ncelmore16
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Hey all, I'm finalizing everything in preparation for applications in a month and wanted to get some input from the community. I’m a trad applicant and I've outlined everything below, and any help/comments are appreciated. I definitely don't want it to be too top heavy, especially because I know my GPA isn't exactly stellar for T20s.
Residency: Kansas
Ties to Other States: I have close family in Philadelphia, and grew up visiting often; I also attend college in Arizona (not sure if this qualifies as a tie to the state); long-term girlfriend who recently moved back to NYC.
MCAT/GPA/sGPA: 523/3.84/3.76
Clinical Volunteering: 400 hours; majority come from volunteering at a free homeless clinic during every year of college; also volunteered at campus clinic, as well as clinical training for my CNA licence.
Nonclinical Volunteering: 250 hours; majority come from the same club that ran the free clinics; also some from volunteering with my fraternity.
Research: 250 hours from an ecology lab during one semester freshman year.
Leadership: Executive board member of the aforementioned homeless medicine club; academic chair of my fraternity; TA/Preceptor for a general chemistry course.
LOR: Two science profs, one English prof, one employer (planetarium job), one physician.
Miscellaneous/Hobbies: I work at the campus planetarium teaching earth science to disadvantaged grade schoolers; this summer I have a rural health internship; I also spend a ton of time rock climbing, hunting (is this bad to mention on my app?), and backpacking.
School List:
University of Kansas
Jefferson
Vermont
George Washington
Georgetown
Tufts
Boston University
Dartmouth
Albert Einstein
Drexel
NYMC
USC
Pittsburg
Brown
Mount Sinai
Colorado
UVA
Rochester
Arizona (Phoenix)
UMich
Brown
Northwestern
UChicago
UCSF
UCSD
Columbia (Bassett)
Cornell
NYU
Yale
Mayo
Theme: I talked a lot about healthcare access in my personal statement, and it's something I feel strongly about. I definitely have hints of a rural health theme, but that ties in a lot to a general theme of service with the underserved.
Thanks!
Residency: Kansas
Ties to Other States: I have close family in Philadelphia, and grew up visiting often; I also attend college in Arizona (not sure if this qualifies as a tie to the state); long-term girlfriend who recently moved back to NYC.
MCAT/GPA/sGPA: 523/3.84/3.76
Clinical Volunteering: 400 hours; majority come from volunteering at a free homeless clinic during every year of college; also volunteered at campus clinic, as well as clinical training for my CNA licence.
Nonclinical Volunteering: 250 hours; majority come from the same club that ran the free clinics; also some from volunteering with my fraternity.
Research: 250 hours from an ecology lab during one semester freshman year.
Leadership: Executive board member of the aforementioned homeless medicine club; academic chair of my fraternity; TA/Preceptor for a general chemistry course.
LOR: Two science profs, one English prof, one employer (planetarium job), one physician.
Miscellaneous/Hobbies: I work at the campus planetarium teaching earth science to disadvantaged grade schoolers; this summer I have a rural health internship; I also spend a ton of time rock climbing, hunting (is this bad to mention on my app?), and backpacking.
School List:
University of Kansas
Jefferson
Vermont
George Washington
Georgetown
Tufts
Boston University
Dartmouth
Albert Einstein
Drexel
NYMC
USC
Pittsburg
Brown
Mount Sinai
Colorado
UVA
Rochester
Arizona (Phoenix)
UMich
Brown
Northwestern
UChicago
UCSF
UCSD
Columbia (Bassett)
Cornell
NYU
Yale
Mayo
Theme: I talked a lot about healthcare access in my personal statement, and it's something I feel strongly about. I definitely have hints of a rural health theme, but that ties in a lot to a general theme of service with the underserved.
Thanks!
