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Hi everyone, I'm working on my school list and am having difficulty finalizing it.
About me:
State of Residence: CA (urban)
Demographics: Caucasian Male, 2016 grad
College: Top-20 research university
cGPA: 3.97
sGPA: 4.00
MCAT: 517 (131/128/129/129)
Major: Interdisciplinary preventive medicine major through med school
Minors: Health Communications and Biology
Paid Employment: After graduation founded a health-related startup, but it didn't succeed and I addressed why in app (540 hours). For past year work as medical assistant and scribe in a private practice and have extensive patient interaction (1800 hours).
Research: Since graduating, work as part of team that developed a novel community health training for minority youth in underserved community. Working under associate dean of med school and have presented in 3 conferences so far (700 hours). Past research includes two semester long research assistant positions while an undergrad (170 net), and a renewable energy research project from senior year of high school with a top 5 university prof that was published (1000 hours).
Extracurriculars: Founded university club and partnered with high schools to teach about e-cigs, marijuana, hookah, etc (350 hours). President of student religious group; planned many service projects, human rights events, interfaith functions (320 hours)
Shadowing: 6 week full-time hospital preceptorship and saw>10 specialties (260 hours) + a few surgeons and pulmonologists (40)
Clinical Volunteering: Large hospital volunteer in anesthesia dep (150 hours)
Nonclinical/medical volunteering: Youth mentor as part of large, international program while in college in a underserved community (600 hours)
LOR: expecting them to be strong. Have seen parts of 2.
I'm trying to select 25-30 schools, and my feel like my mcat isn't high enough for the top school (Columbia, Penn, Icahn, Weill Cornell, Vandy), but not sure because my gpa and activities are strong. Thanks!
About me:
State of Residence: CA (urban)
Demographics: Caucasian Male, 2016 grad
College: Top-20 research university
cGPA: 3.97
sGPA: 4.00
MCAT: 517 (131/128/129/129)
Major: Interdisciplinary preventive medicine major through med school
Minors: Health Communications and Biology
Paid Employment: After graduation founded a health-related startup, but it didn't succeed and I addressed why in app (540 hours). For past year work as medical assistant and scribe in a private practice and have extensive patient interaction (1800 hours).
Research: Since graduating, work as part of team that developed a novel community health training for minority youth in underserved community. Working under associate dean of med school and have presented in 3 conferences so far (700 hours). Past research includes two semester long research assistant positions while an undergrad (170 net), and a renewable energy research project from senior year of high school with a top 5 university prof that was published (1000 hours).
Extracurriculars: Founded university club and partnered with high schools to teach about e-cigs, marijuana, hookah, etc (350 hours). President of student religious group; planned many service projects, human rights events, interfaith functions (320 hours)
Shadowing: 6 week full-time hospital preceptorship and saw>10 specialties (260 hours) + a few surgeons and pulmonologists (40)
Clinical Volunteering: Large hospital volunteer in anesthesia dep (150 hours)
Nonclinical/medical volunteering: Youth mentor as part of large, international program while in college in a underserved community (600 hours)
LOR: expecting them to be strong. Have seen parts of 2.
I'm trying to select 25-30 schools, and my feel like my mcat isn't high enough for the top school (Columbia, Penn, Icahn, Weill Cornell, Vandy), but not sure because my gpa and activities are strong. Thanks!