mindninjaR15
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Basically, I'm just trying to figure out what else I need to do to boost my app before applying next cycle!
State/Country of Residence: California
Ties to other States/Regions: Arizona (Grew up in Phoenix, and parents still live there)
URM? (Y/N): N
Year in School: DIY Post-Bacc—I’ve completed all pre-reqs; now just taking “recommended” courses
Undergraduate Major(s)/Minor(s): B.A. in Psychology at a Top 5 public school in the nation
Graduate Degrees (if applicable): M.A. in Counseling Psychology
Cumulative GPA: 3.63- STRONG upward trend: 3.84 in the past decade… I had no idea how to study in undergrad
Science GPA: 3.73 (3.85 in past decade)
MCAT Score(s): 502 in Sept 2020- I was taking Biochem during summer (final was 2 days before my MCAT...), had an unexpected move in the middle of my MCAT studying, and started A&P two wks prior to MCAT; HOWEVER... I'm taking TPR 510+ course starting in Jan and realistically aiming for 510-515
Research Experience: None, other than school research (lab) courses/grad school group therapy design/research methods courses
Publications/Abstracts/Posters (include how you were credited e.g. First author, second author, etc.): N/A :/
Clinical Experience (paid or volunteer):
-At least 600 clinical hours as an MFT trainee in a psych hospital
-At least 4000 hours as an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist in an intensive outpatient clinic through a psych hospital
- Ran an adolescent intensive outpatient program at psych hospital from 9/15-8/16
- Assisted in opening up another affiliate intensive outpatient clinic (with possible opportunity to open up another in the next 6 months)
- Ran the adolescent outpatient program at affiliate location from 8/16-11/17, and have been working part-time doing case management/ facilitating adolescent therapy groups, etc. while completing my pre-reqs
-I'm now conducting teletherapy at a private practice, and might be creating an adolescent group program in the next few months but I'm unsure if that technically counts
Physician Shadowing: 3 months (probably about 360-400 hrs?) shadowing a pediatric neurologist in 2007
Non-Clinical Volunteering: I used to be actively involved in Key Club, National Charity League, National Honor Society in high school, but no recent volunteer experiences
Other Extracurricular Activities:
- No formal ECs recently, but... I used to play volleyball with a social club for 3 years, I ski pretty much every weekend in the winter, and I sporadically weightlift
-Active Minds- Club member- 2008-2010
Other Employment History:
-File Clerk @ Southwest Oncology Centers during the summers of 2007 and 2008
-Fashion Expert- Express: 7/08-4/11
-Women’s Lead/Denim Specialist- Guess? Inc.: 5/11-7/12 (was top 25 sales associate in N. America in 2011)
-Sales associate at Nordstrom: 10/12- 2/13
-Currently conducting individual teletherapy through a private practice, in addition to working per diem through the outpatient facility mentioned above
Immediate family members in medicine? (Y/N): Yes- father is a radiation oncologist
Specialty of Interest (if applicable): Adolescent Psychiatry
Interest in Primary Care (Y/N): No
Interest in Rural Health (Y/N): No
Medical School List:
Every CA school (Note: Father was an associate professor at USC and did his residency at Stanford, but idk how much that'll help given my low stats...)
U of A- both Phoenix and Tucson campuses
University of Utah- I know they generally don’t accept OOS, but my father was an attending there
University of Miami- legacy
Cornell- SUPER long shot, but I’m a legacy there so might as well?
All Oregon and Washington schools
UNR and UNLV- again, I know they aren’t OOS friendly, but might as well shoot for it…
State/Country of Residence: California
Ties to other States/Regions: Arizona (Grew up in Phoenix, and parents still live there)
URM? (Y/N): N
Year in School: DIY Post-Bacc—I’ve completed all pre-reqs; now just taking “recommended” courses
Undergraduate Major(s)/Minor(s): B.A. in Psychology at a Top 5 public school in the nation
Graduate Degrees (if applicable): M.A. in Counseling Psychology
Cumulative GPA: 3.63- STRONG upward trend: 3.84 in the past decade… I had no idea how to study in undergrad
Science GPA: 3.73 (3.85 in past decade)
MCAT Score(s): 502 in Sept 2020- I was taking Biochem during summer (final was 2 days before my MCAT...), had an unexpected move in the middle of my MCAT studying, and started A&P two wks prior to MCAT; HOWEVER... I'm taking TPR 510+ course starting in Jan and realistically aiming for 510-515
Research Experience: None, other than school research (lab) courses/grad school group therapy design/research methods courses
Publications/Abstracts/Posters (include how you were credited e.g. First author, second author, etc.): N/A :/
Clinical Experience (paid or volunteer):
-At least 600 clinical hours as an MFT trainee in a psych hospital
-At least 4000 hours as an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist in an intensive outpatient clinic through a psych hospital
- Ran an adolescent intensive outpatient program at psych hospital from 9/15-8/16
- Assisted in opening up another affiliate intensive outpatient clinic (with possible opportunity to open up another in the next 6 months)
- Ran the adolescent outpatient program at affiliate location from 8/16-11/17, and have been working part-time doing case management/ facilitating adolescent therapy groups, etc. while completing my pre-reqs
-I'm now conducting teletherapy at a private practice, and might be creating an adolescent group program in the next few months but I'm unsure if that technically counts
Physician Shadowing: 3 months (probably about 360-400 hrs?) shadowing a pediatric neurologist in 2007
Non-Clinical Volunteering: I used to be actively involved in Key Club, National Charity League, National Honor Society in high school, but no recent volunteer experiences
Other Extracurricular Activities:
- No formal ECs recently, but... I used to play volleyball with a social club for 3 years, I ski pretty much every weekend in the winter, and I sporadically weightlift
-Active Minds- Club member- 2008-2010
Other Employment History:
-File Clerk @ Southwest Oncology Centers during the summers of 2007 and 2008
-Fashion Expert- Express: 7/08-4/11
-Women’s Lead/Denim Specialist- Guess? Inc.: 5/11-7/12 (was top 25 sales associate in N. America in 2011)
-Sales associate at Nordstrom: 10/12- 2/13
-Currently conducting individual teletherapy through a private practice, in addition to working per diem through the outpatient facility mentioned above
Immediate family members in medicine? (Y/N): Yes- father is a radiation oncologist
Specialty of Interest (if applicable): Adolescent Psychiatry
Interest in Primary Care (Y/N): No
Interest in Rural Health (Y/N): No
Medical School List:
Every CA school (Note: Father was an associate professor at USC and did his residency at Stanford, but idk how much that'll help given my low stats...)
U of A- both Phoenix and Tucson campuses
University of Utah- I know they generally don’t accept OOS, but my father was an attending there
University of Miami- legacy
Cornell- SUPER long shot, but I’m a legacy there so might as well?
All Oregon and Washington schools
UNR and UNLV- again, I know they aren’t OOS friendly, but might as well shoot for it…
