Huge thanks in advance for your time! I'll try to keep it short but no promises haha.
Major: Biological Sciences Minor: Global Health
CuGPA: 3.75 ScGPA: 3.70
MCAT: 515
EC's:
150+ hours volunteering at local hospital
65+ hours volunteering at local botanical garden
2 years as a chemistry lab instructor at my college (paid)
2.5 years of research in nanomedicine (3 posters, 2 presentations, 3rd author paper pending pub.)
Shadowed a neurologist for a week
Spent one semester as a medical scribe in the ER
Interned at the local Cancer Center of America for one semester
1 year as Senator of my college (freshman year)
2 years member of the Student Health Advisory Board at my college
Member of the University's Academic Bowl team for my specific school
Member of the honors college at my university
2 years in a selective research program at my university (received grant funding, etc).
Intramural sports captain (never thought this was important but see a lot of people posting it... so not too sure about the significance haha)
Developed and implemented a program with my college administration to provide awareness of med school requirements, how to meet these requirements, etc... to pre-med students majoring in non-sciences (fine arts, business, etc).
Other notes:
Got a C in O Chem II :~(
From a very low-income family (received many gov. grants to pay for school)
Worked throughout my time in school to pay my mother's rent (for her and my little sister) as well as my own.
I'm a white male
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Based on this list, does anyone have any ideas what kinds of schools I should be shooting for? I'm an AZ resident, so looking at UA-Phoenix and UA-Tucson, as well as the new Mayo Med school here in Scottsdale.
Thanks for any help, and feel free to ask any questions!
Major: Biological Sciences Minor: Global Health
CuGPA: 3.75 ScGPA: 3.70
MCAT: 515
EC's:
150+ hours volunteering at local hospital
65+ hours volunteering at local botanical garden
2 years as a chemistry lab instructor at my college (paid)
2.5 years of research in nanomedicine (3 posters, 2 presentations, 3rd author paper pending pub.)
Shadowed a neurologist for a week
Spent one semester as a medical scribe in the ER
Interned at the local Cancer Center of America for one semester
1 year as Senator of my college (freshman year)
2 years member of the Student Health Advisory Board at my college
Member of the University's Academic Bowl team for my specific school
Member of the honors college at my university
2 years in a selective research program at my university (received grant funding, etc).
Intramural sports captain (never thought this was important but see a lot of people posting it... so not too sure about the significance haha)
Developed and implemented a program with my college administration to provide awareness of med school requirements, how to meet these requirements, etc... to pre-med students majoring in non-sciences (fine arts, business, etc).
Other notes:
Got a C in O Chem II :~(
From a very low-income family (received many gov. grants to pay for school)
Worked throughout my time in school to pay my mother's rent (for her and my little sister) as well as my own.
I'm a white male
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Based on this list, does anyone have any ideas what kinds of schools I should be shooting for? I'm an AZ resident, so looking at UA-Phoenix and UA-Tucson, as well as the new Mayo Med school here in Scottsdale.
Thanks for any help, and feel free to ask any questions!
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