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My main concern with my application is my lack of non-clinical volunteering and if other volunteering/shadowing hours are too low.
Planning on applying to mostly research-heavy schools with a research-heavy PS. Wondering if I should focus on getting more hours before applying this June! If so, what should be top priority?
Please let me know of any other things you think are missing!
*note on research: it's all clinical (non-basic science) research, and the research I want to do in the future is also clinical (eg clinical trials, policy research etc), so I am not interested in MD/PhD. Goal though is to do academic medicine.
Thanks again!
Demographics:
Planning on applying to mostly research-heavy schools with a research-heavy PS. Wondering if I should focus on getting more hours before applying this June! If so, what should be top priority?
Please let me know of any other things you think are missing!
*note on research: it's all clinical (non-basic science) research, and the research I want to do in the future is also clinical (eg clinical trials, policy research etc), so I am not interested in MD/PhD. Goal though is to do academic medicine.
Thanks again!
Demographics:
- White female
- Brain Sciences and Neurobiology (dual degree) major with honors
- Currently working in clinical research at Ivy League medical school
- Pell Grant recipient throughout undergrad
- Graduated from flagship state school
- cGPA/sGPA: 3.94, 3.93
- MCAT 521
- 3500 Hours total (including full time work)
- 1 first author publication in journal with IF=4, 1 2nd author publication in low-tier journal (IF <2)
- 1 first author publication submitted to journal with IF >=4 (under review)
- Received two funded grants during undergrad (total funding ~5k): 1 national, 1 university based
- 16 abstracts (4 local, 12 national) - received 3 awards for best abstract at 3 of these conferences
- worked in 2 labs in undergrad, and current lab (have good relationships with all 3 PIs who will all write for me)
- University awards - 5: 2 from department (service, top student in major) ; 3 from university (research productivity, service, representing university values)
- Abstract awards: 3: 2 national conferences, 1 local conference
- No national awards (no goldwater, etc)
- 60 in two different EDs (one in undergrad, one outside of work now)
- 40 in clinic during undergrad
- 400 hours as a CNA
- Primary care (MDs) - 12
- Specialties (MDs): 30
- Primary care (PAs - not sure if this counts): 10
- Teaching experience
- Ta'ed for seminar for freshman
- sole person who wrote curriculum for university intro class (e.g. for freshman) resulting in strong LOR and awards
- Leadership
- VP of club to get undergrads into research ("Increasing Research Accessibility Across the University")
- Director of membership development committee for medical ethics advocacy group
- VP director of finances for theatre committee
- VP of social housing group (academic sorority living)
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