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Hi all, I've probably posted before but this is likely everything that will be on my application this time around. I am a reapplicant with no interviews around last time. I'm honestly still confused and frustrated about what happened last cycle but what can you do but try again. Any help on the school list would be super great!
Graduated June 2015 with Biochemistry B.S.
GPA: 3.82 Overall and science
MCAT: 33 (first time), 32 (second time a few months later), was scoring higher on practices and I rushed it because of time constraints but it is what it is
Asian, male, California - bam 🙁
1. 600+ hours so far working as a fulltime/almost fulltime ER medical scribe, will definitely be working past 1500+ hours eventually by next year.
2. 60+ hours so far doing culturally based stroke intervention research in Mandarin and performing clinical tasks like blood draw/blood pressure.
3. ~250 hours as a social worker at a homeless mobile clinic
4. ~200 hours as a mentor/tutor for disadvantaged youth, also a site coordinator who helped plan and develop site modules for interns
5. ~200 hours doing research with mice, statin/lipid/metabolism research, no publications
6. ~250 hours helping develop a lab researching C. elegans behavior, leader of the thermotaxis group that helped train and recruit new student researchers, one poster presentation, no publications
7. ~300+ hours paid working as an administrative assistant in a humanities department
8. 60 hours shadowing different pulmonologists in a clinic.
9. 50 hours volunteering in API health fairs, translating for Mandarin and performing basic clinical tasks
10. 100 hours of pharmacy volunteering with a pharmacy tech license, convinced me not to go into pharmacy and instead medicine lol, should this be included?
11. Freelance photographer with own set-up business taking graduation photos/portraiture work
12. Avid musician with lots of involvement in different organizations/classes in undergrad
Above average LOR at best because I was dumb enough to not establish super close relationships with professors.
Assuming a well-developed PS
School list so far, I might not even apply to reach schools tbh seeing as how I did last cycle... I just want one school to love me 🙁
Albany
Einstein
Boston
Buffalo
DGSOM
Drexel
Dartmouth
Georgetown
Hofstra - North shore
USC
Loyola
Miami
Mount Sinai
NYMC
NYU
Penn State
Franklin
Rush
Temple
Thomas Jefferson
Tufts
UCSD
UCD
UCI
UCR
U of Michigan
U of Rochester
Brown
Wake Forest
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Graduated June 2015 with Biochemistry B.S.
GPA: 3.82 Overall and science
MCAT: 33 (first time), 32 (second time a few months later), was scoring higher on practices and I rushed it because of time constraints but it is what it is
Asian, male, California - bam 🙁
1. 600+ hours so far working as a fulltime/almost fulltime ER medical scribe, will definitely be working past 1500+ hours eventually by next year.
2. 60+ hours so far doing culturally based stroke intervention research in Mandarin and performing clinical tasks like blood draw/blood pressure.
3. ~250 hours as a social worker at a homeless mobile clinic
4. ~200 hours as a mentor/tutor for disadvantaged youth, also a site coordinator who helped plan and develop site modules for interns
5. ~200 hours doing research with mice, statin/lipid/metabolism research, no publications
6. ~250 hours helping develop a lab researching C. elegans behavior, leader of the thermotaxis group that helped train and recruit new student researchers, one poster presentation, no publications
7. ~300+ hours paid working as an administrative assistant in a humanities department
8. 60 hours shadowing different pulmonologists in a clinic.
9. 50 hours volunteering in API health fairs, translating for Mandarin and performing basic clinical tasks
10. 100 hours of pharmacy volunteering with a pharmacy tech license, convinced me not to go into pharmacy and instead medicine lol, should this be included?
11. Freelance photographer with own set-up business taking graduation photos/portraiture work
12. Avid musician with lots of involvement in different organizations/classes in undergrad
Above average LOR at best because I was dumb enough to not establish super close relationships with professors.
Assuming a well-developed PS
School list so far, I might not even apply to reach schools tbh seeing as how I did last cycle... I just want one school to love me 🙁
Albany
Einstein
Boston
Buffalo
DGSOM
Drexel
Dartmouth
Georgetown
Hofstra - North shore
USC
Loyola
Miami
Mount Sinai
NYMC
NYU
Penn State
Franklin
Rush
Temple
Thomas Jefferson
Tufts
UCSD
UCD
UCI
UCR
U of Michigan
U of Rochester
Brown
Wake Forest
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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