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GPA: cGPA 3.96, sGPA 4.0
MCAT: 515 (130/125/130/130)
Research: just started this past semester, only 50 hours doing grunt work
Volunteering (clinical): 60 hrs at a hospital for 3.5 semesters (1-2 hrs a week), 20 hrs in a nursing home, 6 hrs for a community health outreach day
Volunteering (non-clinical): 15 hrs at a monthly soup kitchen, 150 hrs as a volunteer camp counselor at my church
Shadowing: 20 hrs physicians, 40 hrs physical therapy, 25 hrs physician assistants
Employment: 300 hrs Bio TA for past 3 semesters, 150 hrs chem TA for 2 semesters, 300 hrs camp counselor past 2 summers
Other ECs: President of 2 clubs (one pre-med, one cultural). E-board member of med/business club. Mentor for 2 underclassmen, mentee in university alumni assoc. 40 clinical hrs and 75 classroom hrs for CNA certificate
School list:
Loyola
UIC
Rush
Rosalind Franklin
Southern Illinois
Carle Illinois (UIUC)
MCW
UW Madison
SLU
U Missouri
Indiana
U Iowa
U Minnesota
Mayo
Michigan State
Wayne State
UMich
Western Michigan
U Kansas
Georgetown
Rutgers NJ
Tufts
Drexel
Temple
Penn State
Pittsburgh
Ohio State
U Cincinnati
Quinnipiac
UNC Chapel Hill
Wake Forest
I feel like my ECs are a little weak compared to other applicants. Are there schools I should add or remove? I'd appreciate any help @Faha @Goro @gyngyn
GPA: cGPA 3.96, sGPA 4.0
MCAT: 515 (130/125/130/130)
Research: just started this past semester, only 50 hours doing grunt work
Volunteering (clinical): 60 hrs at a hospital for 3.5 semesters (1-2 hrs a week), 20 hrs in a nursing home, 6 hrs for a community health outreach day
Volunteering (non-clinical): 15 hrs at a monthly soup kitchen, 150 hrs as a volunteer camp counselor at my church
Shadowing: 20 hrs physicians, 40 hrs physical therapy, 25 hrs physician assistants
Employment: 300 hrs Bio TA for past 3 semesters, 150 hrs chem TA for 2 semesters, 300 hrs camp counselor past 2 summers
Other ECs: President of 2 clubs (one pre-med, one cultural). E-board member of med/business club. Mentor for 2 underclassmen, mentee in university alumni assoc. 40 clinical hrs and 75 classroom hrs for CNA certificate
School list:
Loyola
UIC
Rush
Rosalind Franklin
Southern Illinois
Carle Illinois (UIUC)
MCW
UW Madison
SLU
U Missouri
Indiana
U Iowa
U Minnesota
Mayo
Michigan State
Wayne State
UMich
Western Michigan
U Kansas
Georgetown
Rutgers NJ
Tufts
Drexel
Temple
Penn State
Pittsburgh
Ohio State
U Cincinnati
Quinnipiac
UNC Chapel Hill
Wake Forest
I feel like my ECs are a little weak compared to other applicants. Are there schools I should add or remove? I'd appreciate any help @Faha @Goro @gyngyn
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