Hello, thanks for taking a look! I just received my MCAT score yesterday (519! so pumped) and am trying to finalize my school list. Here is all my info, let me know what you think about my school list, whether I should add/drop schools or any other advice.
Year in school: Graduated May 2015
Country/state of residence: MA
Major/GPA: BS in Psychology (Neuroscience track), minors in Biology and German, cGPA: 3.88, sGPA: 3.93
MCAT Scores: 519 (128/130/129/132) -- old MCAT: 32 in 2013
Research – Currently working full-time as a clinical research assistant in cardiology (started in Jan, ~1000 hours so far). No publications or abstracts, more coordinating and hands-on clinical work with patients.
Volunteering (clinical) – 20 hours at an assisted living facility, 100 hours at an adult day care center. Volunteered as an EMT on the medical team for 4 road races so far this year, and will continue with these events.
Physician shadowing: Through working as a scribe / research assistant
Non-clinical volunteering: 40 hrs gathering/distributing food and goods donations from businesses and farms to local community members in need. 2 semesters (~84 hrs) as board member of student run Autism Speaks group on campus.
Extracurricular activities: Semester study abroad in Germany. I am very active in the outdoors (hiking, rock climbing, skiing, etc.) part of student outdoors group during college, wilderness first aid certification, did a 2 month trip climbing/hiking in Europe last summer, and have spent a good amount of time traveling. Other hobbies/interests such as mindfulness, drumming (played in a band for many years) and now mostly enjoy african hand drumming. Currently working towards playing with a performance group.
Employment history: 5 semesters working as a tutor in college (~700 hours) in bio, chem, orgo, physics, calc, and neuroscience. 14 months working full-time as an ED scribe after graduation (~2000 hours). 11 months working training new scribes, 2 months starting up a new scribe program at a different hospital, and 6 months as a Quality Assurance Specialist. 2 years working part-time at a rock climbing gym (still working there, ~600 hours).
Strong letters of rec from research supervisor, ED physician, professor, employer, and volunteer coordinator.
PS. I am a re-applicant (applied 2 years ago without any research/clinical experience).
School list: (? means I'm not sure if I'm going to apply there)
Reach: Stanford, Harvard, ?Duke, ?Johns Hopkins
High: UVA, Vanderbilt, Mayo (both), ?UCSF, ?UCSD, ?U Michigan
Mid: Dartmouth, Rochester, Wisconsin, OHSU, Colorado, Tufts, BU, ?SUNY Upstate
Low/State: UMass, UVM, Wake forest, Nevada, West Virginia, Arizona
Year in school: Graduated May 2015
Country/state of residence: MA
Major/GPA: BS in Psychology (Neuroscience track), minors in Biology and German, cGPA: 3.88, sGPA: 3.93
MCAT Scores: 519 (128/130/129/132) -- old MCAT: 32 in 2013
Research – Currently working full-time as a clinical research assistant in cardiology (started in Jan, ~1000 hours so far). No publications or abstracts, more coordinating and hands-on clinical work with patients.
Volunteering (clinical) – 20 hours at an assisted living facility, 100 hours at an adult day care center. Volunteered as an EMT on the medical team for 4 road races so far this year, and will continue with these events.
Physician shadowing: Through working as a scribe / research assistant
Non-clinical volunteering: 40 hrs gathering/distributing food and goods donations from businesses and farms to local community members in need. 2 semesters (~84 hrs) as board member of student run Autism Speaks group on campus.
Extracurricular activities: Semester study abroad in Germany. I am very active in the outdoors (hiking, rock climbing, skiing, etc.) part of student outdoors group during college, wilderness first aid certification, did a 2 month trip climbing/hiking in Europe last summer, and have spent a good amount of time traveling. Other hobbies/interests such as mindfulness, drumming (played in a band for many years) and now mostly enjoy african hand drumming. Currently working towards playing with a performance group.
Employment history: 5 semesters working as a tutor in college (~700 hours) in bio, chem, orgo, physics, calc, and neuroscience. 14 months working full-time as an ED scribe after graduation (~2000 hours). 11 months working training new scribes, 2 months starting up a new scribe program at a different hospital, and 6 months as a Quality Assurance Specialist. 2 years working part-time at a rock climbing gym (still working there, ~600 hours).
Strong letters of rec from research supervisor, ED physician, professor, employer, and volunteer coordinator.
PS. I am a re-applicant (applied 2 years ago without any research/clinical experience).
School list: (? means I'm not sure if I'm going to apply there)
Reach: Stanford, Harvard, ?Duke, ?Johns Hopkins
High: UVA, Vanderbilt, Mayo (both), ?UCSF, ?UCSD, ?U Michigan
Mid: Dartmouth, Rochester, Wisconsin, OHSU, Colorado, Tufts, BU, ?SUNY Upstate
Low/State: UMass, UVM, Wake forest, Nevada, West Virginia, Arizona
