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Hello Everyone!
Currently I am a high school senior preparing to enter college as a Biomedical Engineer major. As far as starting off in college, I wish to know some ways to best prepare for the MCAT and some collegiate extracurriculars that are suitable for my benefit in engaged learning and for medical school applications. I understand that the BME major is “rigorous” and “time-consuming”, as undergrads have warned me, but will this course load take away from my time to gain expansive clinical hours and volunteering? I hope to someday be a physician-scientist with research oriented in genetic medicine (specifically cancer genetics), and, as a lost high schooler, I wish to know of any experiences that can be shared or any advice that can be given as I prepare for this valuable journey ahead of me. : )
For now:
- I’m enrolled in a “HEAL” Clinical Shadowing program/course (thankfully it was free) to gain some experience.
- Unfortunately, I’ve yet to conduct any form of research or publish any papers (should I ask a postdoc over summer??)
- I hope to get accepted into Duke U. (but that’s a “reach” school) or Tulane U., U. of Miami, West Virginia U. (in-state), Rutgers U., Boston U., Vanderbilt U., UChicago (also a “reach”), U. of Southern California, and/or Case Western Reserve U.
- I’ve yet to take an SAT (closures keep taking the opportunity away) and my GPA is 3.82 unweighted and 4.61 weighted (AP, Dual Credit, Honors)
- courses now include: Environmental, Biology, Calculus, Physics, Government, Comp. Sci., and Literature (all AP, all A’s [perhaps a little to much])
- most HS extracurricular plans were terminated after COVID-19 : (
Any advice regarding the preceding would be very much appreciated!!
Currently I am a high school senior preparing to enter college as a Biomedical Engineer major. As far as starting off in college, I wish to know some ways to best prepare for the MCAT and some collegiate extracurriculars that are suitable for my benefit in engaged learning and for medical school applications. I understand that the BME major is “rigorous” and “time-consuming”, as undergrads have warned me, but will this course load take away from my time to gain expansive clinical hours and volunteering? I hope to someday be a physician-scientist with research oriented in genetic medicine (specifically cancer genetics), and, as a lost high schooler, I wish to know of any experiences that can be shared or any advice that can be given as I prepare for this valuable journey ahead of me. : )
For now:
- I’m enrolled in a “HEAL” Clinical Shadowing program/course (thankfully it was free) to gain some experience.
- Unfortunately, I’ve yet to conduct any form of research or publish any papers (should I ask a postdoc over summer??)
- I hope to get accepted into Duke U. (but that’s a “reach” school) or Tulane U., U. of Miami, West Virginia U. (in-state), Rutgers U., Boston U., Vanderbilt U., UChicago (also a “reach”), U. of Southern California, and/or Case Western Reserve U.
- I’ve yet to take an SAT (closures keep taking the opportunity away) and my GPA is 3.82 unweighted and 4.61 weighted (AP, Dual Credit, Honors)
- courses now include: Environmental, Biology, Calculus, Physics, Government, Comp. Sci., and Literature (all AP, all A’s [perhaps a little to much])
- most HS extracurricular plans were terminated after COVID-19 : (
Any advice regarding the preceding would be very much appreciated!!