WAMC 3.98GPA 513 MCAT

[med_applicant125]

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GPA: 3.98
MCAT: 513
ORM
Undergrad Institution: Large State School
Major: natural science major

Research:
400 hrs NSF REU on invertebrate biology
1400 hrs working in lab for 2.5 yrs on climate change
200 hrs of research on tropical plants
one 3rd author pub
one 1st author pub in prep
6 poster presentations-2 national conferences that I earned scholarships to present and attend (full week long conferences), 1 local conference with a poster session, and 3 school symposiums

Notable Awards:
Very prestigious nationally recognized scholarship

Clinical experience:
Graduated in December and started working full time as an MA in GI, expecting to have at least 600 hrs by application with 1900 more projected through gap year
1 year of Hospital ED volunteering 150 hrs with 150 more projected
Will maybe start hospice volunteering next month

Nonclinical Volunteering
150 hrs-Started mentoring program at my school where seniors mentor new freshmen in my major and raised $1400 for the organization (1 year)
200 hrs-stream and beach cleanups all through undergrad and eventually became a leader in the club and organized them (3.5 years)

Other ECs
75 hours-Lived in a dorm where I could only speak Spanish and had weekly meetings in which we discussed different topics involving Latin America (1 year)
240 hours-Worked as a TA in Latin America for a summer study abroad

Study abroad
Studied away for a full semester on a remote island on the US and studied abroad for a semester in Latin America

Shadowing
150 hours in 9 different specialties over the past year

Letters of rec:
All strong letters but no non-science

Notable things:
Only became interested in medicine during my junior year, I wanted to be a researcher beforehand

School list:
Brown
Georgetown
Dartmouth
Albany Medical College
Albert Einstein
Emory
Geisinger
George Washington
Nova Southeastern
Temple
Medical College of Wisconsion
Thomas Jefferson
Tufts
Medical College of Georgia
Mercer
Wake Forest
Tulane
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania State
Creighton
Quinnipiac
Hackensack
Loyola
Western Michigan
University of Miami
Saint Louis University
University of Arizona
Long Island
Virginia Tech
West Virginia
University of Vermont
University of Colorado
Drexel
New York Medical College
Virginia Commonwealth

 

[chilly_md]

What is your state of residence? GA?

 

[med_applicant125]

What is your state of residence? GA?

yes

 

[Faha]

Remove Geisinger, Arizona, West Virginia and Virginia Tech since they admit few applicants with no connection to the state or region. You could add these schools:
TCU
Rosalind Franklin
Oakland Beaumont
Belmont (when it opens)

 

[chilly_md]

yes

Follow Faha's suggestions. Also remove Brown, Pittsburgh and NYU Long Island.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Non-clinical volunteering...
Exactly how are you mentoring the junior students? This would fall under teaching/tutoring, and we expect med students to be part of a similar big sib program once you matriculate. It doesn't really help you stand our on service orientation here.

What have you done to really help alleviate distress in the general population off-campus? I commend you for environmental work with beach cleanups, but it would be nice if you worked in a community services office using your Spanish fluency for referring resources for food distribution, housing security, or job placement services. Can you get 150+ hours in this type of activity?

 

[med_applicant125]

Non-clinical volunteering...
Exactly how are you mentoring the junior students? This would fall under teaching/tutoring, and we expect med students to be part of a similar big sib program once you matriculate. It doesn't really help you stand our on service orientation here.

What have you done to really help alleviate distress in the general population off-campus? I commend you for environmental work with beach cleanups, but it would be nice if you worked in a community services office using your Spanish fluency for referring resources for food distribution, housing security, or job placement services. Can you get 150+ hours in this type of activity?

The program involves seniors helping freshmen make friends, find clubs they want to join, acclimate to college life, and overall just feel more integrated in the community.

I would love to do an activity like what you mentioned, but I apply in 3 months and am working full time, so I don't think I will be able to that. Is my volunteering still enough to get in somewhere?

 

[Mr.Smile12]

The program involves seniors helping freshmen make friends, find clubs they want to join, acclimate to college life, and overall just feel more integrated in the community.

I would love to do an activity like what you mentioned, but I apply in 3 months and am working full time, so I don't think I will be able to that. Is my volunteering still enough to get in somewhere?

College community building... ok, but it doesn't satisfy service orientation if you read the competency definition. If it were more like Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, it would.

You'll have to ask the schools and go with what you have. I advise based on probability and past experience.