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Hey everyone! I'm all set to apply early this cycle - completed my personal statement, pre-wrote secondaries, got great LoR's, etc. - however, I'm a little concerned about my non-clinical volunteering and clinical hours. Unfortunately the pandemic put a lot of my EC's on hold (my fault for starting them late in undergrad), so I was wondering if taking an extra year to beef up my app would be worth it.
cGPA 3.72, sGPA 3.59 (upward trend), 516 (129/127/130/130), Asian, NJ Resident, ties to NY
Research:
- Genomics lab(1500+ hrs)
- Public health research (300 hrs)
- Biomedical research (300+ hrs so far, continuing into gap year)
- From all these labs, I'm currently a co-author on 3 manuscripts that will be submitted soon, but definitely won't be published by application time - I was hoping I could send update letters if they are published
Clinical:
- Volunteer scribe in a pediatric clinic (200 hrs), primary care setting for underserved
- Paid clinical research assistant (250 hrs) - it's research but my tasks were clinical (administer patients' treatment, take vitals, etc.)
- Temporary CNA in nursing home during COVID (~75 hrs), only worked for a few weeks and stopped once the virus started spreading through the facility
Shadowing:
- Orthopedic/trauma surgery (70 hrs)
- Addiction physician (15 hrs), primary care setting
Non-Clinical Volunteering:
- Volunteer tutor (60 hrs), specialized high school for immigrants
- Animal shelter (40 hrs)
- Food bank during COVID (70 hrs)
Other:
- Photography (~1500 hrs): freelance business for weddings, events, etc. I was also a staff photographer at my school's newspaper for a year.
- Part-time in-class tutor at an elementary school (~150 hrs)
- Hobbies: classical piano and guitar, powerlifting
Gap Year Plans (not on my app): I'm starting as a diagnostic lab tech at a COVID testing center, and will begin working as an ED scribe once everything returns to normal
School List So Far:
Reach: NYU/NYU LI, Mt. Sinai, Cincinnati, Case Western, Ohio State, Pittsburgh, Boston U, Hofstra, Dartmouth, Keck
Target: Rutgers RWJ/NJMS, Cooper, Seton Hall, Albert Einstein, Rochester, Stony Brook, Western Michigan, Albany, NYMC, Thomas Jefferson, Emory, Drexel, Temple, Rosalind Franklin, Tufts, Quinnipiac, Loyola, George Washington, Colorado, Vermont
If I wait another year, I'll have significantly more clinical and volunteer hours, and would likely have some pubs as well. But waiting another year, especially since I have everything prepared for this cycle, just seems exhausting.
cGPA 3.72, sGPA 3.59 (upward trend), 516 (129/127/130/130), Asian, NJ Resident, ties to NY
Research:
- Genomics lab(1500+ hrs)
- Public health research (300 hrs)
- Biomedical research (300+ hrs so far, continuing into gap year)
- From all these labs, I'm currently a co-author on 3 manuscripts that will be submitted soon, but definitely won't be published by application time - I was hoping I could send update letters if they are published
Clinical:
- Volunteer scribe in a pediatric clinic (200 hrs), primary care setting for underserved
- Paid clinical research assistant (250 hrs) - it's research but my tasks were clinical (administer patients' treatment, take vitals, etc.)
- Temporary CNA in nursing home during COVID (~75 hrs), only worked for a few weeks and stopped once the virus started spreading through the facility
Shadowing:
- Orthopedic/trauma surgery (70 hrs)
- Addiction physician (15 hrs), primary care setting
Non-Clinical Volunteering:
- Volunteer tutor (60 hrs), specialized high school for immigrants
- Animal shelter (40 hrs)
- Food bank during COVID (70 hrs)
Other:
- Photography (~1500 hrs): freelance business for weddings, events, etc. I was also a staff photographer at my school's newspaper for a year.
- Part-time in-class tutor at an elementary school (~150 hrs)
- Hobbies: classical piano and guitar, powerlifting
Gap Year Plans (not on my app): I'm starting as a diagnostic lab tech at a COVID testing center, and will begin working as an ED scribe once everything returns to normal
School List So Far:
Reach: NYU/NYU LI, Mt. Sinai, Cincinnati, Case Western, Ohio State, Pittsburgh, Boston U, Hofstra, Dartmouth, Keck
Target: Rutgers RWJ/NJMS, Cooper, Seton Hall, Albert Einstein, Rochester, Stony Brook, Western Michigan, Albany, NYMC, Thomas Jefferson, Emory, Drexel, Temple, Rosalind Franklin, Tufts, Quinnipiac, Loyola, George Washington, Colorado, Vermont
If I wait another year, I'll have significantly more clinical and volunteer hours, and would likely have some pubs as well. But waiting another year, especially since I have everything prepared for this cycle, just seems exhausting.
