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Hello! I would appreciate any and all feedback I can get about how to make my application stronger! Basically, I'm very nervous about my GPA as I know it's below the average for many, many schools, and I'm especially nervous about how atrocious my grades were freshman and sophomore year.
What types of schools should I be applying to? Mid-tier? Low-tier? My ultimate dream school would be Case Western because of its Bioethics program....but I don't think I have a chance
I think I have a pretty good chance at DO schools, but I wanted to know about MD too (not that I have any problem with DO schools, and I would love to get into OU-HCOM!)
Institution: Well-known public school
Residency: Ohio
cGPA: ~3.5
sGPA: ~3.3 or 3.4
MCAT: 38
Ethinicity: Asian
Gender: Female
GPA trend:
1st year: 2.6 | 2.3
2nd year: 3.2 | 2.5
3rd year: 3.8 | 3.7
4th year: 3.9 | 3.8
5th year: 4.0 | 4.0
Grades include retakes of two science classes (C- the first time around, B+ in one and an A in the other second time around)
ECs:
1. Editor-in-Chief of undergraduate research journal (3.5 years)
2. Chair of school's Undergrad Research Department Student Council (2 years)
3. President of Bioethics Club (2 years)
4. Ethics Chair of Pre-Med organization (3 years)
5. On a number of other University student advisory councils, including for undergraduate education, the university's sexual assault policy board and dean's advisory board
Shadowing: Only about 15 hours, 8 hours in primary care and 7 hours in internal med. Both were DOs. I live in a city where its almost impossible to shadow MDs because there are too many freakin' premeds and super stringent HIPPA-related rules about shadowing >.< But I think my job gave me enough exposure to the hospital setting (see below)
Volunteering:
1. Sexual Assault Helpline and Hospital advocate. Worked for a local response team and provided emotional support to survivors and their families in emergency departments as well as 24-hour helpline (4 years; about 24-34 hours a month). Also served as a volunteer trainer and an outreach speaker for this org, and went through about 40-50 hours of in-service rape crisis counseling training.
2. Helped organize piano concerts at area nursing homes (1.5 years)
3. Volunteer at local free clinic (4 years)
Employment:
-Worked as a sitter at the local hospital for about 3 years, 32 hours/month. Monitored suicidal/fall risk/etc patients in the main hospital, rehab hospital and psychiatric hospital
- Good ol' Papa Johns for 2 years
Research:
4 years in a nanoengineering lab; worked on two different projects
1 abstract publication (1st author); 2 other publications in decent (but not nature or science) journals (4th and 3rd author)
15 poster presentations (two at Harvard's National Collegiate Research Conference)
1 plenary talk (at Harvard's National Collegiate Research Conference)
received about $26k in research funding through various grants/fellowships
What types of schools should I be applying to? Mid-tier? Low-tier? My ultimate dream school would be Case Western because of its Bioethics program....but I don't think I have a chance
I think I have a pretty good chance at DO schools, but I wanted to know about MD too (not that I have any problem with DO schools, and I would love to get into OU-HCOM!)Institution: Well-known public school
Residency: Ohio
cGPA: ~3.5
sGPA: ~3.3 or 3.4
MCAT: 38
Ethinicity: Asian
Gender: Female
GPA trend:
1st year: 2.6 | 2.3
2nd year: 3.2 | 2.5
3rd year: 3.8 | 3.7
4th year: 3.9 | 3.8
5th year: 4.0 | 4.0
Grades include retakes of two science classes (C- the first time around, B+ in one and an A in the other second time around)
ECs:
1. Editor-in-Chief of undergraduate research journal (3.5 years)
2. Chair of school's Undergrad Research Department Student Council (2 years)
3. President of Bioethics Club (2 years)
4. Ethics Chair of Pre-Med organization (3 years)
5. On a number of other University student advisory councils, including for undergraduate education, the university's sexual assault policy board and dean's advisory board
Shadowing: Only about 15 hours, 8 hours in primary care and 7 hours in internal med. Both were DOs. I live in a city where its almost impossible to shadow MDs because there are too many freakin' premeds and super stringent HIPPA-related rules about shadowing >.< But I think my job gave me enough exposure to the hospital setting (see below)
Volunteering:
1. Sexual Assault Helpline and Hospital advocate. Worked for a local response team and provided emotional support to survivors and their families in emergency departments as well as 24-hour helpline (4 years; about 24-34 hours a month). Also served as a volunteer trainer and an outreach speaker for this org, and went through about 40-50 hours of in-service rape crisis counseling training.
2. Helped organize piano concerts at area nursing homes (1.5 years)
3. Volunteer at local free clinic (4 years)
Employment:
-Worked as a sitter at the local hospital for about 3 years, 32 hours/month. Monitored suicidal/fall risk/etc patients in the main hospital, rehab hospital and psychiatric hospital
- Good ol' Papa Johns for 2 years
Research:
4 years in a nanoengineering lab; worked on two different projects
1 abstract publication (1st author); 2 other publications in decent (but not nature or science) journals (4th and 3rd author)
15 poster presentations (two at Harvard's National Collegiate Research Conference)
1 plenary talk (at Harvard's National Collegiate Research Conference)
received about $26k in research funding through various grants/fellowships
