bostontortoise
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* **Year in school**: Incoming senior
* **Country/state of residence**: Kentucky
* **Demographics**: White, female, first generation college student
* **Schools to which you are applying**: Work in progress. Any feedback is much appreciated.
University of Kentucky
University of Louisville
Creigton
Rush
Rosalind Franklin
George Washington
Tulane
Wake Forest
Albany
(I would like to apply to 20 schools)
* **Cumulative GPA**: 3.85
* **Science GPA**: 3.80
* **MCAT Scores**: 509 (126/128/127/128) Very disappointed. Horrible distribution. Not even sure if I should apply MD with this?
* **Research – include any abstracts/posters/publications and how you were credited (eg. First author, senior author, etc)**:
3 summers of paid, full-time research in a biochemistry lab (at my PUI)
Several posters at local and regional conferences as first author
No pubs yet but I will be 2nd author on one that we are currently working on
Research for credit in same lab during the fall/spring semesters
* **Volunteering (clinical) – include hours/sites**:
\~130 hours as a bedside volunteer at a children's hospital
* **Physician shadowing – include hours/specialties**:
Emergency department \~20 hours
Allergy specialist \~24 hours
Orthopedic specialist \~12 hours
* **Non-clinical volunteering**:
\~150 hours at a homeless shelter
* **Extracurricular activities**: N/A
* **Employment history**:
Currently work as a CNA in the med-surge unit of a hospital 20 hours a week (since Sep 2018)
Previously worked as a CNA in a nursing home 20 hours a week (\~Aug 2017-Oct 2018)
Worked various jobs in addition to these such as seasonal Target cashier and server at a catering company on weekends.
* **Immediate family members in medicine? (y/n)**: No
I will have a LOR from my PI that I have worked with for 2 years now and another science professor who I have TAed for and have a great relationship with. I also have a committee letter from my school.
Feeling as though my application is weak and I am not feeling too good about applying this cycle. I come from a low income family and have to pay to support myself 100% so I spent the majority of my time working. I spent as much time as I could volunteering and shadowing when not working and doing homework but now I see it is not very much at all. Are there any schools that have shown to be understanding of this sort of thing and/or value experiences such as CNA work?
My ECs are weak and my MCAT is disappointing to say the least. I’m not even sure if I should apply this cycle. Honest opinions appreciated.
I am a new user here (long-time anon lurker) and on mobile so I apologize for formatting issues and other post errors.
* **Country/state of residence**: Kentucky
* **Demographics**: White, female, first generation college student
* **Schools to which you are applying**: Work in progress. Any feedback is much appreciated.
University of Kentucky
University of Louisville
Creigton
Rush
Rosalind Franklin
George Washington
Tulane
Wake Forest
Albany
(I would like to apply to 20 schools)
* **Cumulative GPA**: 3.85
* **Science GPA**: 3.80
* **MCAT Scores**: 509 (126/128/127/128) Very disappointed. Horrible distribution. Not even sure if I should apply MD with this?
* **Research – include any abstracts/posters/publications and how you were credited (eg. First author, senior author, etc)**:
3 summers of paid, full-time research in a biochemistry lab (at my PUI)
Several posters at local and regional conferences as first author
No pubs yet but I will be 2nd author on one that we are currently working on
Research for credit in same lab during the fall/spring semesters
* **Volunteering (clinical) – include hours/sites**:
\~130 hours as a bedside volunteer at a children's hospital
* **Physician shadowing – include hours/specialties**:
Emergency department \~20 hours
Allergy specialist \~24 hours
Orthopedic specialist \~12 hours
* **Non-clinical volunteering**:
\~150 hours at a homeless shelter
* **Extracurricular activities**: N/A
* **Employment history**:
Currently work as a CNA in the med-surge unit of a hospital 20 hours a week (since Sep 2018)
Previously worked as a CNA in a nursing home 20 hours a week (\~Aug 2017-Oct 2018)
Worked various jobs in addition to these such as seasonal Target cashier and server at a catering company on weekends.
* **Immediate family members in medicine? (y/n)**: No
I will have a LOR from my PI that I have worked with for 2 years now and another science professor who I have TAed for and have a great relationship with. I also have a committee letter from my school.
Feeling as though my application is weak and I am not feeling too good about applying this cycle. I come from a low income family and have to pay to support myself 100% so I spent the majority of my time working. I spent as much time as I could volunteering and shadowing when not working and doing homework but now I see it is not very much at all. Are there any schools that have shown to be understanding of this sort of thing and/or value experiences such as CNA work?
My ECs are weak and my MCAT is disappointing to say the least. I’m not even sure if I should apply this cycle. Honest opinions appreciated.
I am a new user here (long-time anon lurker) and on mobile so I apologize for formatting issues and other post errors.
