MD & DO WAMC? 3.85/524 ORM

[fakepremed1234]

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Demographics & about me:

• Applying 2020/2021 cycle
• Asian female
• NJ resident
• Graduating May 2020 from top public school
• Biology major
• Working full-time during gap year as a clinical assistant

Stats
cGPA/sGPA: 3.85/3.82

MCAT: 524 (132/130/131/131)

Research: 800 hours total

• research assistant in a neuropharmacology lab working on my own project
• 1 mid-author pub
• 1 first-author pub in the works (cannot include this as it will not be close to being published by June)

Clinical Experience: total 1050 hours so far, 3000 projected
Volunteering: 400 hours total

• 100 hrs volunteering on a nursing unit
• 300 hrs volunteering as a birth doula with a program at my school

Paid Employment: 600 hours total so far, 2500 projected by matriculation

• 600 hrs working as a medical assistant in a pediatrics clinic over two summers
• will be working as a clinical assistant in a fertility clinic during my gap-year full-time

Shadowing: 50 hours total

• 50 hrs shadowing an OBGYN, going to get more but will probably have max. 100 hrs

Nonclinical Experience:
Volunteering: 250 hours total

• 250 hrs volunteering as a hotline advocate with a domestic violence and self-sufficiency agency

Leadership/teaching: TBD hour total

• I train new doulas and nursing students, as well as mentor doulas on the L&D floor
• I will be stepping into a part-time position supervising other hotline advocates at the agency
• I mentor freshman biology majors and help them transition to college
• I peer mentored Gen Chem 2 for one semester

Hobbies/Other

• Ambassador for the Biology Department
• Worked in a mutant mouse core, delivering IVF injections
• Very interested in art history, especially medicine as it is represented in artwork ranging from illuminated manuscripts to paintings and books by physicians: important because I would love to go to a medical school that has a large library of medical art

Of note: I have an IA for alcohol (under 21 at the time).

Schools

• Wash U
• Columbia
• Hopkins
• Vanderbilt
• Hofstra
• U Penn
• Seton Hall
• RWJMS
• NJMS
• Cooper Medical School at Rowan
• Baylor
• NYU
• Cornell
• Stanford
• Mt Sinai
• Harvard
• Duke
• Yale
• Mayo
• U Michigan
• Case Western
• Emory
• Albert Einstein

Thoughts on my application/school list? I would like to stay close to home and I am having trouble coming up with other options that are in the Northeast. Also wondering if I should apply DO. Thanks in advance!

 

[bluepeony]

Demographics & about me:

• Applying 2020/2021 cycle
• Asian female
• NJ resident
• Graduating May 2020 from top public school
• Biology major
• Working full-time during gap year as a clinical assistant

Stats
cGPA/sGPA: 3.85/3.82

MCAT: 524 (132/130/131/131)

Research: 800 hours total

• research assistant in a neuropharmacology lab working on my own project
• 1 mid-author pub
• 1 first-author pub in the works (cannot include this as it will not be close to being published by June)

Clinical Experience: total 1050 hours so far, 3000 projected
Volunteering: 400 hours total

• 100 hrs volunteering on a nursing unit
• 300 hrs volunteering as a birth doula with a program at my school

Paid Employment: 600 hours total so far, 2500 projected by matriculation

• 600 hrs working as a medical assistant in a pediatrics clinic over two summers
• will be working as a clinical assistant in a fertility clinic during my gap-year full-time

Shadowing: 50 hours total

• 50 hrs shadowing an OBGYN, going to get more but will probably have max. 100 hrs

Nonclinical Experience:
Volunteering: 250 hours total

• 250 hrs volunteering as a hotline advocate with a domestic violence and self-sufficiency agency

Leadership/teaching: TBD hour total

• I train new doulas and nursing students, as well as mentor doulas on the L&D floor
• I will be stepping into a part-time position supervising other hotline advocates at the agency
• I mentor freshman biology majors and help them transition to college
• I peer mentored Gen Chem 2 for one semester

Hobbies/Other

• Ambassador for the Biology Department
• Worked in a mutant mouse core, delivering IVF injections
• Very interested in art history, especially medicine as it is represented in artwork ranging from illuminated manuscripts to paintings and books by physicians: important because I would love to go to a medical school that has a large library of medical art

Schools

• Wash U
• Columbia
• Hopkins
• Vanderbilt
• Hofstra
• U Penn
• Seton Hall
• RWJMS
• NJMS
• Cooper Medical School at Rowan
• Baylor
• NYU
• Cornell
• Stanford
• Mt Sinai
• Harvard
• Duke
• Yale
• Mayo
• U Michigan
• Case Western
• Emory
• Albert Einstein

Thoughts on my application/school list? I would like to stay close to home and I am having trouble coming up with other options that are in the Northeast. Also wondering if I should apply DO. Thanks in advance!

You don't need to apply to DO.

 

[fakepremed1234]

@LizzyM @Goro @gonnif @Faha

 

[LizzyM]

Anywhere you want.
Do you do anything for fun other than drink? Injecting mice and serving as an ambassador for a biology department doesn't count. How do you demonstrate your interest in medical art history? Speaking of which, why isn't Netter on your list? Only med school I know of named for a physician who was also an artist.

 

[fakepremed1234]

Anywhere you want.
Do you do anything for fun other than drink? Injecting mice and serving as an ambassador for a biology department doesn't count. How do you demonstrate your interest in medical art history? Speaking of which, why isn't Netter on your list? Only med school I know of named for a physician who was also an artist.

Thanks for your reply! No, all I do is drink. /s
I do have hobbies (including scientific drawings) but since they were not involved in any of my listed/organized activities I didn't think they were essential to include in this post. Medical art history is one of those things that is a hobby, all I can really say about it is that I like to read old books in my spare time haha. I'll look into Netter though, I did not know Quinnipiac's med school was established in his honor.

 

[LizzyM]

You should include something that you do for fun. It can be athletics, artistic endeavor, hobby, etc. Some adcom members like to see that you have something going on that is unrelated to science and medicine.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Adding to

You should include something that you do for fun. It can be athletics, artistic endeavor, hobby, etc. Some adcom members like to see that you have something going on that is unrelated to science and medicine.

There are a few schools that appreciate artistic creativity and observation. Medical humanities is a big deal at some schools which might appeal to you.

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[LeaveNoTrace]

You don't need to apply DO; the IA for alcohol doesn't matter all that much given that your application is otherwise stellar. It'll be chalked up to youthful stupidity and won't hurt you that much. You've also got a really strong women's health narrative going for your application - and that plus your solid ECs make you competitive at schools like Harvard, Yale, and Stanford.