Year in school: Graduated in 2014 from top 20 school
Country/state of residence: Massachusetts (not for that long though, as in UMass wouldn’t see me as a resident)
ORM Reapplicant (applied in 2016)
Previous MCAT scores 25 (2014), 29 (2015)
Cumulative GPA: 3.81 (1 year junior college (4.0), 3 years at top 20 college (3.72))
Science GPA: 3.78, (1 year junior college (4.0), 3 years at top 20 college (3.63))
MCAT Score: 515 (128/127/130/130) – retook it in 2018
Research:
- 400 hours undergrad research assistant
- 3 years of full-time translational/basic cancer research
- Oral and poster presentations at international conference/research meetings
- 2nd author on a review paper
- 7 months of part-time clinical research on autism
Clinical Volunteering:
- 200 hours patient transport/assistant in operating room
- 100 hours in children’s hospital
Physician shadowing:
ICU – 50 hours
Pediatrics – 45 hours
Genomics – 20 hours
Neurosurgery – 5 hours
Non-clinical volunteering:
- 250 hours coordinating programs for children with disabilities
Employment history:
- 250 hours working on summer camp + weekend program for children with disabilities
- 200 hours (including future) part time restaurant worker
Extracurricular activities:
Treasurer in a student club
After-school program teacher
Basketball and soccer as hobby
Specialty of interest: Developmental Pediatrics, Neurology, Physical med & rehab
Should I apply to DO schools as well? After not getting in the first cycle, I don’t wanna waste any more time
Country/state of residence: Massachusetts (not for that long though, as in UMass wouldn’t see me as a resident)
ORM Reapplicant (applied in 2016)
Previous MCAT scores 25 (2014), 29 (2015)
Cumulative GPA: 3.81 (1 year junior college (4.0), 3 years at top 20 college (3.72))
Science GPA: 3.78, (1 year junior college (4.0), 3 years at top 20 college (3.63))
MCAT Score: 515 (128/127/130/130) – retook it in 2018
Research:
- 400 hours undergrad research assistant
- 3 years of full-time translational/basic cancer research
- Oral and poster presentations at international conference/research meetings
- 2nd author on a review paper
- 7 months of part-time clinical research on autism
Clinical Volunteering:
- 200 hours patient transport/assistant in operating room
- 100 hours in children’s hospital
Physician shadowing:
ICU – 50 hours
Pediatrics – 45 hours
Genomics – 20 hours
Neurosurgery – 5 hours
Non-clinical volunteering:
- 250 hours coordinating programs for children with disabilities
Employment history:
- 250 hours working on summer camp + weekend program for children with disabilities
- 200 hours (including future) part time restaurant worker
Extracurricular activities:
Treasurer in a student club
After-school program teacher
Basketball and soccer as hobby
Specialty of interest: Developmental Pediatrics, Neurology, Physical med & rehab
Should I apply to DO schools as well? After not getting in the first cycle, I don’t wanna waste any more time
