JHU Grad, Chance me

[rcruz7]

JHU Grad (2016)
Colombian
First generation American/College Student
Fluent in Spanish

MCAT: 511/86% (128/87% for Chemical Foundations, 127/83% CARS, 129/92% Biology, 127/78% for psych/Social)

cGPA: 3.73
sGPA: 3.51

Research experience: 2 years at JHU, 1 year at another school. 2 poster presentations, 1 publication currently in review (~500 hours)

Leadership Experience: Treasurer of a Hispanic student org and Mentor to first year first-generation kids on campus

Volunteer: 30 hours helping under-served elementary school kids

Shadowing: 48 hours shadowing a pediatrician

Tentative school list:
1. NYU
2. Columbia
3. JHU
4. Stonybrook
5. SUNY Upstate
6. SUNY Downstate
7. Boston
8. Hofstra
9. UPenn
10. USC
11. Albany Medical College
12. Mt Sinai
13. Albert Einstein
14. New York Medical College

@LizzyM @gyngyn @Goro Any help would be appreciated, thanks

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[rcruz7]

@WedgeDawg @Faha

 

[Faha]

Where is your state of residence?

 

[WedgeDawg]

Do you have any clinical experience?

 

[confidentandgood]

You need volunteering and shadowing hours.

 

[LizzyM]

Assuming you are NYS resident. The application is very light on clinical exposure and that could be an issue. Also somewhat light on service to the needy although the mentoring could count if it was a significant time commitment.

 

[rcruz7]

Do you have any clinical experience?

No

 

[rcruz7]

Where is your state of residence?

NYS

 

[gyngyn]

You have 4 schools on that list where you would have a fair chance at an interview if you were a NY resident and had a sufficient amount of clinical experience.
The Hopkins grads we see have a wealth of clinical experience.

 

[CaliforniaDreamer]

No

Go get some!

 

[7331poas]

no chance this cycle without experience

 

[Faha]

As already noted your lack of clinical experience may be an issue that hurts your application. You also need to greatly increase the number of schools you apply to where you could receive an interview with your stats. Consider adding these schools:
SUNY Buffalo
Vermont
Quinnipiac
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
GW
Georgetown
Oakland Beaumont
Western Michigan
Medical College Wisconsin
Loyola
Rosalind Franklin
St. Louis
Creighton
Tulane
Roseman (new school accepting applications sometime this year).