WAMC: 525 MCAT, 3.57cGPA, 3.39sGPA

[ImperialCobalt04]

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Wondering if my GPA is going to cook me this cycle. Apologize for the weird formatting, first time posting on SDN.

1. GPA
   1. Upward trend (3.2 --> 3.7 --> 3.73)
   2. cGPA: 3.57
   3. sGPA: 3.39
   4. Dual degrees in Molecular Biology and Sociology
   5. Flagship state school (T50ish)
2. MCAT
   1. 525 (131/132/131/131)
3. Residency
   1. Connecticut, no other ties
4. Ethnicity and/or race
   1. Asian Indian, Male
   2. Edit: First-generation to do college in the U.S, no older siblings -- writing this in other impactful experiences to provide context for my poor GPA freshman year
5. Clinical experience
   1. ~450 hours rural volunteer EMT (MME)
   2. ~600 hours inpatient hospital volunteer
6. Research experience and productivity
   1. 100 hours (only freshman year): Lab Assistant in cancer bio / biomedical engineering labs. Left after my first year
   2. 675 hours (to present) (MME): 4 rural/public health projects (2 independent, 1 under Neurosurgery department, 1 leading a team). Topics spanned rural EMS in my state, rural provider disparities in New England, insurance-driven spine care disparities, and the intersection of SDOH and rurality
   3. 1 first (and only) author publication (PubMed indexed), 1 preprint
   4. 1 oral presentation, national conference
   5. 2 posters, regional conferences. 1 additional poster, not presenter, regional conference
7. Shadowing
   1. 60 hours: Two ortho, one EM, one GenSurg
8. Non-clinical volunteering / advocacy / leadership
   1. 580 hours, nonclinical volunteering (MME): Food insecurity org on campus that served a two-county area. Raised awareness of local resources, created a food rescue project that saved 800+ lbs of food, and conducted surveys for local nonprofits. Was President for the past 2.5 years.
   2. 430 hours, leadership: Led a campus org that matched college volunteers with assisted living community residents to build intergenerational bonds. President for past 2 years.
   3. 190 hours, leadership: Led a campus org that focused on increasing public first-aid awareness. VP/President for past 1.5 year
   4. 450 hours, social justice/advocacy: Founded and led a multi-campus org that focuses on advocating for state-level health policy improvements, as well as educating future health professionals in effective science communication. President for past 1.5 years
9. Other extracurricular activities
   1. 100 hours intro bio tutoring
   2. 80 hours, extracurricular activity: Interned with the National Rural Health Association on the communications team, now help the Education Committee of the New England Rural Health Association coordinate events
   3. 140 paid hours employment (working with kids w/ autism)
10. Relevant honors or awards: Nothing really
11. Anything else not listed you think might be important
    1. I am planning to apply to the HPSP program. Looking for schools that are more friendly to this.
    2. PREview: 5 (47th percentile)
    3. Casper: Taking it soon but I'm probably gonna get 2nd quartile this thing sucks
    4. 6 LORs: Bio faculty who I tutor for (Above-Average), Physiology faculty (average), Sociology professor / research advisor (Excellent), hospital volunteer coordinator (Excellent), NRHA Communication Director (Above-Average), Paid Employment Supervisor (Above-Average)

School List: I'm lucky to be privileged enough to not really worry too much about the cost of applying, so I'm hoping to build a broad school list. I'd prefer a rural/suburban school, but I'm open to an urban environment. P/F preclinicals is preferred, and I'd really, really like to go to a school that doesn't have mandatory class everyday:

• Dartmouth
• Vermont
• Ohio State - Community Med track
• UMass - PURCH track
• Tufts - MD/MPH and/or Maine Track
• Penn State - University Park
• VTech Carilion
• Virginia Commonwealth
• Eastern Virginia
• Emory
• Indiana - Rural Program @ Terre Haute
• Georgetown
• Brown
• Minnesota - St. Cloud campus
• Iowa
• Illinois - MD/MPH, Peoria campus
• Wisconsin
• Case Western
• Colorado - Rural Program Track
• Wake Forest
• Temple - Bethlehem campus
• Creighton
• MCW
• West Virginia
• SUNY Upstate - Rural Medical Scholars program
• Buffalo
• Jefferson
• Rutgers - RWJ
• George Washington
• Boston University
• Drexel - West Reading campus
• Quinnipiac
• UConn
• Albany
• NYMC
• University of Virginia
• Rochester
• Mayo
• University of Michigan
• Pitt
• Johns Hopkins
• Yale

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Why do you want to do rural health?

 

[ImperialCobalt04]

Why do you want to do rural health?

After my service in the Army, I'd like to practice rurally. More importantly, I'd like to live in a rural area because that is where I feel most at peace. I desire the small community life, and this motivates my interest in rural health more broadly. I feel as though many people are leaving these areas for a combination of reasons, one of those reasons being equitable access to healthcare. People in my generation may value the proximity and perceived higher quality of urban healthcare over the beauty of rural life, and thus contribute to the declining rural population -- I'd like to help fix this gap.