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Hey guys, I'm a reapplicant desperately in need of some advice on my school list. I listed my stats and schools I applied to last cycle below. Any help will be much appreciated!
GPA: 3.41 cGPA, 3.31 sGPA with a strong upward GPA trend in my last 2 years. Junior cGPA: 3.65 sGPA: 3.53. Senior year: cGPA: 3.96, sGPA: 3.95 (both junior and senior years classes were upper level science course heavy)
MCAT: I took the MCAT twice and scored a 514 the second time (127/129/128/130). First time was a 505.
EC's:
My EC's from Before my Gap Year were:
1) Research 880 hours in a cell biology lab researching the effects of pomegranate juice on prostate cancer. I'm hoping that my graduate student that I worked under will publish this year.
2) Volunteering: 80 hours in the Riverside city hospital.
3) Teaching/Tutoring: 70 hours as a Learning Assistant for freshman Biology students for Cell and Molecular Biology.
During/After Gap Year:
1) Scribing: 800+ hours (so far) scribing in Internal Medicine, Ophthalmology, Pediatrics, Glaucoma, and Allergy/Asthma clinics.
2) Volunteering: 130+ hours (so far) volunteering at a local food bank.
3) Shadowing: 30 hours shadowing an Internal Medicine physician.
4) Enrolled to take 5 unit Human Neuroanatomy and Physiology class and lab at a state college that will last from June to July.
Demographic Info:
UC Riverside graduate.
California resident.
Asian American ethnicity.
This was my school list last year. I was put on pre II hold at UCR, Tucson, NY Medical, Albany, and Drexel. No II's.
1) Albany Medical College
2) California Northstate
3) California University of Science and Medicine.
4) Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University
5) Creighton University
6) Drexel University
7) Eastern Virginia
8) Frank H. Netter
9) Loyola University Chicago Stritch
10) Michigan State University
11) New York Medical College
12) Tufts University
13) University of Arizona Tucson
14) University of California, Davis
15)University of California, Riverside
16) Wake Forest
Please let me know if I should add any schools to this list when I reapply this cycle and any I should remove. Due to budget constraints, I'm looking to apply to about 25-30 schools, hoping that is broad enough.
I am also looking into applying for DO schools however it has been difficult trying to get shadowing for one due to the COVID-19 situation. Are there any DO schools that will accept shadowing from an MD physician instead?
Thanks in advance for your help!
GPA: 3.41 cGPA, 3.31 sGPA with a strong upward GPA trend in my last 2 years. Junior cGPA: 3.65 sGPA: 3.53. Senior year: cGPA: 3.96, sGPA: 3.95 (both junior and senior years classes were upper level science course heavy)
MCAT: I took the MCAT twice and scored a 514 the second time (127/129/128/130). First time was a 505.
EC's:
My EC's from Before my Gap Year were:
1) Research 880 hours in a cell biology lab researching the effects of pomegranate juice on prostate cancer. I'm hoping that my graduate student that I worked under will publish this year.
2) Volunteering: 80 hours in the Riverside city hospital.
3) Teaching/Tutoring: 70 hours as a Learning Assistant for freshman Biology students for Cell and Molecular Biology.
During/After Gap Year:
1) Scribing: 800+ hours (so far) scribing in Internal Medicine, Ophthalmology, Pediatrics, Glaucoma, and Allergy/Asthma clinics.
2) Volunteering: 130+ hours (so far) volunteering at a local food bank.
3) Shadowing: 30 hours shadowing an Internal Medicine physician.
4) Enrolled to take 5 unit Human Neuroanatomy and Physiology class and lab at a state college that will last from June to July.
Demographic Info:
UC Riverside graduate.
California resident.
Asian American ethnicity.
This was my school list last year. I was put on pre II hold at UCR, Tucson, NY Medical, Albany, and Drexel. No II's.
1) Albany Medical College
2) California Northstate
3) California University of Science and Medicine.
4) Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University
5) Creighton University
6) Drexel University
7) Eastern Virginia
8) Frank H. Netter
9) Loyola University Chicago Stritch
10) Michigan State University
11) New York Medical College
12) Tufts University
13) University of Arizona Tucson
14) University of California, Davis
15)University of California, Riverside
16) Wake Forest
Please let me know if I should add any schools to this list when I reapply this cycle and any I should remove. Due to budget constraints, I'm looking to apply to about 25-30 schools, hoping that is broad enough.
I am also looking into applying for DO schools however it has been difficult trying to get shadowing for one due to the COVID-19 situation. Are there any DO schools that will accept shadowing from an MD physician instead?
Thanks in advance for your help!
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