medicalpursuit99
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- cGPA: 3.93, sGPA: 3.90
- 519 MCAT (131 C/P, 127 CARS, 131 B/BC, 130 P/S)
- Colorado resident with strong ties to New York and California.
- T50 undergrad
- ORM male
- Clinical Experience 260 hours (200 hours Hospice volunteer + 60 scribing in the DR for an orthopedic surgeon) (both volunteer).
- Research 700 hours. Minimal wet lab, primarily social science research. 2 poster presentations + two 2nd author publications, one of which is in a high-impact journal (World Psychiatry). The research focused on social isolation/connection and non-pharmaceutical therapeutic techniques.
- Shadowing 60 hours (ortho, OB, urogyne, plastic, and family).
- Non-clinical volunteering: 1,000+ hours. Led multiple youth groups (15-18 y/o) through different African countries to build schools and public restrooms for a total of 2 months ~ 700 hours. Chem, physics, and bio tutoring ~ 120 hours. Lived in Canada for a year serving immigrants that came from China/Taiwan ~ 700 hours.
- Other: President of a premed program at my university. Founded a fundraiser for mental health awareness and raised over $15,000 (participants in the fundraiser would run for donations).
- Awards: Presidential Service Award from my state (which honors citizens who have had an impact on their community through volunteer work), 2 semesters on the dean’s list.
- Hobbies: I ran an IRONMAN triathlon in 2022 (running and swimming are a big part of my life and I spend a lot of time doing races).
Do I stand a shot at T20 or is that a donation to the school? My current school list is below, please comment critiques. Open to all advice and thoughts.
Current school list:
Target&Safety Combined: Colorado, Utah, Tufts, Georgetown, Penn State, SUNY, Tulane, Minnesota, Drexel, Hackensack, Florida
Reach: Mount Sinai, Baylor, Boston, UCSD, Brown, Southwestern, UCI, UCF
Huge Reach: Stanford, UCSF, Duke, Michigan, Cornell