Cougars26
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Date of submission: Expected June 4th, 2025 (Or whenever it opens)
Overall GPA: 3.93
Science GPA: 3.92
Bio-Chem-Physics GPA: 3.95
DAT score (include AA and all sections): TS: 25 AA: 23 OC: 27 GC: 25 BIO: 25 QR: 18 PAT: 19 RC: 20
State of Residence: Washington (Maybe GA. See description below)
Undergrad Attended: Brigham Young University
Major: Microbiology
Minor: N/A
Minority? No
Reapplicant? No
Nontrad? No
Shadowing Experience: 150 hrs from 4 different general practices, actively shadowing now. I also shadowed for 80 hours in the PICU at Cincinnati Children's Hospital but don't know if it's worth including that.
Volunteering Experience: 80 hours working with special needs kids to develop social and motor skills. 35 hours administering vitals to Assisted Living Home Residents. 200 hours organizing service events and doing volunteer administrative work for BYU's Service Program. 50 hours assisting kids whose parents only speak Spanish to read and interact at their elementary schools. 30 hours teaching CPR to local Spanish speaking communities. 25 hours making mats for refugees to sleep on. I also served a 2 year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints where I served immigrants and other minority groups for over 1000+ hours.
Employment: 200 hrs CNA at an assisted living facility where, among other things, I monitored the oral health of patients and administered antiseptic mouth washes and other interventions.
Research: 1000+ hours. Pediatric Sepsis Research at Cincinnati Children's Hospital, 0 publications. Craniofacial Trauma Research at University of Utah 1 publication. Macrophage Suicide Gene Research BYU 1 publication.
Other Extracurriculars: Program Director of service program that serves kids with special needs in the community. Member of service council for the largest student lead service organization in the country, planned large scale events. Biochem TA 2 semesters.
Have you volunteered/shadowed/attended events at any dental schools? No but I would love some suggestions of some events I can attend. Especially those in the southeast.
Relevant Honors or Awards: Presidents Volunteer Service Award, Utah Lt Governor's Service Award
LOR type and strength: 2 Faculty letters, both of whom are research mentors and I also was a TA for one of them. 1 dentist letter who I shadowed for 60+ hours. 1 from Service program director letter who knows me really well.
Misc Info/Things not stated elsewhere/Red Flags: I am fluent in Spanish and want this to be a major part of my application. What should I do to show that I used that skill? Also, my wife is a GA resident and both her parents live in GA so I was wondering if I would be considered an in-state applicant if I applied to DCG? I was pre-med for a while, so is there anything that I need to do to strengthen my application for DS application specifically?
School list (in ranked order):
UNC, DCG, UConn, UF, UCSF, Stonybrook, Harvard, Meharry, Columbia, UWashington, UPenn, Roseman
Overall GPA: 3.93
Science GPA: 3.92
Bio-Chem-Physics GPA: 3.95
DAT score (include AA and all sections): TS: 25 AA: 23 OC: 27 GC: 25 BIO: 25 QR: 18 PAT: 19 RC: 20
State of Residence: Washington (Maybe GA. See description below)
Undergrad Attended: Brigham Young University
Major: Microbiology
Minor: N/A
Minority? No
Reapplicant? No
Nontrad? No
Shadowing Experience: 150 hrs from 4 different general practices, actively shadowing now. I also shadowed for 80 hours in the PICU at Cincinnati Children's Hospital but don't know if it's worth including that.
Volunteering Experience: 80 hours working with special needs kids to develop social and motor skills. 35 hours administering vitals to Assisted Living Home Residents. 200 hours organizing service events and doing volunteer administrative work for BYU's Service Program. 50 hours assisting kids whose parents only speak Spanish to read and interact at their elementary schools. 30 hours teaching CPR to local Spanish speaking communities. 25 hours making mats for refugees to sleep on. I also served a 2 year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints where I served immigrants and other minority groups for over 1000+ hours.
Employment: 200 hrs CNA at an assisted living facility where, among other things, I monitored the oral health of patients and administered antiseptic mouth washes and other interventions.
Research: 1000+ hours. Pediatric Sepsis Research at Cincinnati Children's Hospital, 0 publications. Craniofacial Trauma Research at University of Utah 1 publication. Macrophage Suicide Gene Research BYU 1 publication.
Other Extracurriculars: Program Director of service program that serves kids with special needs in the community. Member of service council for the largest student lead service organization in the country, planned large scale events. Biochem TA 2 semesters.
Have you volunteered/shadowed/attended events at any dental schools? No but I would love some suggestions of some events I can attend. Especially those in the southeast.
Relevant Honors or Awards: Presidents Volunteer Service Award, Utah Lt Governor's Service Award
LOR type and strength: 2 Faculty letters, both of whom are research mentors and I also was a TA for one of them. 1 dentist letter who I shadowed for 60+ hours. 1 from Service program director letter who knows me really well.
Misc Info/Things not stated elsewhere/Red Flags: I am fluent in Spanish and want this to be a major part of my application. What should I do to show that I used that skill? Also, my wife is a GA resident and both her parents live in GA so I was wondering if I would be considered an in-state applicant if I applied to DCG? I was pre-med for a while, so is there anything that I need to do to strengthen my application for DS application specifically?
School list (in ranked order):
UNC, DCG, UConn, UF, UCSF, Stonybrook, Harvard, Meharry, Columbia, UWashington, UPenn, Roseman
