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Year in school: Rising Junior, anthropology major/biology minor

Country/state of residence: Ohio, attend school in South Carolina

Schools to which you are applying: NEOMED, Toledo, Ohio State, USC-Columbia, Tulane, OU-HCOM, PCOM, LECOM, Campbell

Cumulative GPA: 3.58

Science GPA: 3.38 currently, should be hopefully 3.5 when I apply MCAT Scores: pending, thinking about 510

Research – include any abstracts/posters/publications and how you were credited (eg. First author, senior author, etc): Research assistant in my university's School of Medicine working for the Associate Dean of Research for a year, probably ~200 hours

Volunteering (clinical) – include hours/sites: Personal Touch volunteer (assisting hospital staff with things such as feeding, reading to, and bathing patients), ~150 hours (4 hrs/week)

Physician shadowing – include hours/specialties: ~150 hours ER, ~50 hours Orthopedic Surgery

Non-clinical volunteering: Work in my university's visitor center, guiding tours and welcoming visitors, ~400 hours. 3 hrs/week

Extracurricular activities: Founding member and board member of a chapter of Volunteers Around the World. Alpha Epsilon Delta Pre-Health Honor Society. Multiple intramural sports

Employment history: I have been a US Soccer Referee for 7 years now. I also have a leadership captain's position in my university's visitor center so I get paid for some of what I do. I also do work in the county coroners office (as I'm an anthropology major) when I have some free time which I really enjoy.

Please include time span and weekly commitment for volunteering/research/shadowing/extracurriculars. Clinical volunteering: 4 hrs/week, Non-clinical 3-4 hrs/week, research 8-10 hrs/week, work 10 hrs/week, always 18-20 credit hours as well

Immediate family members in medicine? (y/n): No

Specialty of interest: Emergency medicine/OBGYN

Shadowing experience: As stated earlier, ~150 hours in the ER and ~50 hours with an orthopedic surgeon (both in the OR and the clinic)

Graduate degrees: none

Interest in rural health (y/n): Yes
 
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When are you taking the MCAT? You could potentially be competitive for some Ohio MD schools depending on your MCAT score.
 
When are you taking the MCAT? You could potentially be competitive for some Ohio MD schools depending on your MCAT score.
January 2018 hopefully. What score do you think would be okay for an Ohio MD?
 
January 2018 hopefully. What score do you think would be okay for an Ohio MD?
If your GPA is above 3.6 by the time you graduate and your MCAT is in the 508 to 512 range then you have a 50% chance for a MD acceptance. Toledo, Wright State and NEOMED are where your chances would be highest. Above 512 and you have a decent chance at Ohio State and Cincinnati.
 
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