Gabriella Glia
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MCAT: 514; 128/126/131/129
School: UNC (transferred from UF after first year)
Status: NC resident
Overall GPA: 3.92
Science GPA: 3.775
Major/Minors: Neurscience major, Biology and Chemistry double minors (RIGOROUS course load with 17-18 hours per semester)
Major Extracurriculars
Volunteer: roughly 450 hours total
- Rock Steady Boxing for Parkinson's disease: 4 years with them when I am in FL, 300 of my hours
- Various events with the American Cancer Society
Non clinical paid work (however healthcare business administration): 4000 hours
- PT franchise- I began in one little office in 2017 worked my way up to corporate HQ, I have extensive knowledge of healthcare business admin (billing and coding, clinic staffing and equipment, legal components)
- built a concussion rehab continuing education course
- Waitress job
Clinical paid work: 500 hours
- UNC Neurosurgery, I started here in August 2020 and I have had some great opportunities with the neurosurgeons, I have rec letters here
Physician shadowing: 320 hours (170 virtual due to COVID)
- Lenox Hill BrainTERNS 170 hours
- Surgical observation 50 hours
- UNC Neurosurgery grand rounds/tumor boards/labs- not direct patient interaction but still decent shadowing experience, 100 hours
Research: 100 (or 190) hours
- I was in a glioblastoma lab for 3 months before it got shut down
- A cadaver lab I am running on Monday nights for the neurosurgeons- if that counts as research as it is practice of endoscopic neurosurgical techniques? This would add roughly 90 hours
- no publications yet but doing research for two of the neurosurgeons- 40 hours?
Other clubs/leadership: roughly 100 hours
School List so far:
UNC, Duke, Wake, ISMMS, WVU, Albert Einstein, VA Tech, Penn State, Pitt, ECU
I also would love to apply to:
NYU, Columbia, Zucker, UVA, Boston U, Vandy
But thinking I'm more on target for:
Rochester, Stony Brook, Y Tennessee, NYMC, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington.
Any thoughts on where I should gear my application? I would love additional recommendations as well, I was hoping for higher on the MCAT but it is what it is so I need to work with it.
I appreciate your help!
School: UNC (transferred from UF after first year)
Status: NC resident
Overall GPA: 3.92
Science GPA: 3.775
Major/Minors: Neurscience major, Biology and Chemistry double minors (RIGOROUS course load with 17-18 hours per semester)
Major Extracurriculars
Volunteer: roughly 450 hours total
- Rock Steady Boxing for Parkinson's disease: 4 years with them when I am in FL, 300 of my hours
- Various events with the American Cancer Society
Non clinical paid work (however healthcare business administration): 4000 hours
- PT franchise- I began in one little office in 2017 worked my way up to corporate HQ, I have extensive knowledge of healthcare business admin (billing and coding, clinic staffing and equipment, legal components)
- built a concussion rehab continuing education course
- Waitress job
Clinical paid work: 500 hours
- UNC Neurosurgery, I started here in August 2020 and I have had some great opportunities with the neurosurgeons, I have rec letters here
Physician shadowing: 320 hours (170 virtual due to COVID)
- Lenox Hill BrainTERNS 170 hours
- Surgical observation 50 hours
- UNC Neurosurgery grand rounds/tumor boards/labs- not direct patient interaction but still decent shadowing experience, 100 hours
Research: 100 (or 190) hours
- I was in a glioblastoma lab for 3 months before it got shut down
- A cadaver lab I am running on Monday nights for the neurosurgeons- if that counts as research as it is practice of endoscopic neurosurgical techniques? This would add roughly 90 hours
- no publications yet but doing research for two of the neurosurgeons- 40 hours?
Other clubs/leadership: roughly 100 hours
School List so far:
UNC, Duke, Wake, ISMMS, WVU, Albert Einstein, VA Tech, Penn State, Pitt, ECU
I also would love to apply to:
NYU, Columbia, Zucker, UVA, Boston U, Vandy
But thinking I'm more on target for:
Rochester, Stony Brook, Y Tennessee, NYMC, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington.
Any thoughts on where I should gear my application? I would love additional recommendations as well, I was hoping for higher on the MCAT but it is what it is so I need to work with it.
I appreciate your help!
