gatoradeco2019
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Hey everyone! I'm trying to get an idea of my chances of admission/ideal MD schools I'm applying to and would appreciate feedback on what you guys think!
Me: University of Florida student, Male, ORM, Florida Resident
MCAT: 518 (96th percentile)
Concerned because my C/P is pretty low (tried to self-teach myself Physics 2, wasn't comfortable enough with it on a physics 2 heavy MCAT)
cGPA and sGPA: 3.9+
Research:
- Research assistant/honor's thesis student since January 2018 in a Muscle and Cancer Genetics Lab; 200+ hours of research, expected to reach 800 hours by April 2019
- Received funding from UF for a project proposal I submitted
- Helping prepare a manuscript for publication (not first author); writing an honor's thesis that may be published in the university's undergrad research journal
- Scheduled for two presentations
Clinical experience (Volunteering/Shadowing):
- 4 month (~45 hours) of volunteering in a surgical clinic located at the university hospital
- 2 months (~60 hours) of volunteering at a hospital, mostly involved in post-op in-patient care
- Was able to shadow some during both of the experiences above
- Just started what I expect to be 100 hours of shadowing with a cardiologist at the VA
Non-clinical volunteering:
- 180 hours of volunteering through a pre-med honor society (2 years)
- 160 hours of volunteering with the Boys and Girls club as a tutor (two summers)
Other:
- Ongoing non-clinical employment of almost 3 years (1200 hours currently)
- Certification as a Biotechnician Assistant (certified by the University of Florida)
- Peer mentor/tutor in a variety of courses (since August 2015, 180 hours)
- Anderson Scholar with High Distinction Award (3.95-3.99 GPA)
- Health Science Honor's Program
- Weightlifting (very rough estimate of ~1000 hours)
- LoR's should be okay, maybe one weak science LoR; Strong research PI LoR
-I'm concerned about my lack of clinical experience and that I did not participate in research until this year.
Here's my current school list categorized by median MCAT scores (I'm applying to a lot of schools)
Reach/Hopeful (519+)
1) Johns Hopkins
2) Washington U in St. Louis
3) Vanderbilt
4) Duke
5) University of Virginia
6) Harvard
On Target (515-518)
7) Mayo
8) University of Michigan
9) UC- San Francisco (I know that the acceptance rate for OOS is low)
10) Pittsburg
11) Emory
12) University of South Florida
13) Ohio State
14) Brown
Others (no such thing as "safe") (<515)
15) University of Florida
16) University of Washington
17) University of Miami (Florida)
18) University of Maryland
19) Tufts University
20) Florida State University
I wanted to gauge my competitiveness at these schools.
Please let me know what you think, thank you for the help!
Me: University of Florida student, Male, ORM, Florida Resident
MCAT: 518 (96th percentile)
Concerned because my C/P is pretty low (tried to self-teach myself Physics 2, wasn't comfortable enough with it on a physics 2 heavy MCAT)
cGPA and sGPA: 3.9+
Research:
- Research assistant/honor's thesis student since January 2018 in a Muscle and Cancer Genetics Lab; 200+ hours of research, expected to reach 800 hours by April 2019
- Received funding from UF for a project proposal I submitted
- Helping prepare a manuscript for publication (not first author); writing an honor's thesis that may be published in the university's undergrad research journal
- Scheduled for two presentations
Clinical experience (Volunteering/Shadowing):
- 4 month (~45 hours) of volunteering in a surgical clinic located at the university hospital
- 2 months (~60 hours) of volunteering at a hospital, mostly involved in post-op in-patient care
- Was able to shadow some during both of the experiences above
- Just started what I expect to be 100 hours of shadowing with a cardiologist at the VA
Non-clinical volunteering:
- 180 hours of volunteering through a pre-med honor society (2 years)
- 160 hours of volunteering with the Boys and Girls club as a tutor (two summers)
Other:
- Ongoing non-clinical employment of almost 3 years (1200 hours currently)
- Certification as a Biotechnician Assistant (certified by the University of Florida)
- Peer mentor/tutor in a variety of courses (since August 2015, 180 hours)
- Anderson Scholar with High Distinction Award (3.95-3.99 GPA)
- Health Science Honor's Program
- Weightlifting (very rough estimate of ~1000 hours)
- LoR's should be okay, maybe one weak science LoR; Strong research PI LoR
-I'm concerned about my lack of clinical experience and that I did not participate in research until this year.
Here's my current school list categorized by median MCAT scores (I'm applying to a lot of schools)
Reach/Hopeful (519+)
1) Johns Hopkins
2) Washington U in St. Louis
3) Vanderbilt
4) Duke
5) University of Virginia
6) Harvard
On Target (515-518)
7) Mayo
8) University of Michigan
9) UC- San Francisco (I know that the acceptance rate for OOS is low)
10) Pittsburg
11) Emory
12) University of South Florida
13) Ohio State
14) Brown
Others (no such thing as "safe") (<515)
15) University of Florida
16) University of Washington
17) University of Miami (Florida)
18) University of Maryland
19) Tufts University
20) Florida State University
I wanted to gauge my competitiveness at these schools.
Please let me know what you think, thank you for the help!
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