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Hey there! I'm looking to take a gap year to really solidify my application, and I would like some advice on how to further improve after graduation. Thus far, my plan includes adding research and volunteering hours, which I feel are my weakest components.
I'm an ORM female from Oregon attending a Texas university.
cGPA: Will probably end up at around a 3.70 (sitting a 3.67 right now)
sGPA: Will probably end up at around a 3.56 (Just lots of B+'s and B's. No B-'s, C's, or lower!)
Overall trend is upwards with a slight slump in sophomore year:
ECs:
I'm an ORM female from Oregon attending a Texas university.
cGPA: Will probably end up at around a 3.70 (sitting a 3.67 right now)
sGPA: Will probably end up at around a 3.56 (Just lots of B+'s and B's. No B-'s, C's, or lower!)
Overall trend is upwards with a slight slump in sophomore year:
- Freshman GPA Avg: 3.735
- Sophomore GPA Avg: 3.39
- Junior GPA Avg: 3.74
- Estimated Senior GPA Avg: 3.83
ECs:
- Strong (Hopefully!) Committee Letter
- Shadowing: 40 hours with a general surgeon. Perhaps I could get shadowing with a primary care physician as well?
- Volunteering*: 133 cumulative (54 clinical, 79 nonclinical). Would it be in my best interests to increase both clinical and nonclinical volunteering, or just one? I'm planning on adding another 30-50 hours by the time of my graduation.
- Employment:
- Medical Scribe: 1665 hours total. I did this over the summers between my school years.
- Lab Assistant for Class: About 90 hours.
- Website Administrator: Since freshman year; hours are hard to calculate
- Research*: 0 hours due to working during the summers. I'm planning on doing research during my gap year - hopefully in Texas so that I can gain Texas residency and have a better chance at gaining admittance.
- Misc. Activities:
- Competitive/Recreational Ice Skating since the age of 3 for about 22,000 hours. I would probably write this one as a significant activity since it helped me become a driven and motivated individual.
- Recreational Tennis: About 10 hours a month when I'm able (about 100 hours total).
- Online Team Gaming: 2000 hours. I've learned a lot about teamwork and problem solving by leading an organization and "raid" group.
- On Campus Organizations: Alpha Epsilon Delta (AED - honor society), Alpha Delta Pi (sorority), Order of Omega (honor society), Alpha Lambda Delta (honor society)
- George Washington
- Georgetown (Family ties/alumni)
- Jefferson
- Drexel
- Creighton
- Oregon Health and Science University (Family ties/alumni)
- Texas A&M (Family ties)
- UT Southwestern
- UT Galveston
- McGovern
- UT San Antonio
- UT Austin
- Texas Tech Lubboch
- Texas Tech El Paso
- Albany
- Geisinger
- Loyola
- NYMC
- Penn State
- Rosalind Franklin
- St. Louis University
- Wake Forest
- Tulane
