Hi, I'm looking for help on creating my school list. I'm currently a junior applying this cycle. I knew I wanted to do medicine early on, so I have a lot of clinical experience from HS that I won't put on AMCAS, but will mention in my PS. I'm looking for help on my school list, and also any tips on how to present my narrative and write my personal statement.
cGPA and sGPA: 4.0 cGPA, 4.0 sGPA
MCAT: 526
Ethnicity: Asian
Undergraduate institution: HYPSM
Clinical experience:
600 hours in high school as a volunteer OR tech.
250 hours in college as a emergency room volunteer
Research experience:
1000 hours in HS, including the summer after I graduated and right before I started college
About 1800 hours in college. Multiple poster presentations and conferences attended. One second author in medium impact journal. Have another pub currently under review. Awarded a national scholarship to purse research.
Shadowing experience:
Too much to count from HS. In college, about 100 hours split over multiple surgical specialities, and one IM doc.
Non-clinical volunteering:
250 hours teaching sex-ed to under-resourced inner-city public high school students.
Other extracurricular activities:
TA for a premed orgo weeder class at my school.
President of a club sport. I play this sport competitively, have a national ranking, and am captain of the team for my school. We compete at national tournaments and play other schools. This sport is a big hobby of mine and I probably spend like 6-10 hours a week practicing.
Editor-in-chief of a journal that publishes a magazine at my school.
Student council treasurer for 1 year.
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses:
My strengths would be my stats, research, clinical exposure.
My weaknesses would be how traditional I am (lol), cookie cutter ECs, also the fact that my life is pretty lame. I don't feel like I have a good life story like some other people on here. I basically knew since I was in kindergarten that I wanted to do medicine, and everything I've done in life has been to achieve that goal. I don't know if this is viewed as a good or bad thing. I'm starting to think about my personal statement, and I have NOOO idea what to write. Like if I were honest it would just be that I've always wanted to be a doctor, I like science, and I feel that helping people is a good thing to do.
School list:
I can probably aim anywhere I want. My dream would be HMS or JHU, but obviously they look at stuff other than grades, which I feel like I lack due to my traditional life story. Anyways, I'd appreciate any feedback. I plan on applying to around 20-25 schools. I don't really want to apply to my state school just cause I don't like its location. I'm wondering how many mid-tiers/safeties I should apply to.
cGPA and sGPA: 4.0 cGPA, 4.0 sGPA
MCAT: 526
Ethnicity: Asian
Undergraduate institution: HYPSM
Clinical experience:
600 hours in high school as a volunteer OR tech.
250 hours in college as a emergency room volunteer
Research experience:
1000 hours in HS, including the summer after I graduated and right before I started college
About 1800 hours in college. Multiple poster presentations and conferences attended. One second author in medium impact journal. Have another pub currently under review. Awarded a national scholarship to purse research.
Shadowing experience:
Too much to count from HS. In college, about 100 hours split over multiple surgical specialities, and one IM doc.
Non-clinical volunteering:
250 hours teaching sex-ed to under-resourced inner-city public high school students.
Other extracurricular activities:
TA for a premed orgo weeder class at my school.
President of a club sport. I play this sport competitively, have a national ranking, and am captain of the team for my school. We compete at national tournaments and play other schools. This sport is a big hobby of mine and I probably spend like 6-10 hours a week practicing.
Editor-in-chief of a journal that publishes a magazine at my school.
Student council treasurer for 1 year.
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses:
My strengths would be my stats, research, clinical exposure.
My weaknesses would be how traditional I am (lol), cookie cutter ECs, also the fact that my life is pretty lame. I don't feel like I have a good life story like some other people on here. I basically knew since I was in kindergarten that I wanted to do medicine, and everything I've done in life has been to achieve that goal. I don't know if this is viewed as a good or bad thing. I'm starting to think about my personal statement, and I have NOOO idea what to write. Like if I were honest it would just be that I've always wanted to be a doctor, I like science, and I feel that helping people is a good thing to do.
School list:
I can probably aim anywhere I want. My dream would be HMS or JHU, but obviously they look at stuff other than grades, which I feel like I lack due to my traditional life story. Anyways, I'd appreciate any feedback. I plan on applying to around 20-25 schools. I don't really want to apply to my state school just cause I don't like its location. I'm wondering how many mid-tiers/safeties I should apply to.
