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- Dec 17, 2016
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1. GPA: 3.72 cGPA / 3.58 sGPA- upward trend for sGPA; Biology major/Chemistry minor, Associate’s in Emergency Medical Technology (Licensed Paramedic)
2. MCAT: 516 (130/126/129/131)
3. State of Residence: Suburban South Texas resident, minutes from the port of entry into Mexico
4. Ethnicity: 1st generation Mexican-American from a low-income Spanish speaking household
5. Undergraduate Institution: Low-tier Texas Public School
6. Non-volunteer Clinical Experience: ~250 hours as an emergency department scribe, 2,645 hours as a licensed paramedic in a high-volume 911 service, ~500 hours as an advanced EMT in a low-volume 911 service, ~1,000 hours as an EMT-B in a medical transfer service / Continued Education: Prehospital trauma life support; Bleeding, trauma, traumatic airway management; Advanced cardiac life support; Pediatric advanced life support; Medical management of CBRNE events; flight physiology
7. Volunteer Clinical Experience: ~48 hours as a nursing home volunteer
8. Research Experience: 3 years (sophomore-senior) in a biochemistry lab performing biochemistry and computation chemistry techniques, 2D/3D NMR, docking simulations; two publications (Biomolecular NMR) (one based on my undergraduate honors thesis), multiple poster presentations and conferences, frequent lab meetings for presentation practice/feedback and discussion
9. Shadowing Experience: ~72 combined shadowing hrs in OR and family practice (disregarding scribing relevance)
10. Non-clinical Volunteering: Volunteer at my elementary school for start-of-school-year prep every summer, ~300 hrs
11. Other Extracurricular Activities: SGA senator-at-large- financial affairs committee secretary, general biology TA (one semester), Paramedic lab assistant (2 semesters, ongoing), High school student mentor and tutor for low-income schools (2 years), SMDEP at UNMC, member of several on-campus organizations
12. Relevant Honors or Awards: Two research grants, one honors college grant, three scholarships
13. Unlisted: I will be applying this upcoming cycle and will, therefore, have approximately 2 gap years during which I will be moving up as an adjunct paramedic instructor (starting Spring ‘19) and I am also attempting to secure a position in a flight-EMS service.
I will also be travelling to suburban Mexico to volunteer at a various (ranging from rural/poor to urban) hospitals; I’ve gotten my foot in the door as my uncle is a physician at a government hospital for the poor in Mexico.
I hope to one day be able to serve disadvantaged communities (as well as my own) through my passion for emergency medicine and dream of becoming a critical care surgeon.
14. Questions: Will my number of shadowing and clinical volunteering hours hurt my application?
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School list:
1. Columbia
2. UCLA, Mt. Sinai, Case Western
3. Ohio State, Keck, Rochester, Dartmouth, Eintein, Hofstra, Univ. North Carolina
4. Creighton, New York Downstate, Virginia Commonwealth
5. All Texas schools (TMDSAS)
6. Georgetown, Rush
2. MCAT: 516 (130/126/129/131)
3. State of Residence: Suburban South Texas resident, minutes from the port of entry into Mexico
4. Ethnicity: 1st generation Mexican-American from a low-income Spanish speaking household
5. Undergraduate Institution: Low-tier Texas Public School
6. Non-volunteer Clinical Experience: ~250 hours as an emergency department scribe, 2,645 hours as a licensed paramedic in a high-volume 911 service, ~500 hours as an advanced EMT in a low-volume 911 service, ~1,000 hours as an EMT-B in a medical transfer service / Continued Education: Prehospital trauma life support; Bleeding, trauma, traumatic airway management; Advanced cardiac life support; Pediatric advanced life support; Medical management of CBRNE events; flight physiology
7. Volunteer Clinical Experience: ~48 hours as a nursing home volunteer
8. Research Experience: 3 years (sophomore-senior) in a biochemistry lab performing biochemistry and computation chemistry techniques, 2D/3D NMR, docking simulations; two publications (Biomolecular NMR) (one based on my undergraduate honors thesis), multiple poster presentations and conferences, frequent lab meetings for presentation practice/feedback and discussion
9. Shadowing Experience: ~72 combined shadowing hrs in OR and family practice (disregarding scribing relevance)
10. Non-clinical Volunteering: Volunteer at my elementary school for start-of-school-year prep every summer, ~300 hrs
11. Other Extracurricular Activities: SGA senator-at-large- financial affairs committee secretary, general biology TA (one semester), Paramedic lab assistant (2 semesters, ongoing), High school student mentor and tutor for low-income schools (2 years), SMDEP at UNMC, member of several on-campus organizations
12. Relevant Honors or Awards: Two research grants, one honors college grant, three scholarships
13. Unlisted: I will be applying this upcoming cycle and will, therefore, have approximately 2 gap years during which I will be moving up as an adjunct paramedic instructor (starting Spring ‘19) and I am also attempting to secure a position in a flight-EMS service.
I will also be travelling to suburban Mexico to volunteer at a various (ranging from rural/poor to urban) hospitals; I’ve gotten my foot in the door as my uncle is a physician at a government hospital for the poor in Mexico.
I hope to one day be able to serve disadvantaged communities (as well as my own) through my passion for emergency medicine and dream of becoming a critical care surgeon.
14. Questions: Will my number of shadowing and clinical volunteering hours hurt my application?
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School list:
1. Columbia
2. UCLA, Mt. Sinai, Case Western
3. Ohio State, Keck, Rochester, Dartmouth, Eintein, Hofstra, Univ. North Carolina
4. Creighton, New York Downstate, Virginia Commonwealth
5. All Texas schools (TMDSAS)
6. Georgetown, Rush
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