premed0522
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Hello everyone!! I plan on applying to as many as possible (40-50), both MD and DO.
I am an Asian Male, First Generation, SES-Disadvantaged.
I am an Asian Male, First Generation, SES-Disadvantaged.
- Year in school: Community College --> UCLA graduate
- Country/state of residence: California
- Schools to which you are applying: Anywhere/everywhere except Caribbean
- GPA:
- Science - 3.53 (3.76>3.67>3.44>3.40)
- Cumulative - 3.47 (3.45>3.55>3.50>3.36)
- Non-Science? - 3.35
- Two 2 C-'s the final two quarters in Molecular Biology and Plant Molecular Biology
- MCAT Score:
- 507 - 128/124/128/127 - (6/27/2020)
- Research:
- UCLA Undergraduate Research (1 year, 1300 hours)
- Honors research thesis
- 2 poster presentations
- 1 fellowship award
- Stanford SoM Gap Year Research (2 years, 3500 hours)
- 2 second-author publications in journals with impact factor ~10
- 1 abstract publication (conference canceled due to COVID)
- 5 submitted manuscripts (first author, second author, contributing author)
- Local newspaper feature for leading HS students on COVID-19 research
- UCLA Undergraduate Research (1 year, 1300 hours)
- Volunteering (clinical) – include hours/sites:
- UCLA Hospital (1 year, 200 hours)
- Physician shadowing – include hours/specialties:
- No formal shadowing but I was also able to shadow during my volunteer shifts at UCLA (e.g. watch procedures, observe rounds)
- Non-clinical volunteering:
- Eagle Scout (9 years, 1200 hours)
- Extracurricular activities:
- Vice President and Coach of Club Sport
- Participation in Sport (top 7% in country, qualified for nationals)
- Employment history:
- Head Life Sciences Instructor for High Schoolers (taught courses, not tutoring) (2 years, 600 hours)
- Research Advisor/Principal Investigator for High School Researchers (1 year, 120 hours)
- Catering (1200 hours)
- LORS: I know they will be strong because of my close relationship with these professors and their experience in writing letters.
- UCLA PI (1 upper div lecture, A)
- UCLA Professor (1 lecture, 1 lab, both As)
- Stanford PI, MD/PhD
- no DO LOR
- Immediate family members in medicine? (y/n): no
- Specialty of interest: Family Medicine, PMR
- Interest in rural health (y/n): yes
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