Hi everyone.
I am a third year developmental and cell biology major at UC Irvine. My cumulative GPA is a 3.65, and my science GPA is a 3.5. I have not yet taken my MCAT.
My volunteer experience includes 75 hours at a private practice (helping with office tasks, vitals, and shadowing), 400 hours at Hoag hospital helping out on the floors (work on the oncology, medical surgical, labor and delivery, and Main OR floors) and training new interns in hospital protocol (leadership team), as well at 100 hours in Costa Rica working on a local ambulance (my Spanish is mediocre). I also took Spanish classes while abroad, and lived with a Costa Rican local family. I plan on returning this summer to volunteer again.
I am EMT, BLS, and ACLS certified/licensed (utilized in Costa Rica), and have also taken courses on performing 12-lead EKGs, which I also used in Costa Rica. I also have approximately 30 hours of volunteer work in the ER at a small hospital performing EKGs.
As far as extracurriculars go, I am a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority, as well as several honors societies (Rho Lambda - secretary; Order of Omega; Gamma Sigma Alpha; NSCS; Golden Key; and a few more). I am also on the Student Advisory Board for Students with Disabilities at my school, and have completed several leadership seminar series at UCI. I have also been an intern for the academic section of my school's student government system.
For research, I have currently been working in my lab for about a year. I have 2 independent projects, and average 20 hours a week in my lab (which is on neural development). I breed, genotype, dissect, perfuse, section, antibody stain, and photograph the brains of mice during different stages of development to trace BMP movement, and determine how the sharp borders in the brain are formed (its really pretty cool). I received $600 in grants for one of my projects, which I will be presenting at a symposium this May, and my other project is publication worthy and will be presented next May with a poster, paper, and talk.
I have letters from my upper division bio lab/writing professor, my EMT course instructor, my honors humanities course writing instructor, research PI (MD/PhD), and Hoag Director (clinical), and am going to get another from a different upper division bio instructor, all of which I know to be very strong recommendations.
How are my stats sounding so far? What MCAT score would be acceptable? I am aiming for around a 34... I would really like to go to school in CA. What are my chances?
I am a third year developmental and cell biology major at UC Irvine. My cumulative GPA is a 3.65, and my science GPA is a 3.5. I have not yet taken my MCAT.
My volunteer experience includes 75 hours at a private practice (helping with office tasks, vitals, and shadowing), 400 hours at Hoag hospital helping out on the floors (work on the oncology, medical surgical, labor and delivery, and Main OR floors) and training new interns in hospital protocol (leadership team), as well at 100 hours in Costa Rica working on a local ambulance (my Spanish is mediocre). I also took Spanish classes while abroad, and lived with a Costa Rican local family. I plan on returning this summer to volunteer again.
I am EMT, BLS, and ACLS certified/licensed (utilized in Costa Rica), and have also taken courses on performing 12-lead EKGs, which I also used in Costa Rica. I also have approximately 30 hours of volunteer work in the ER at a small hospital performing EKGs.
As far as extracurriculars go, I am a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority, as well as several honors societies (Rho Lambda - secretary; Order of Omega; Gamma Sigma Alpha; NSCS; Golden Key; and a few more). I am also on the Student Advisory Board for Students with Disabilities at my school, and have completed several leadership seminar series at UCI. I have also been an intern for the academic section of my school's student government system.
For research, I have currently been working in my lab for about a year. I have 2 independent projects, and average 20 hours a week in my lab (which is on neural development). I breed, genotype, dissect, perfuse, section, antibody stain, and photograph the brains of mice during different stages of development to trace BMP movement, and determine how the sharp borders in the brain are formed (its really pretty cool). I received $600 in grants for one of my projects, which I will be presenting at a symposium this May, and my other project is publication worthy and will be presented next May with a poster, paper, and talk.
I have letters from my upper division bio lab/writing professor, my EMT course instructor, my honors humanities course writing instructor, research PI (MD/PhD), and Hoag Director (clinical), and am going to get another from a different upper division bio instructor, all of which I know to be very strong recommendations.
How are my stats sounding so far? What MCAT score would be acceptable? I am aiming for around a 34... I would really like to go to school in CA. What are my chances?
I have very little chance at a UC since I'm out of state. Best of luck to you studying for your MCAT! My philosophy when I was studying was just focus on the BS and PS cuz verbal is nearly impossible to improve in a short time. 
