Hey everyone! I’m currently in the process of beginning to pre write secondaries but I haven’t fully finalized my school list. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated! I currently have 29 schools and want to narrow it down to around 25 or so. I looked through MSAR but I know that it doesn’t always give the full picture on whether someone would be a competitive applicant. Please let me know if there’s any I should definitely take off or any obvious matches that I missed that I should consider applying to.
ABOUT ME:
cGPA: 3.79
sGPA: 3.7
MCAT: 517 (130/126/130/131)
Syrian CA Resident
First-Generation US Citizen and First-Generation College Graduate
WARS Score: 84 (idk if that matters)
Application and PS has a MAJOR focus on education and serving those who may face communication barriers, fueled by my experiences translating for my immigrant family in the Doctor’s office while growing up. Also a *soft but pretty obvious focus on neuroscience/neurology
- ~350 hrs Clinical Volunteering as a volunteer Medical Assistant at a Neurology clinic where I had a lot of hands on interactions with patients such as physical exams.
- ~60 hrs shadowing a neurology private practice
- ~1300 hrs non-clinical volunteering across two involvements. One was as a scout leader working with and creating activities for middle eastern immigrant children. The other was volunteering at an after school educational program with homeless elementary school children on Skid Row
- ~500 hrs research in a neuroscience lab with 1 poster presentation, 0 pubs
- ~100 hrs paid clinical experience as a COVID tester in the middle of COVID at a free COVID clinic.
- ~500 hrs as a stem tutor
- ~3300 hrs paid employment in various jobs since I was 17 years old (I should’ve put all of my jobs under one activity but didn’t know i could do that so i had to leave off several hundred hours smh) most recent job is working as a teacher aide at an elementary school. Talked about how working with children has taught me the importance of empathy, patience, and clear communication
- ~Treasurer on the founding board of a Neuroscience Honor Society Chapter on my campus
- ~hobbies include gardening, collecting vinyl, and playing multiple instruments (used to be in a band with a local following)
- LORs: 2 STEM professors (still waiting on one to submit :/), 1 MD from the neurology clinic, 1 boss from tutoring center, 1 research PI
Submitted Primary: June 14th
SCHOOL LIST:
Green=Baseline
Yellow=Target
Orange=Reach
Red=Super Reach
ABOUT ME:
cGPA: 3.79
sGPA: 3.7
MCAT: 517 (130/126/130/131)
Syrian CA Resident
First-Generation US Citizen and First-Generation College Graduate
WARS Score: 84 (idk if that matters)
Application and PS has a MAJOR focus on education and serving those who may face communication barriers, fueled by my experiences translating for my immigrant family in the Doctor’s office while growing up. Also a *soft but pretty obvious focus on neuroscience/neurology
- ~350 hrs Clinical Volunteering as a volunteer Medical Assistant at a Neurology clinic where I had a lot of hands on interactions with patients such as physical exams.
- ~60 hrs shadowing a neurology private practice
- ~1300 hrs non-clinical volunteering across two involvements. One was as a scout leader working with and creating activities for middle eastern immigrant children. The other was volunteering at an after school educational program with homeless elementary school children on Skid Row
- ~500 hrs research in a neuroscience lab with 1 poster presentation, 0 pubs
- ~100 hrs paid clinical experience as a COVID tester in the middle of COVID at a free COVID clinic.
- ~500 hrs as a stem tutor
- ~3300 hrs paid employment in various jobs since I was 17 years old (I should’ve put all of my jobs under one activity but didn’t know i could do that so i had to leave off several hundred hours smh) most recent job is working as a teacher aide at an elementary school. Talked about how working with children has taught me the importance of empathy, patience, and clear communication
- ~Treasurer on the founding board of a Neuroscience Honor Society Chapter on my campus
- ~hobbies include gardening, collecting vinyl, and playing multiple instruments (used to be in a band with a local following)
- LORs: 2 STEM professors (still waiting on one to submit :/), 1 MD from the neurology clinic, 1 boss from tutoring center, 1 research PI
Submitted Primary: June 14th
SCHOOL LIST:
Green=Baseline
Yellow=Target
Orange=Reach
Red=Super Reach
