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Rising senior at Ivy League school. Female, 2nd generation Puerto Rican, went to a super crappy urban high school.
biology major
3.2 gpa overall, science gpa 3.0 (have not finished calc or physics yet)
extracurriculars/volunteer positions:
-editor in chief of on campus health journal (1 year, senior editor for 2 additional years)
-peer counselor and publicity manager at the sexual health clinic (2 years)
-outreach worker for pediatric clinic in urban hospital (worked with low income families to help them navigate the social benefit system, summer position)
-HIV/AIDS outreach work through alternative spring break
-reading lots of books about dragons, drawing dinosaurs
work experience:
-Sales at Nordstroms (2 years)
-RA cognitive neuroscience lab (1 year, mainly administrative)
-RA behavioral psych lab (1 year, interviewed research subjects)
-RA pediatric cardiology (2 years, chart review, author on paper)
-Internship for economics professor looking at user acceptability of public health technologies (2 years, author on paper)
-Pediatrics research interviewing families in the emergency department (full-time summer position)
shadowing:
-10 hours with peds doctor
-10 hours with infectious disease doctor
-5 hours with growth and development clinic
I am a work-study student and have had a job (sometimes multiple jobs) all through college...this has hampered my ability to volunteer a lot. I am planning on taking 1-2 years off after school and finish up my pre-med courses/work or volunteer some more. I know my grades are not the best and am working hard to bring them up (plenty of excuses but not point in whining). Nevertheless I am almost out of school and cannot afford a full post-bacc program so I am going to have to live with what I have.
Any advice? I know scoring well on the MCAT is my best shot. Not worried about rec letters/essays too much (good relations with bosses and professors + strong in the humanities.)
biology major
3.2 gpa overall, science gpa 3.0 (have not finished calc or physics yet)
extracurriculars/volunteer positions:
-editor in chief of on campus health journal (1 year, senior editor for 2 additional years)
-peer counselor and publicity manager at the sexual health clinic (2 years)
-outreach worker for pediatric clinic in urban hospital (worked with low income families to help them navigate the social benefit system, summer position)
-HIV/AIDS outreach work through alternative spring break
-reading lots of books about dragons, drawing dinosaurs
work experience:
-Sales at Nordstroms (2 years)
-RA cognitive neuroscience lab (1 year, mainly administrative)
-RA behavioral psych lab (1 year, interviewed research subjects)
-RA pediatric cardiology (2 years, chart review, author on paper)
-Internship for economics professor looking at user acceptability of public health technologies (2 years, author on paper)
-Pediatrics research interviewing families in the emergency department (full-time summer position)
shadowing:
-10 hours with peds doctor
-10 hours with infectious disease doctor
-5 hours with growth and development clinic
I am a work-study student and have had a job (sometimes multiple jobs) all through college...this has hampered my ability to volunteer a lot. I am planning on taking 1-2 years off after school and finish up my pre-med courses/work or volunteer some more. I know my grades are not the best and am working hard to bring them up (plenty of excuses but not point in whining). Nevertheless I am almost out of school and cannot afford a full post-bacc program so I am going to have to live with what I have.
Any advice? I know scoring well on the MCAT is my best shot. Not worried about rec letters/essays too much (good relations with bosses and professors + strong in the humanities.)
