Hey, guys,
I am a second time applicant (first time I had serious issues that I resolved 100% now).
Major: Biology
Minor: Chemistry
Concentration: Pre-Med
(Previous MCATs were awful: 23R and 25S; current MCAT is 32Q):
MCAT: V:10 PS: 11 B:11 WS:Q.
cGPA: 3.701
Work/Activities:
-500+ volunteer hours:
*400+ volunteer hours in Baghdad, Iraq working with the American Military (at my own expense)
*100+ volunteer work in two separate hospitals
* currently 30+ hours/week as volunteer EMT
-Service coordinator for Medical club at my college
- 240+ hours of shadowing with 12 doctors at 7 different care facilities (including OR shadowing) (also shadowed dr. in CANADA)
- Member of three national honors societies (BBB, ALD and PKP)
-3 presidents list awards and deans list for every other semester.
-Lead Biology tutor for a national nonprofit tutoring organization at my college (also tutor
chem and physics)
-Grant-funded biomedical student researcher for 2 years.
- 1 publication (lead author)
- 7 presentations at 6 science conferences (throughout SC, VA and even CANADA)
-Won first place for Biochemistry/Bioinformatics at the Big South Undergraduate Research Symposium for my work on the role of FOXO on the regeneration of cardiac myocytes (effectively eliminating cardiac necrosis).
-I organized a charity textbook drive for underprivileged middle eastern nations where I collected well over 300 textbooks and shipped them out to Northern Iraq.
-Employed as Human anatomy TA and Lab assistant.
-Certified Nursing Assistant
-Certified EKG technician (currently seeking employment).
Those are basically my work/activities that I am putting on my AMCAS application.
Thoughts?
I am a second time applicant (first time I had serious issues that I resolved 100% now).
Major: Biology
Minor: Chemistry
Concentration: Pre-Med
(Previous MCATs were awful: 23R and 25S; current MCAT is 32Q):
MCAT: V:10 PS: 11 B:11 WS:Q.
cGPA: 3.701
Work/Activities:
-500+ volunteer hours:
*400+ volunteer hours in Baghdad, Iraq working with the American Military (at my own expense)
*100+ volunteer work in two separate hospitals
* currently 30+ hours/week as volunteer EMT
-Service coordinator for Medical club at my college
- 240+ hours of shadowing with 12 doctors at 7 different care facilities (including OR shadowing) (also shadowed dr. in CANADA)
- Member of three national honors societies (BBB, ALD and PKP)
-3 presidents list awards and deans list for every other semester.
-Lead Biology tutor for a national nonprofit tutoring organization at my college (also tutor
chem and physics)
-Grant-funded biomedical student researcher for 2 years.
- 1 publication (lead author)
- 7 presentations at 6 science conferences (throughout SC, VA and even CANADA)
-Won first place for Biochemistry/Bioinformatics at the Big South Undergraduate Research Symposium for my work on the role of FOXO on the regeneration of cardiac myocytes (effectively eliminating cardiac necrosis).
-I organized a charity textbook drive for underprivileged middle eastern nations where I collected well over 300 textbooks and shipped them out to Northern Iraq.
-Employed as Human anatomy TA and Lab assistant.
-Certified Nursing Assistant
-Certified EKG technician (currently seeking employment).
Those are basically my work/activities that I am putting on my AMCAS application.
Thoughts?
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