1. *GPA*: ~3.7 cGPA, ~3.6 sGPA
2. *MCAT*: 515 (129/128/128/130)
3. *State Residency*: New York
4. *Ethnicity*: URM
5. *Undergraduate Institution*: T20
6. *Clinical Experience*: ~360 CRC (very high patient-facing role -> projected hours over 2000), ~150 hours clinical volunteer (+projected). No listed hours, but talked about in my personal statement and other impactful experiences - my role as a caretaker for a sibling.
7. *Research*: ~2500 hours bench, 1 talk, poster, and honors thesis. 400 hours clinical research, one abstract recently accepted for oral presentation this summer in my specialty of interest, two abstracts just submitted, manuscripts in progress.
8. *Shadowing*: ~100 hours across different specialties and hospital systems in NYC.
9. *Nonclinical Volunteering*: 100 hours volunteer tutoring for an underserved community, 40 hours elderly connection project, ~60 hours volunteering in a nonprofit, 20 hours other [redacted for anonymity]
10. *Leadership*: Leader of new program for a certain population I resonate with [redacted for anonymity]. ~40 hours in leadership in my pre-med club at school (not president).
11. *Nonclinical Paid Work*: 400 hours as a TA. 500 hours working in a medicine-related nonprofit. 350 hours in a leadership role/TA role for a summer program for a marginalized population.
12. *Hobbies*: Running (integrated into a story of how fitness was considered to be a luxury growing up. Helping volunteer and lead a 5k later this year for a subset of patients I feel strongly connected to.)
13. *Relevant honors & awards*: including a bunch of activity-related awards, don’t want to include for anonymity. I also won major scholarships as well but idrk how to include that in my primary or if I even should.
Non-trad, 2 gap years
I’m first-gen and grew up low SES (not FAP, 2k over the threshold bc of my dad who doesn’t live with us lol…) and part of a pipeline program in my city that connected underserved students to elite high school institutions, and was also in a pipeline program at one of the target medical schools I’m applying to. I talk a lot about these identities in my app, including my caretaker role growing up and my commitment to a specific specialty/patient population that aligns with my story, as well as my ambitions this upcoming year to lead research on a project of interest that I develop throughout my entire story. Sorry if that’s vague but want to be anonymous
Here’s my list so far. Welcoming feedback and advice because I know my stats are kinda average/low and I’m being ambitious here:
UCSF
Stanford
JHU
UChicago
Weill Cornell
Yale
Mayo clinic alix
WashU St Louis
Duke
Geisel
Case Western
UPitt
Einstein
Icahn
UCSD
Emory
UMiami
URochester
Temple
Rutgers
Downstate
Drexel
UBuffalo
Stritch
Univ of Illinois
2. *MCAT*: 515 (129/128/128/130)
3. *State Residency*: New York
4. *Ethnicity*: URM
5. *Undergraduate Institution*: T20
6. *Clinical Experience*: ~360 CRC (very high patient-facing role -> projected hours over 2000), ~150 hours clinical volunteer (+projected). No listed hours, but talked about in my personal statement and other impactful experiences - my role as a caretaker for a sibling.
7. *Research*: ~2500 hours bench, 1 talk, poster, and honors thesis. 400 hours clinical research, one abstract recently accepted for oral presentation this summer in my specialty of interest, two abstracts just submitted, manuscripts in progress.
8. *Shadowing*: ~100 hours across different specialties and hospital systems in NYC.
9. *Nonclinical Volunteering*: 100 hours volunteer tutoring for an underserved community, 40 hours elderly connection project, ~60 hours volunteering in a nonprofit, 20 hours other [redacted for anonymity]
10. *Leadership*: Leader of new program for a certain population I resonate with [redacted for anonymity]. ~40 hours in leadership in my pre-med club at school (not president).
11. *Nonclinical Paid Work*: 400 hours as a TA. 500 hours working in a medicine-related nonprofit. 350 hours in a leadership role/TA role for a summer program for a marginalized population.
12. *Hobbies*: Running (integrated into a story of how fitness was considered to be a luxury growing up. Helping volunteer and lead a 5k later this year for a subset of patients I feel strongly connected to.)
13. *Relevant honors & awards*: including a bunch of activity-related awards, don’t want to include for anonymity. I also won major scholarships as well but idrk how to include that in my primary or if I even should.
Non-trad, 2 gap years
I’m first-gen and grew up low SES (not FAP, 2k over the threshold bc of my dad who doesn’t live with us lol…) and part of a pipeline program in my city that connected underserved students to elite high school institutions, and was also in a pipeline program at one of the target medical schools I’m applying to. I talk a lot about these identities in my app, including my caretaker role growing up and my commitment to a specific specialty/patient population that aligns with my story, as well as my ambitions this upcoming year to lead research on a project of interest that I develop throughout my entire story. Sorry if that’s vague but want to be anonymous
Here’s my list so far. Welcoming feedback and advice because I know my stats are kinda average/low and I’m being ambitious here:
UCSF
Stanford
JHU
UChicago
Weill Cornell
Yale
Mayo clinic alix
WashU St Louis
Duke
Geisel
Case Western
UPitt
Einstein
Icahn
UCSD
Emory
UMiami
URochester
Temple
Rutgers
Downstate
Drexel
UBuffalo
Stritch
Univ of Illinois
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