Hey guys, hoping to get some input on my tentative school list.
Stats:
GPA: science/overall ~3.6
MCAT: 511
6 gap years
7500 clinical hours as an EMT and medical scribe
800 volunteer hours
- 2 free clinics serving low income/ethnically diverse populations
- volunteer coordinator/grant writer for nonprofit organization addressing inequities in resources available to young adults with cancer
6000 research hours focusing on T cell engineering for cancer therapies: worked at two T20 institutions
- 7 posters
- 1 first author paper in Nature Communications
- 2 conference poster presentations: 1 regional and 1 international
- Coauthor on textbook chapter outlining CAR T cell toxicities
- various awards at internal competitions and at a state wide research conference
150 shadowing hours: spent time with 8 different specialties
Xfactor: CEO of small start up designing an app to bridge the gap between non-profit organizations and volunteers
Red Flags: 2 misdemeanors from 2015/2016 but have highlighted my growth since these occurrences
Pennsylvania resident with strong ties to Virginia
School list:
1) Temple
2) Baylor
3) Case Western
4) Drexel
5) Duke
6) Georgetown
7) Harvard
8) Hopkins
9) UT Houston - McGovern SOM
10) Penn State
11) Stanford
12) UCLA
13) U Chicago
14) U Michigan
15) UT Austin - Dell SOM
16) UTSW
17) University of Virginia
18) Vanderbilt
19) University of Houston
20) Cornell
21) Yale
22) Dartmouth
23) George Washington University
24) Mt Sinai - Icahn SOM
25) UTSA
26) University of Pittsburg
27) VCU
28) UT John Sealy SOM
Sorry for the extensive post, but wanted to give you all a great idea of my application and my strengths/weaknesses. Hoping to sculpt my narrative around my research experience and time spent helping traditionally marginalized communities. I know this is a bit top heavy but hoping to get some feedback as I finalize my school list.
Thank you for all your help and I will do my best to respond to any comments below!!
Stats:
GPA: science/overall ~3.6
MCAT: 511
6 gap years
7500 clinical hours as an EMT and medical scribe
800 volunteer hours
- 2 free clinics serving low income/ethnically diverse populations
- volunteer coordinator/grant writer for nonprofit organization addressing inequities in resources available to young adults with cancer
6000 research hours focusing on T cell engineering for cancer therapies: worked at two T20 institutions
- 7 posters
- 1 first author paper in Nature Communications
- 2 conference poster presentations: 1 regional and 1 international
- Coauthor on textbook chapter outlining CAR T cell toxicities
- various awards at internal competitions and at a state wide research conference
150 shadowing hours: spent time with 8 different specialties
Xfactor: CEO of small start up designing an app to bridge the gap between non-profit organizations and volunteers
Red Flags: 2 misdemeanors from 2015/2016 but have highlighted my growth since these occurrences
Pennsylvania resident with strong ties to Virginia
School list:
1) Temple
2) Baylor
3) Case Western
4) Drexel
5) Duke
6) Georgetown
7) Harvard
8) Hopkins
9) UT Houston - McGovern SOM
10) Penn State
11) Stanford
12) UCLA
13) U Chicago
14) U Michigan
15) UT Austin - Dell SOM
16) UTSW
17) University of Virginia
18) Vanderbilt
19) University of Houston
20) Cornell
21) Yale
22) Dartmouth
23) George Washington University
24) Mt Sinai - Icahn SOM
25) UTSA
26) University of Pittsburg
27) VCU
28) UT John Sealy SOM
Sorry for the extensive post, but wanted to give you all a great idea of my application and my strengths/weaknesses. Hoping to sculpt my narrative around my research experience and time spent helping traditionally marginalized communities. I know this is a bit top heavy but hoping to get some feedback as I finalize my school list.
Thank you for all your help and I will do my best to respond to any comments below!!