WAMC 3.78, 515 URM

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pandulce19

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Hello, I’m currently in my gap year and am hoping to apply to this cycle. I have a tentative list, so any suggestions of schools with these programs would be appreciated! Thank you!

  • State of Residence: Georgia
  • URM? (Y/N): Y (Hispanic female)
  • Year in School: Gap Year
  • Undergrad: T20 School
  • Cumulative GPA: 3.78 (upward trend) / Science GPA: 3.68
  • MCAT Score(s): 509, 515
  • Research Experience: 500+ hours at public health lab, 250 hours at a neuroscience lab
  • Publications/Abstracts/Posters (include how you were credited e.g. first author, second author, etc.): 1 publication (4th author), 2 Posters
  • Clinical Experience (paid or volunteer): +250 hours hospital volunteer (connected low-income patients with social and medical resources), 30 hours at COVID clinic (current)
  • Physician Shadowing: 25 hours of shadowing. Hoping to get more shadowing if COVID allows
  • Non-Clinical Volunteering: 50 hours of Crisis Text Line, 200 hours teaching English to refugee students
  • Other Extracurricular Activities: Summer Public Health Program at T20 School, Summer Research Program at T20 School, 80 hours at internship at Infectious Disease Dept. at nonprofit
  • Other Employment History: 150 hours as Community Program Coordinator at college civic engagement office, 1000+ hours as Health Program Coordinator at local nonprofit (current), 250 hours working at pizzeria during the summers.
  • Immediate family members in medicine? (Y/N): N
  • Interest in Primary Care (Y/N): Y
  • Interest in Rural Health (Y/N): N
  • Medical School List:
    • Emory
    • Cornell
    • UCLA
    • UCSD
    • Mt. Sinai
    • USC Keck
    • Einstein
    • Miami
    • Mercer
    • Medical College of GA
    • Rush
    • Michigan
    • Tufts
    • BU
    • Geiser Commonwealth
    • SUNY Downtown

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If you’re not interested in rural health, applying to Mercer isn’t a great idea. Their mission is heavily based on rural medicine.
 
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