GPA-3.739 sGPA-3.682 MCAT-28 and ECs

[ninjiliu]

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I'm a 21 y/o female, half Korean and half Caucasian

Major: Biomedical engineering
Minors: Mathematical Sciences and Chemistry

GPA: 3.739
sGPA: 3.682

28-(10 Physical Sciences, 9 Verbal, 9 Biological Sciences), plan to retake and aiming for 32+

Should be able to write a memorable PS. I'm also having a gap year, and applying to multiple ER Scribe programs to gain additional medical experience for the upcoming year. I also plan to get involved with the Boys and Girls club to become a mentor, and volunteering at a Hospice to gain knowledge about palliative care during this time.

Health-Related (Clinical) Experience:

-Dermatologist: 20 hours shadowing experience
-Radiation Oncologist: 50 hours shadowing experience
-Internist: 30 hours shadowing experience
-"The Dome Experience" 6 hours of shadowing experience, observed open heart surgery valve replacement.​

Mobile clinic volunteer for the underserved and impoverished areas of Lima, Peru
-General Practitioner: shadowing experience, clinical duties: obtain height, weight, blood pressure, pulse, and temperature.
-Dentist: shadowing experience, clinical duties: assist with lighting, dental suction hose, UV curing light, making dental filings.
-Gynecologist: shadowing experience, clinical duties: prepare pap smear, assisted diagnosis and write prescriptions.
-Pharmacist: shadowing experience, clinical duties: prepare and measure medications for patients​

Volunteer Experience

-Hospital Volunteer: 200+ hours
-Fostering dogs saved from euthanasia, also help with office work and volunteer at adoption events and fundraisers for a local organization that helps families dealing with canine cancer.
-Peru Abroad Trip (same experience as mentioned above) Provided medical assistance to mobile clinics and also volunteered with community development projects to build staircases, plan trees, and build foundation for children's daycare for the indigenous communities of Peru.
-Organized school wide event to collect clothing donations for families in need in the local community.
-Elderly companion: 50 hours, housework, cooking, and caring for pets while serving as a companion.
-Helped local community paint a house for a family in financial need.
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Leadership Experience

Student Alumni Organization - Director of Operations, responsibilites include: attend all meetings and record minutes (4 meetings a month with different committees), apply for SGA funding for annual budget and events, attend budget hearings for each SGA funded events, plan and run fundraisers, co-lead execute board meetings, lead meetings for operations committee, keep track of points, assist philanthropy event planning, relay communications to leadership council and executive board members, assist information tabling and membership recruiting, and have committed 75+ hours of volunteering for Alumni sponsored events

MEDLIFE - Community Chair, responsibilities include: Liaison between executive board and MEDLIFE members, co-lead meetings, facilitate organization actions, arrange participants for winter clinics.

Giving to Extremes - Chapter founder and adviser, responsibilities include: creating and defining leadership structure, apply to become recognized student run organization, recruit for executive board, recruit founding members, liaison between Dr. R (GTE founder) and chapter members, facilitate organization actions​

Additional Organization Memberships

IEEE, Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society, National Society of Collegiate Scholars​

Research

Sustained release of vascular endothelial growth factor from calcium-induced alginate hydrogels and platelet rich plasma
Summer research assistant in tissue engineering laboratory
No publications unfortunately 🙁​

Student Project

Automated Endoscopic Camera Positioning in Laparascopic Surgery
This self initiated project requires programming of a 5-axis robot, digital image processing, and proficiency in MATLAB
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Hobbies/ Other Interests

Photography - travel photography, fashion photography, photoshop
Traveling
Graphic Design - designed printed on 1,000 t-shirts for 2013 homecoming, designed t-shirt for honor society, created a logo for a local DJ
Glass blowing/working
Hiking, canoeing, rafting​

 

[Sloo0]

Youre good to go for all DO schools.


MD schools might be touch because of your MCAT. But that depends on where you are a resident.

If you live in Texas, youre golden, if you live in CA, youre not.


Hopefully you live in a state that gives preference to in-state applicants over out-state and then your low MCAT is fine.


Youll get in somewhere with your resume, id suggest shadowing a DO and then applying DO as well.


If youre hell-bent on MD, then you will have to ask yourself what your Plan B would be if you dont get any interviews or if you dont get any acceptances.


Hell-bent on MD and no interviews/acceptances after applying means you pretty much have to take a Post Bac and re-apply.