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Hello,
I plan on applying straight from undergrad (no gap years) in the upcoming 2023 cycle and was wondering if I'm a competitive applicant for MSTP programs.
Asian male (Ivy undergrad)
Not a minority, low SES, or disadvantaged
These stats are projected to the end of my junior year aka time of submission:
cGPA: 3.91
sGPA: 3.88
MCAT: 517 (no retakes)
Major: Biochemistry, Biophysics
Research: ~3000 hours (Spring freshman year - end of jr year + 2 summers)
Shadowing: ~120 hours mainly in pediatric oncology and in the NICU
Misc: President of a volunteering club and mentored underclassmen interested in getting involved in research
Interests: biochemistry/protein biology research mainly from the structural perspective. I'm not too attached to any specific diseases, however.
I know my clinical hours are pretty low – mainly due to COVID and my own shortcomings – so I wanted to get a feel for how competitive my application is. I haven't looked to deeply into programs yet and would happily take suggestions! Here a few I thought would be a good fit (in no particular order):
University of Washington
UC San Diego
UCSF
Stanford
Yale
Penn
WUSTL
Vanderbilt
Columbia
UT SW Dallas
UNC Chapel Hill
UCLA
Tufts
Thank you!
I plan on applying straight from undergrad (no gap years) in the upcoming 2023 cycle and was wondering if I'm a competitive applicant for MSTP programs.
Asian male (Ivy undergrad)
Not a minority, low SES, or disadvantaged
These stats are projected to the end of my junior year aka time of submission:
cGPA: 3.91
sGPA: 3.88
MCAT: 517 (no retakes)
Major: Biochemistry, Biophysics
Research: ~3000 hours (Spring freshman year - end of jr year + 2 summers)
One national conference poster which was online bc of COVID 🙁
Should have one or two first-author pubs in revision in good journals (IF 7+)
Structural biology/immunology computational work (100% dry lab)
Graduating with a master's so a thesis will be completed by matriculation
Should get a very strong LOR from my PI
Volunteering:Clinical: 100 hours
Non-clinical: 250 hours
Shadowing: ~120 hours mainly in pediatric oncology and in the NICU
Misc: President of a volunteering club and mentored underclassmen interested in getting involved in research
Interests: biochemistry/protein biology research mainly from the structural perspective. I'm not too attached to any specific diseases, however.
I know my clinical hours are pretty low – mainly due to COVID and my own shortcomings – so I wanted to get a feel for how competitive my application is. I haven't looked to deeply into programs yet and would happily take suggestions! Here a few I thought would be a good fit (in no particular order):
University of Washington
UC San Diego
UCSF
Stanford
Yale
Penn
WUSTL
Vanderbilt
Columbia
UT SW Dallas
UNC Chapel Hill
UCLA
Tufts
Thank you!