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Hello everyone! Thanks for taking a look at my post.I am applying next cycle after a couple gap years, and am working on the list of schools I plan on applying to.
Just a little background about me:
Caucasian, CA resident, but graduated high school in NV (hence the reason for the 2 NV schools on my list).
GPA: 4.0, Biology (B.S.) and Chemistry (B.A) from a small liberal arts school in WA
MCAT: 522 (129/129/132/132)
Honors: Summa Cum Laude, President's Cup award for graduating with 4.0, Several biology and chemistry departmental awards from my school.
Clinical hours: 500 hours
50 hours volunteering at a hospital
350 hours CNA experience
hoping to have 100+ hours of primary care shadowing by time of application.
Non-clinical volunteering: 550 hours
Tutoring low income kids after school: 75 hours
High school student mentor program 50 hours
Guatemala service trip (went 2 separate times the second time as a leader of the trip) 165 hours x2 (330 total)
Making and delivering meals for people with disabilities in a low income housing complex: 100 hours
Research Exp: Approximately 4500 hours
500 hours Undergrad REU program studying soil chemistry with poster presentation at a research conference
approx 4000+ hours working full time as a research tech at a top 20 institution studying pancreatitis by time of application. I am a coauthor on 2 abstracts (1 in a journal with an Impact factor of 21) and am hoping for a publication by the time of application
Leadership exp: I was an RA my junior year,
TA for several classes (does this even count?),
led a study abroad trip to Guatemala my Senior year
I was vice president of my schools premed club.
Personal background: grew up in a large family that struggled with low income and homelessness at times when I was young. This really guided my non-clinical volunteering as it made me passionate about helping those who can't help themselves. Ask me for any other information if needed.
I am pretty poor right now and I think the maximum amount of schools that I can handle applying to is about 20 schools. My premed committee requires 15 schools in order for me to get a committee letter.
Here is what I have so far:
1. Stanford
2. UC San Francisco
3. NYU
4. Northwestern
5. University of Chicago
6. Mayo Clinic
7. UC San Diego
8. UCLA
9. USC
10. UC Irvine
11. UC Davis
12. OHSU
13. Rosalind Franklin SOM
14. UNR
15. UNLV
Any feedback would be awesome! Thank you!
Just a little background about me:
Caucasian, CA resident, but graduated high school in NV (hence the reason for the 2 NV schools on my list).
GPA: 4.0, Biology (B.S.) and Chemistry (B.A) from a small liberal arts school in WA
MCAT: 522 (129/129/132/132)
Honors: Summa Cum Laude, President's Cup award for graduating with 4.0, Several biology and chemistry departmental awards from my school.
Clinical hours: 500 hours
50 hours volunteering at a hospital
350 hours CNA experience
hoping to have 100+ hours of primary care shadowing by time of application.
Non-clinical volunteering: 550 hours
Tutoring low income kids after school: 75 hours
High school student mentor program 50 hours
Guatemala service trip (went 2 separate times the second time as a leader of the trip) 165 hours x2 (330 total)
Making and delivering meals for people with disabilities in a low income housing complex: 100 hours
Research Exp: Approximately 4500 hours
500 hours Undergrad REU program studying soil chemistry with poster presentation at a research conference
approx 4000+ hours working full time as a research tech at a top 20 institution studying pancreatitis by time of application. I am a coauthor on 2 abstracts (1 in a journal with an Impact factor of 21) and am hoping for a publication by the time of application
Leadership exp: I was an RA my junior year,
TA for several classes (does this even count?),
led a study abroad trip to Guatemala my Senior year
I was vice president of my schools premed club.
Personal background: grew up in a large family that struggled with low income and homelessness at times when I was young. This really guided my non-clinical volunteering as it made me passionate about helping those who can't help themselves. Ask me for any other information if needed.
I am pretty poor right now and I think the maximum amount of schools that I can handle applying to is about 20 schools. My premed committee requires 15 schools in order for me to get a committee letter.
Here is what I have so far:
1. Stanford
2. UC San Francisco
3. NYU
4. Northwestern
5. University of Chicago
6. Mayo Clinic
7. UC San Diego
8. UCLA
9. USC
10. UC Irvine
11. UC Davis
12. OHSU
13. Rosalind Franklin SOM
14. UNR
15. UNLV
Any feedback would be awesome! Thank you!
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