landjones
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Hi all, I need some help crafting and narrowing down my list for both DO and MD. I have a few reaches that I am unsure if are good and plenty of low yields which may not be a good idea? Would appreciate any suggestions to add or cut. Sorry for the long post!
State/Country of Residence: California
URM? (Y/N): No, but SES Disadvantaged, First-Gen/Single-Parent
Year in School: Rising Senior
Undergraduate Major(s)/Minor(s): Biology at High-Tier UC
Cumulative GPA: 3.98
Science GPA: 4.00
MCAT Score(s): 513 131/125/130/127
Research Experience: Could not obtain significant research experience until the start of 3rd year due to COVID-19, but plan to do more
* 420 hours in orthopedic research at the university's SOM and academic hospital. A mix of bench and clinical research on osteolysis and bone infection determinants from implants, etc. Started independent project on implant wear and gait. No pubs, but I will have a strong letter from PI. Projecting another 500 ish hours for the next academic year.
Clinical Experience (paid or volunteer):
* Clinical Volunteering at UC Medical Center - 300 Hours
* Primary Care Medical Assistant at a low-income clinic - 775 hours and will be getting an extremely strong letter from the physician I worked under for 2 yrs (according to him).
* COVID-19 Screener and Vaccination Clinic Volunteer: Aout 150 hours of helping with PCR tests and vaccinations. Did it from April 2020 to April 2021. Helped them recruit patients for a research study to develop a saliva-based COVID test with a UC Health System.
Nonclinical Volunteering
* 160 hours tutoring underserved and homeless children across elementary schools where I live
* 600 hours of volunteering at the soup kitchen affiliated with a temple. Took. a leadership position and helped create a hands-free system of delivering meals to homeless shelters during the pandemic. Helped coordinate truck rentals and packaging meals so other volunteers could deliver them. Cooked and served meals to members during dining services, etc.
Other ECs/Leadership
* 800 hours total being a Teaching Assistant for a math and programming course and helping redesign the course to make it equitable for freshmen. Worked my way up from a learning assistant to a teaching assistant. Was able to get a leadership position in the department. Started with facilitating coding labs and assisting students and then moved into a logistical position. Coordinate meetings with department heads, professors, and deans. Pitched and helped redesign the traditional math course to include capstone projects to analyze data and apply the math concepts to real-life problems like dialysis and covid. Working with educational research teams as well and doing research on learning strategies as a teaching fellow now. (One of my MME's)
* 3D Modeling and Printing, Started a small store on Etsy and eBay (kinda a hobby)
Physician Shadowing: 150 hours unfortunately only in one specialty - heme/onc. Trying to get more DO and MD shadowing rn and maybe can update them?
LoRs:
* 1 strong science prof, 1 decent science prof, 1 strong non-science prof
* 1 strong from research PI
* 1 extremely strong from the physician I was a medical assistant for
* 1 strong letter from the soup kitchen I worked with
School List
IS:
UC Irvine School of Medicine
UC San Diego School of Medicine
Keck USC School of Medicine
Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine
UC Davis
UCSF
California University of Science and Medicine-School of Medicine
OOS:
Creighton SOM
Albany Medical College
Albert Einstein SOM
New York Medical College
University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, AZ
University of Vermont
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Virginia Tech
Virginia Commonwealth
Medical College of Wisconsin
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
Tulane SOM (Low Yield)
Lewis Katz Temple
Drexel SOM
Penn State (Low Yield)
Geisinger
Georgetown University SOM
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Wake Forest
Tufts
Loyola Stritch - Chicago
Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Saint Louis University School of Medicine
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Rosalind Franklin University - Chicago
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine
Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. SOM
University of Colorado School of Medicine
State/Country of Residence: California
URM? (Y/N): No, but SES Disadvantaged, First-Gen/Single-Parent
Year in School: Rising Senior
Undergraduate Major(s)/Minor(s): Biology at High-Tier UC
Cumulative GPA: 3.98
Science GPA: 4.00
MCAT Score(s): 513 131/125/130/127
Research Experience: Could not obtain significant research experience until the start of 3rd year due to COVID-19, but plan to do more
* 420 hours in orthopedic research at the university's SOM and academic hospital. A mix of bench and clinical research on osteolysis and bone infection determinants from implants, etc. Started independent project on implant wear and gait. No pubs, but I will have a strong letter from PI. Projecting another 500 ish hours for the next academic year.
Clinical Experience (paid or volunteer):
* Clinical Volunteering at UC Medical Center - 300 Hours
* Primary Care Medical Assistant at a low-income clinic - 775 hours and will be getting an extremely strong letter from the physician I worked under for 2 yrs (according to him).
* COVID-19 Screener and Vaccination Clinic Volunteer: Aout 150 hours of helping with PCR tests and vaccinations. Did it from April 2020 to April 2021. Helped them recruit patients for a research study to develop a saliva-based COVID test with a UC Health System.
Nonclinical Volunteering
* 160 hours tutoring underserved and homeless children across elementary schools where I live
* 600 hours of volunteering at the soup kitchen affiliated with a temple. Took. a leadership position and helped create a hands-free system of delivering meals to homeless shelters during the pandemic. Helped coordinate truck rentals and packaging meals so other volunteers could deliver them. Cooked and served meals to members during dining services, etc.
Other ECs/Leadership
* 800 hours total being a Teaching Assistant for a math and programming course and helping redesign the course to make it equitable for freshmen. Worked my way up from a learning assistant to a teaching assistant. Was able to get a leadership position in the department. Started with facilitating coding labs and assisting students and then moved into a logistical position. Coordinate meetings with department heads, professors, and deans. Pitched and helped redesign the traditional math course to include capstone projects to analyze data and apply the math concepts to real-life problems like dialysis and covid. Working with educational research teams as well and doing research on learning strategies as a teaching fellow now. (One of my MME's)
* 3D Modeling and Printing, Started a small store on Etsy and eBay (kinda a hobby)
Physician Shadowing: 150 hours unfortunately only in one specialty - heme/onc. Trying to get more DO and MD shadowing rn and maybe can update them?
LoRs:
* 1 strong science prof, 1 decent science prof, 1 strong non-science prof
* 1 strong from research PI
* 1 extremely strong from the physician I was a medical assistant for
* 1 strong letter from the soup kitchen I worked with
School List
IS:
UC Irvine School of Medicine
UC San Diego School of Medicine
Keck USC School of Medicine
Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine
UC Davis
UCSF
California University of Science and Medicine-School of Medicine
OOS:
Creighton SOM
Albany Medical College
Albert Einstein SOM
New York Medical College
University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, AZ
University of Vermont
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Virginia Tech
Virginia Commonwealth
Medical College of Wisconsin
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
Tulane SOM (Low Yield)
Lewis Katz Temple
Drexel SOM
Penn State (Low Yield)
Geisinger
Georgetown University SOM
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Wake Forest
Tufts
Loyola Stritch - Chicago
Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Saint Louis University School of Medicine
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Rosalind Franklin University - Chicago
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine
Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. SOM
University of Colorado School of Medicine