Hey all! Wondering if I can get some useful feedback on my school list and what I should add or remove. My GPA is on the low side due to a 3.0 year freshman year but I've turned it around with straight 3.85 semesters my Junior year.
1.) Wisconsin School of Public Health (Dream School)
2.) Medical College of Wisconsin
3.) Stanford
4.) Creighton
5.) Seton Hall
6.) Michigan
7.) Dartmouth
8.) USC Keck
9.) Emory
10.) Case Western
11.) Iowa
12.) Minnesota
13.) Penn State
14.) Ohio State
15.) Hofstra
16.) Vermont
17.) Mayo in MN
THANK YOU ALL!
- cGPA and sGPA as calculated by AMCAS or AACOMAS cGPA: 3.53, sGPA: 3.52
- MCAT score(s) and breakdown 524 (132/130/130/132)
- State of residence or country of citizenship (if non-US) WI
- Ethnicity and/or race White of Hispanic ethnicity
- Undergraduate institution or category UW Madison (prestigious but not too much)
- Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer) 50 hours volunteering directly with patients in inpatient psych unit and neurology units,some experience taking vitals and placing clinical test equipment on research participants (not clinical but close) I know this might be my weakest section but I am hopeful it is average.
- Research experience and productivity 700 hours split between a wet and dry lab in the Dept of Psychiatry. One undergraduate poster to show for it.
- Shadowing experience and specialties represented 90 hours shadowing between psychiatry, cardiology and internal medicine specialties,
- Non-clinical volunteering 40 hours on misc. activities including wrapping gifts for economically disadvantaged children, organizing a trivia night for UNICEF.
- Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc) 1000 hours in university marching band, 1 year (1 year still to come) of Resident Assistant leadership dealing with crisis situations and building a community
- Relevant honors or awards Full tuition scholarship awarded to high merit individuals who are ethnically underrepresented at UW Madison.
- Anything else not listed you think might be important GPA trend - 3.0 Fresh year, 3.5 Soph year, straight 3.85 Junior year (2x Deans List)
1.) Wisconsin School of Public Health (Dream School)
2.) Medical College of Wisconsin
3.) Stanford
4.) Creighton
5.) Seton Hall
6.) Michigan
7.) Dartmouth
8.) USC Keck
9.) Emory
10.) Case Western
11.) Iowa
12.) Minnesota
13.) Penn State
14.) Ohio State
15.) Hofstra
16.) Vermont
17.) Mayo in MN
THANK YOU ALL!
