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Residency: MI
College: Top Public, graduated 2013
Ethnicity: White
cGPA: 3.8+ (senior year gpa = 3.2)
sGPA: 3.58
MCAT: 38 (13/12/13, taken 1/2014)
Phi Beta Kappa, random Dean's lists
Clinical Experience:
Scribing: 1600 hrs split between emergency department and family practice (full-time job last year); saw and learned loads of stuff, will be foundation of personal statement
Volunteering: ~70 hours in Ped ICU
Shadowing:
None outside of scribing, though I may start shadowing an ENT soon.
Research:
40 pg honors thesis for my major (humanities)
Will spend the next year working 20hr/wk in bench research for hearing lab
Teaching:
Will spend the next year privately tutoring the MCAT for about 15-20 hours/wk
1 wk/yr for 4 years at about 50 hrs/wk teaching at a band camp
Nonclinical Volunteering/ECs:
3 years as a leader in religious organization on campus, about 10 hrs/wk
~50 hours at homeless shelter over the last year
Other Employment:
1.5 yrs working as a custodian (about 10 hrs/wk)
1 yr working as lab assistant (about 10hrs/wk)
Hobbies:
Nothing for the application...watch lots of movies and sports. Lift weights. Plan my wedding .
List:
UMich
Wayne State
MSU
Oakland
Rush
UChicago
NWestern
Case
Pitt
OSU
Mt. Sinai
JHU
Duke
Toledo
Cincinnati
I'd like to stay in the Midwest/East Coast for the most part. Any thoughts on the list/how much the low senior GPA will hurt? I think it was in part due to a late decision to return to medicine-->taking every science class at once-->less than success. Hopefully the MCAT compensates.
College: Top Public, graduated 2013
Ethnicity: White
cGPA: 3.8+ (senior year gpa = 3.2)
sGPA: 3.58
MCAT: 38 (13/12/13, taken 1/2014)
Phi Beta Kappa, random Dean's lists
Clinical Experience:
Scribing: 1600 hrs split between emergency department and family practice (full-time job last year); saw and learned loads of stuff, will be foundation of personal statement
Volunteering: ~70 hours in Ped ICU
Shadowing:
None outside of scribing, though I may start shadowing an ENT soon.
Research:
40 pg honors thesis for my major (humanities)
Will spend the next year working 20hr/wk in bench research for hearing lab
Teaching:
Will spend the next year privately tutoring the MCAT for about 15-20 hours/wk
1 wk/yr for 4 years at about 50 hrs/wk teaching at a band camp
Nonclinical Volunteering/ECs:
3 years as a leader in religious organization on campus, about 10 hrs/wk
~50 hours at homeless shelter over the last year
Other Employment:
1.5 yrs working as a custodian (about 10 hrs/wk)
1 yr working as lab assistant (about 10hrs/wk)
Hobbies:
Nothing for the application...watch lots of movies and sports. Lift weights. Plan my wedding .
List:
UMich
Wayne State
MSU
Oakland
Rush
UChicago
NWestern
Case
Pitt
OSU
Mt. Sinai
JHU
Duke
Toledo
Cincinnati
I'd like to stay in the Midwest/East Coast for the most part. Any thoughts on the list/how much the low senior GPA will hurt? I think it was in part due to a late decision to return to medicine-->taking every science class at once-->less than success. Hopefully the MCAT compensates.
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