State/Country of Residence: CA
Ties to other States/Regions: N/A
URM? (Y/N): N
Year in School: Graduated from UCB c/o 2020
Undergraduate Major(s)/Minor(s): Mechanical engineering
Graduate Degrees (if applicable): none
Cumulative GPA: 3.59
Science GPA: 3.71
MCAT Score(s): 509 -> 517
Research Experience: half a year in a nanobatteries lab (300 hours), Stanford cardiology lab tech (starting in March, contingent on if I don't get in this year and decide to apply next year instead)
Publications/Abstracts/Posters (include how you were credited e.g. first author, second author, etc.): 2 poster presentations done through 2 summer research programs (forgot to add this the first time I applied)
Clinical Experience (paid or volunteer): clinic volunteer scribing (192 hours), Stanford hospital office assistant/reading room assistant (1120 hours), also currently taking an emt course (second quarter requires clinical rotations which will give ~200 hours by July I'm guessing, then planning on doing some emt volunteering after that)
Physician Shadowing: virtual shadowing (30 hours)
Non-Clinical Volunteering: disadvantaged student mentor (50 hours), tech support (forgot to add this the first time I applied too, refurbishing computers for disadvantaged students, 200 hours), animal shelter volunteer (100 hours+), food panty volunteer (150 hours+)
Other Extracurricular Activities: Chem TA (120 hours)
Other Employment History: tutor (240 hours), National lab engineering intern (240 hours), national lab engineering intern (680 hours)
Immediate family members in medicine? (Y/N): Y
Specialty of Interest (if applicable): N/A
Interest in Primary Care (Y/N): Y
Interest in Rural Health (Y/N): Y
Essay Focus: N/A
I applied this cycle (school list in previous post) and was waitlisted to COMP and have an interview lined up at TUNCOM in late March. If I don't get anywhere this year, what would be a recommended school list given my updates (MCAT score, clinical/nonclinical ECs, potential research work)?
Haven't really decided on if I want to reapply for upcoming cycle or wait another year, but leaning towards waiting another year. Are there any other improvements I could make on my application? I'd preferably like to keep my options open in terms of specialties.
Ties to other States/Regions: N/A
URM? (Y/N): N
Year in School: Graduated from UCB c/o 2020
Undergraduate Major(s)/Minor(s): Mechanical engineering
Graduate Degrees (if applicable): none
Cumulative GPA: 3.59
Science GPA: 3.71
MCAT Score(s): 509 -> 517
Research Experience: half a year in a nanobatteries lab (300 hours), Stanford cardiology lab tech (starting in March, contingent on if I don't get in this year and decide to apply next year instead)
Publications/Abstracts/Posters (include how you were credited e.g. first author, second author, etc.): 2 poster presentations done through 2 summer research programs (forgot to add this the first time I applied)
Clinical Experience (paid or volunteer): clinic volunteer scribing (192 hours), Stanford hospital office assistant/reading room assistant (1120 hours), also currently taking an emt course (second quarter requires clinical rotations which will give ~200 hours by July I'm guessing, then planning on doing some emt volunteering after that)
Physician Shadowing: virtual shadowing (30 hours)
Non-Clinical Volunteering: disadvantaged student mentor (50 hours), tech support (forgot to add this the first time I applied too, refurbishing computers for disadvantaged students, 200 hours), animal shelter volunteer (100 hours+), food panty volunteer (150 hours+)
Other Extracurricular Activities: Chem TA (120 hours)
Other Employment History: tutor (240 hours), National lab engineering intern (240 hours), national lab engineering intern (680 hours)
Immediate family members in medicine? (Y/N): Y
Specialty of Interest (if applicable): N/A
Interest in Primary Care (Y/N): Y
Interest in Rural Health (Y/N): Y
Essay Focus: N/A
I applied this cycle (school list in previous post) and was waitlisted to COMP and have an interview lined up at TUNCOM in late March. If I don't get anywhere this year, what would be a recommended school list given my updates (MCAT score, clinical/nonclinical ECs, potential research work)?
Haven't really decided on if I want to reapply for upcoming cycle or wait another year, but leaning towards waiting another year. Are there any other improvements I could make on my application? I'd preferably like to keep my options open in terms of specialties.
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