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I know this is pretty long, but I don't really have the resources at my university to ask these questions. I didn't know about MD/PhD programs until a little more than a year ago, so my app is more built towards a PhD than an MD/PhD. Because of this, my clinical experience is practically nonexistent. I will be taking a gap year, and I am hoping to find a research position at a medical center to buff up my clinical experience, since my home institution has almost no opportunities for volunteering or shadowing. I think that my lack of clinical experience is the biggest negative of my app, so should I even apply this cycle or wait?
Demographic:
White Male
Undergrad:
Biomedical Engineering major at top 15 engineering insitution
Polymer Engineering certificate
cGPA: 3.71
sGPA: 3.78
MCAT: 515
Research:
3 years in a tissue engineering lab. 3 pubs (IF ~ 20, 8, and 8). 3 poster presentations, 1 at national conference. Undergraduate thesis.
One summer research grant at home institution in my main lab.
One summer research grant at a top SOM in a stem cell bio lab (not productive but learned a lot).
Senior design project working with surgeons at major hospital to develop medical device
Shadowing:
40 hrs ped cardiac surgeon at SOM during summer program
10 hrs urologist
Clinical Volunteering:
None.
Non-Clinical Volunteering:
Started science outreach program with middle school in a economically disadvantaged city (50 hrs)
Helped organize career fair for my department (20 hrs)
Research mentor to other undergrads/new grad students in my lab
Work:
TA for three years
Awards:
Research Grant to fund proposal from sigma xi ($1000). Is this impressive/should I include it?
Departmental scholarship for top Junior.
Various small scholarships from university. Should I include?
Red Flags:
No clinical experience. I will be volunteering once I graduate and move, so can I include future hours?
C in Transport Phenomena class and D in Biostats class during the same semester. I have A's in four other calc/diff eq classes, so hopefully this isn't too bad. How to address?
School list:
I am looking more so at the grad programs and prospective PIs at the schools rather than the med program just by itself. I am a Texas resident, so does this improve my chances at TX schools like regular MD? Are there any schools that I should just not apply to? Am I way off on the tier of school that I should be applying to?
UCSD, Emory-GaTech, Pitt-CMU, Baylor, USC-Caltech, UVA, UAB, UMD, UNC, Rochester, UTSW, UTHSC San Antonio, CWRU, Wake Forest, Vanderbilt, UPenn, Geisel, Duke, Northwestern
I know this is a lot, so I appreciate any advice or critique that you might have. Thanks!
Demographic:
White Male
Undergrad:
Biomedical Engineering major at top 15 engineering insitution
Polymer Engineering certificate
cGPA: 3.71
sGPA: 3.78
MCAT: 515
Research:
3 years in a tissue engineering lab. 3 pubs (IF ~ 20, 8, and 8). 3 poster presentations, 1 at national conference. Undergraduate thesis.
One summer research grant at home institution in my main lab.
One summer research grant at a top SOM in a stem cell bio lab (not productive but learned a lot).
Senior design project working with surgeons at major hospital to develop medical device
Shadowing:
40 hrs ped cardiac surgeon at SOM during summer program
10 hrs urologist
Clinical Volunteering:
None.
Non-Clinical Volunteering:
Started science outreach program with middle school in a economically disadvantaged city (50 hrs)
Helped organize career fair for my department (20 hrs)
Research mentor to other undergrads/new grad students in my lab
Work:
TA for three years
Awards:
Research Grant to fund proposal from sigma xi ($1000). Is this impressive/should I include it?
Departmental scholarship for top Junior.
Various small scholarships from university. Should I include?
Red Flags:
No clinical experience. I will be volunteering once I graduate and move, so can I include future hours?
C in Transport Phenomena class and D in Biostats class during the same semester. I have A's in four other calc/diff eq classes, so hopefully this isn't too bad. How to address?
School list:
I am looking more so at the grad programs and prospective PIs at the schools rather than the med program just by itself. I am a Texas resident, so does this improve my chances at TX schools like regular MD? Are there any schools that I should just not apply to? Am I way off on the tier of school that I should be applying to?
UCSD, Emory-GaTech, Pitt-CMU, Baylor, USC-Caltech, UVA, UAB, UMD, UNC, Rochester, UTSW, UTHSC San Antonio, CWRU, Wake Forest, Vanderbilt, UPenn, Geisel, Duke, Northwestern
I know this is a lot, so I appreciate any advice or critique that you might have. Thanks!
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