Hi everyone! I was wondering if I can get any recs on if my school list is okay or how I should alter it. I know my clinical volunteering is lacking a little, but with working and school + not great/worthwhile clinical opportunities, I felt like my other commitments were more valuable.
State/Country of Residence: CA, USA
Ties to other States/Regions: close family in Western NY
URM? (Y/N): N (caucasian female)
Year in School: graduating 2022 from a top public school
Undergraduate Major(s)/Minor(s): Molecular Bio / Biomedical Research minor
Cumulative GPA: 4.0
Science GPA: 4.0
MCAT Score(s): 518 (130/128/130/130)
Research Experience:
-Just began in immunotherapy lab, but will have 2 years in the lab by the time I matriculate
-1000 hours of paid lung cancer data entry / research where I hold a leadership role to train new undergrads and have developed SOPs (will have double the hours by matriculation)
Publications/Abstracts/Posters: none yet but at least 1 presentation or poster required for my minor
Clinical Experience (paid or volunteer): about 20 hours working with dementia patients
Physician Shadowing: 40 hours in pediatric clinic, 20 hours with a peds neuro-oncologist
Non-Clinical Volunteering: 30 hours mentorship for my school/premed (will have way more before application), 20 hours RMH, few other misc hours for community service events for a club I am in
Other Extracurricular Activities:
-Co-founded non-profit; in team with grad students working on policy issues, created and gave training for an on-campus group with this issue, conducting research on this issue, developed website and doing social media (some of this crosses over with non-clinical volunteering)
-VP of a pediatric cancer org
-Community service head & (will be) 4 year member of another org, likely to have another position next year
-sorority leadership position and applying for exec position, counselor for recruitment, nominated by chapter for service award
Immediate family members in medicine? (Y/N): N
Specialty of Interest (if applicable): Peds Neuro-Onc
Interest in Primary Care (Y/N): N
Interest in Rural Health (Y/N): not really, but I'm becoming more and more aware and mindful about disparities in healthcare and wanting to serve some of these underserved communities so this is subject to change
Letters: one REALLY strong one from my boss (MD and high level position at my school), another sci prof and writing prof really strong as well
Medical School List: NYU, Wash U, Yale, Johns Hopkins, Perelman, Vandy, U Chicago, HMS, U Virginia, Stanford, Northwestern, Mayo, Weill Cornell, Columbia, Ichan, Baylor, UCSF, UCLA, Michigan, Duke, BU, Case Western, UT Southwestern, Pittsburgh, UT Austin Dell, UCI, UCSD, Warren Alpert, Rochester, Keck, Buffalo, Miami, Ohio State, U Cincinnati
@Goro @Faha
State/Country of Residence: CA, USA
Ties to other States/Regions: close family in Western NY
URM? (Y/N): N (caucasian female)
Year in School: graduating 2022 from a top public school
Undergraduate Major(s)/Minor(s): Molecular Bio / Biomedical Research minor
Cumulative GPA: 4.0
Science GPA: 4.0
MCAT Score(s): 518 (130/128/130/130)
Research Experience:
-Just began in immunotherapy lab, but will have 2 years in the lab by the time I matriculate
-1000 hours of paid lung cancer data entry / research where I hold a leadership role to train new undergrads and have developed SOPs (will have double the hours by matriculation)
Publications/Abstracts/Posters: none yet but at least 1 presentation or poster required for my minor
Clinical Experience (paid or volunteer): about 20 hours working with dementia patients
Physician Shadowing: 40 hours in pediatric clinic, 20 hours with a peds neuro-oncologist
Non-Clinical Volunteering: 30 hours mentorship for my school/premed (will have way more before application), 20 hours RMH, few other misc hours for community service events for a club I am in
Other Extracurricular Activities:
-Co-founded non-profit; in team with grad students working on policy issues, created and gave training for an on-campus group with this issue, conducting research on this issue, developed website and doing social media (some of this crosses over with non-clinical volunteering)
-VP of a pediatric cancer org
-Community service head & (will be) 4 year member of another org, likely to have another position next year
-sorority leadership position and applying for exec position, counselor for recruitment, nominated by chapter for service award
Immediate family members in medicine? (Y/N): N
Specialty of Interest (if applicable): Peds Neuro-Onc
Interest in Primary Care (Y/N): N
Interest in Rural Health (Y/N): not really, but I'm becoming more and more aware and mindful about disparities in healthcare and wanting to serve some of these underserved communities so this is subject to change
Letters: one REALLY strong one from my boss (MD and high level position at my school), another sci prof and writing prof really strong as well
Medical School List: NYU, Wash U, Yale, Johns Hopkins, Perelman, Vandy, U Chicago, HMS, U Virginia, Stanford, Northwestern, Mayo, Weill Cornell, Columbia, Ichan, Baylor, UCSF, UCLA, Michigan, Duke, BU, Case Western, UT Southwestern, Pittsburgh, UT Austin Dell, UCI, UCSD, Warren Alpert, Rochester, Keck, Buffalo, Miami, Ohio State, U Cincinnati
@Goro @Faha
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