Disclaimer: I have posted here before, but once was much earlier, and the last time, I was falling way behind on my primary and never really checked and responded to the comments. I have now submitted my primary and some of my ECs updated in that regard
I hope I answered @chilly_md questions from last time. If you or others have feedback, I will implement it and respond to questions. And @Faha gave me some list suggestions before, but my app has since been somewhat updated and I finally am making a submission-ready list, so would appreciate any takes from you!
- cGPA and sGPA as calculated by AMCAS or AACOMAS: 3.74c, 3.7s, strong upward trend with ~70+ credits of 3.95+
- MCAT score(s) and breakdown. Include all (non-voided) attempts: 519
- Ethnicity and/or race: Asian
- Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer)
(New) ED Scribe - ~400 hours - both Emergency and Out patient - ~2.8k hours this cycle, strong PI letters, 2 manuscripts:
(New, Previously in revision) 1 published at a CNS sister journal
(New, + 300 hours Previously just submitted) 1 which final round revisions are almost complete for a CNS main journal. Will likely be a update letter. Both mid author
A lot of posters/presentations ranging from school to international, and my own presentations to mid author abstracts
(New + 700 hours) Also working on a separate project independently, a while from publication, but we had some interesting findings I included, can write about it well in my secondaries, will be in my LOR etc.
All from the same (very closely connected) labs (independent stuff from a much newer lab, but still very related) - Shadowing experience and specialties represented
~ 100 hours, Primary Care, Outpatient, Hospitalist, DR, IR, Ortho - Non-clinical volunteering
A. Started a education related program for underserved communities sponsored by well known company(this was on my previous app)
(New) Program working in multiple states, has local partners/volunteer network in multiple underserved communities nationally, working with a few hundred this year. (1500 hrs total, up from 700)
B. At a hospital for several months (~ 500 hours, labeled it non clinical, hoping people upgrade to clinical if they agree)
Worked with uninsured/SUD/low-income etc. patients predominantly, spoke to patients to understand difficulties
Based on this piloted a program to decrease negative outcomes, pilot decreased negative outcomes 3-fold in uninsured patients
(New) Was rolled-out hospital wide, contributed strongly to a further decrease in negative outcomes (included numbers on my app). Contributed strongly to a major hospital award, and was implemented across 20-30 hospitals.
(New, 400 hrs) Not a new activity, but newly included due to space. Basically coached several underserved students/communities for the past few years. - Participated in a pretty recognizable sport/activity for a long time:
achieved awards/certification from the sport's governing body at both national and international level, competed with success at national/international level (Top 3 (New) in a National Championship event, recognitions at both national and international level, occassional results against opponents ranked very high in the world etc.), Continue to compete at a high level
New - added some hours and a couple accomplishments
- Also have some leadership in the above, raising a related program from a noncompetitive stage to placing well at a national level
Couple other leadership from the above
Had II to a T5 last year, WLd
Old list: pretty much all T20s-30s + a few state + low-tier schools
New List: HMS, UCSF, Duke, Penn, Stanford, WashU, Michigan, Mayo, UCLA, Vandy, Feinberg, Pitt, Cornell, Sinai, UChicago, Emory, UCSD, Case, Ohio State, Keck, Miami, Brown, Rochester, BU, USF, UC Irvine, UC Davis, Dartmouth, GWU, CUSM, Drexel, Hofstra, UIowa, UAZ - Phoenix, WMed, SLU, Vermont, MCW, UVA, VCU. (Know it's long, pre-writing secondaries, and can afford to apply to a lot)
I hope I answered @chilly_md questions from last time. If you or others have feedback, I will implement it and respond to questions. And @Faha gave me some list suggestions before, but my app has since been somewhat updated and I finally am making a submission-ready list, so would appreciate any takes from you!
