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Hi everyone!
I'm hoping for your input on what schools I should apply to. I'm originally from CA and moved to WA in June 2016 for work, so I'm planning to try all the UC's and UW. Basic information:
- cGPA 3.72, sGPA 3.67
- MCAT score(s) and breakdown: 513 (125/130/128/130)
- State of residence or country of citizenship (if non-US): WA (unsure if I have met residency requirements yet, so potentially no state residency?)
- Ethnicity and/or race: First-generation Chinese American
- Undergraduate institution or category: UC Berkeley
- Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer)
- 2 years (but only 50+ hours?) leading an education program at the Children's Hospital (+ rec letter)- Research experience and productivity
- 2 years in a Nutritional Science lab (+ rec letter)
- 6 months in an Epidemiology lab (+ rec letter)- Shadowing experience and specialties represented
- 3 months with the UC Davis Pre-Med Surgical Internship Program (all surgical specialities)- Non-clinical volunteering
- 2 years leading a service organization that provides health resources through visits at low income housing and homeless shelters
- Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc)
- 8 months working as a full time Transplant Donor Coordinator: coordinating between hospitals/coroners/funeral homes and speaking with grieving families
- 2 years facilitating a student-led class for other undergraduates on pursuing health careers at Berkeley, class advice, mentoring, etc.
- 1 year student teaching at Berkeley Unified School District (Computer science and 7th grade mathematics)- Relevant honors or awards
- Cum laude, Dean's list- I am actively working on switching from my transplant coordinator job to a scribe job since I realize I am lacking in clinical hours, and am planning to start volunteering tutoring low-income students (but that doesn't begin until school starts in Fall).
Again, I would really love to hear your thoughts and input. Thank you so much!
Hi Goro,
I really appreciate your time and feedback! For the low clinical hours, what steps would you recommend? I am definitely worried about it and I am currently in the process of getting cleared for tuberculosis for volunteering and switching to a more clinical position.
In my service organization, officers are required to lead the outreach visits so I did go out to locations in Oakland, Richmond, etc and worked with participants directly, in addition to other administrative/leadership tasks. As for residency requirements, I contacted the Office of the Registrar last week; however, they're swamped so I'm still waiting to hear back. Again, thank you for your honest input!