health at the United Nations
Research Assistant for 1 year at Psychiatric research facility
4 years of paid wet lab bench research in mouse oncogenomics, maize genetics
NSF REU fellow
Spent 1.5 months at European medical institute developing a cancer study for the EU
Currently volunteer on a regular basis with cancer patients
It has always been my dream but my very poor grades in pre-med classes when my mom got cancer and I was at the Ivy League school made me think I am not good enough.
At this point I need to take Orgo II and Gen Chem II at CC and take the MCAT (what score do you think I would need?) Do you think I should go for it? My target school is GW.
Thank you for your feedback!
