A few changes since I last posted this
GPA: 3.89 for cGPA and sGPA
MCAT:Will take soon
Major: Biochemistry
School: Public Ivy
Year: Junior
URM: African American,
first generation college student, almost first generation high school (I remember my parents getting GED when I was in high school)
Did nothing freshman year/freshman summer/sophomore fall
everything below is 2013 did not decide I wanted to be an MD until then
Extracurriculars/research:
Should I study more for MCAT or should I take it and probably get a 32? Also I would like to get into a top tier school if that is possible or am I setting my goals to high?
GPA: 3.89 for cGPA and sGPA
MCAT:Will take soon
Major: Biochemistry
School: Public Ivy
Year: Junior
URM: African American,
first generation college student, almost first generation high school (I remember my parents getting GED when I was in high school)
Did nothing freshman year/freshman summer/sophomore fall
everything below is 2013 did not decide I wanted to be an MD until then
Extracurriculars/research:
- 1 year (1500+ hours) as research assistant for a ecology lab, ongoing, publication second author, posters, manuscripts, etc. I put an insane amount of time into this.
- 1 year volunteer secretary for community center serving mostly african immigrants. Wrote constitution, by-laws, etc. ran soup kitchen there for a month.
- (150+) Research associate for clinical research at a hospital. Consent patients to studies, talk to doctors, enroll them in studies too. lots of observational stuff ~300 hours by May.
- NEW: Harvard medical school internship.
- Shadowed doctors.
- 50 hours emergency department volunteering. Standard stuff.
Should I study more for MCAT or should I take it and probably get a 32? Also I would like to get into a top tier school if that is possible or am I setting my goals to high?
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