Greetings all!
I wanted to see if anyone was willing to help me gauge my competitiveness for allopathic medical school admissions.
I am attending East Carolina University, majoring in Public Health with a dual minor in Psychology and Biochemistry.
Overall GPA: 4.0
Science GPA: 4.0
Mcat Score (2015): 491 *I plan to retake MCAT this next summer
Research: Freshman year, received grant for an independent project studying the biophysical modeling of isomer aquaporin-z in E. coli. It was a biophysics project using the Kedem-Katchalsky equations for membrane permeability.
Teaching Assistant in Cellular/Molecular Biology - taught 2 sections of recitation and covered 2 sections of lab
Tutor in Calculus sequence (II and III), General Chemistry (I and II), and Biology - clocked over 200 hours over freshman and sophomore year
I have had several shadowing/internship and volunteer experiences:
Current Internship in Surgery within UNC Healthcare system - 350+ hours, 126 surgeries seen (scrubbed
in and at the table)
Neurosurgery - 6 cases observed, 32 patient clinic consultations seen
General Surgery - 117 cases observed * General Surgery has been my focus and primary interest
Plastic Surgery - 1 case observed
Urology - 2 cases observed
GYN - 2 cases observed
Emergency Medicine/Trauma - 10 hours of experience
Internship in Anatomic Pathology at Penn State Hershey Medical Center - 50 hours of clinical/diagnostic experience as well as attended 2 resident/fellow seminars on breast and endocrine pathologies
Volunteer Internship in General Pediatrics and Family Medicine - 70 hours of experience
Internship Cumberland County Coroner's Office and Forensic Pathology Group - 100+ hours of
experience and aided in ~ 60 forensic autopsies
Hospital Volunteer at Carlisle Regional Medical Center - 56 hours
Volunteer Youth Leader at church and also run mixed media on sunday mornings for service
Medical Volunteer for PA Church of God Youth Camp - 4 summers
I'm a member of National Honors societies and several clubs/organizations on campus and I will be going to Uganda in January for 10 days with a group of surgeons from UNC to operate pro bono.
As far as medical schools go, my dream school is Yale, but I plan to also apply to UNC, Duke, Wake Forest, ECU, Harvard, Penn State, Penn, U of VA, VCU, WVU, Columbia, Tufts, etc...
Does my applications have any deficits? What are my chances? Thanks for your time!
I wanted to see if anyone was willing to help me gauge my competitiveness for allopathic medical school admissions.
I am attending East Carolina University, majoring in Public Health with a dual minor in Psychology and Biochemistry.
Overall GPA: 4.0
Science GPA: 4.0
Mcat Score (2015): 491 *I plan to retake MCAT this next summer
Research: Freshman year, received grant for an independent project studying the biophysical modeling of isomer aquaporin-z in E. coli. It was a biophysics project using the Kedem-Katchalsky equations for membrane permeability.
Teaching Assistant in Cellular/Molecular Biology - taught 2 sections of recitation and covered 2 sections of lab
Tutor in Calculus sequence (II and III), General Chemistry (I and II), and Biology - clocked over 200 hours over freshman and sophomore year
I have had several shadowing/internship and volunteer experiences:
Current Internship in Surgery within UNC Healthcare system - 350+ hours, 126 surgeries seen (scrubbed
in and at the table)
Neurosurgery - 6 cases observed, 32 patient clinic consultations seen
General Surgery - 117 cases observed * General Surgery has been my focus and primary interest
Plastic Surgery - 1 case observed
Urology - 2 cases observed
GYN - 2 cases observed
Emergency Medicine/Trauma - 10 hours of experience
Internship in Anatomic Pathology at Penn State Hershey Medical Center - 50 hours of clinical/diagnostic experience as well as attended 2 resident/fellow seminars on breast and endocrine pathologies
Volunteer Internship in General Pediatrics and Family Medicine - 70 hours of experience
Internship Cumberland County Coroner's Office and Forensic Pathology Group - 100+ hours of
experience and aided in ~ 60 forensic autopsies
Hospital Volunteer at Carlisle Regional Medical Center - 56 hours
Volunteer Youth Leader at church and also run mixed media on sunday mornings for service
Medical Volunteer for PA Church of God Youth Camp - 4 summers
I'm a member of National Honors societies and several clubs/organizations on campus and I will be going to Uganda in January for 10 days with a group of surgeons from UNC to operate pro bono.
As far as medical schools go, my dream school is Yale, but I plan to also apply to UNC, Duke, Wake Forest, ECU, Harvard, Penn State, Penn, U of VA, VCU, WVU, Columbia, Tufts, etc...
Does my applications have any deficits? What are my chances? Thanks for your time!
