Hello! I’m planning on applying this cycle and was wondering which schools I should add/take my list and where my app stands
Date of submission: Plan on submitting before end of June
Overall GPA: 3.59
Science GPA: 3.44
Bio-Chem-Physics GPA: 3.4
DAT score (include AA and all sections):
PAT 22
QR 20
RC 23
BIO 19
GC 25
OC 24
TS 22
AA 22
State of Residence: OH
Undergrad Attended: Ohio state
Major: Biology
Minor: Women Gender Studies
Minority? No
Reapplicant? No
Nontrad? No
Shadowing Experience:
80 hours - general
40 hours - endo
20 hours - ortho
20 hours - virtual
Volunteering Experience:
300 hours - wayfinding, comfort care at hospital
50 hours - tutoring underserved population
Employment:
500 hours - patient care assistant
500 hours - behavioral technician
200 hours - front desk at dental office
Research:
no publications
200 hours - upenn phewas linkage disequilibrium study (summer study)
300 hours - psychosocial cognitive lab (PI was mostly away when I was there, didnt get to start my own project)
Other Extracurriculars:
5 rugby national championships (vice president)
tutoring club social media chair
10 years of practicing violin, oil painting, acrylic, sketch, ceramics
Relevant Honors or Awards: Deans list for 6 semesters
LOR type and strength:
2 science professors (good)
1 PI (strong)
1 dentist (strong)
Misc Info/Things not stated elsewhere/Red Flags:
Had pretty bad grades freshman year (C+ in honors chem), 2.8 gpa
last three years of college were 3.7 - 3.9 gpa
School list:
My current list is every school I have even a slight interest in, but I realize this list is really long and expensive and I don't have a great shot at a lot of them - I would really appreciate any insights on if I should keep all of them or if there are any obvious ones I shouldn’t even go for, Thanks!
Case Western
Columbia
Howard
Loma Linda
Rutgers
Temple
OSU
Touro
Buffalo
UCSF
Colorado
UMD
Michigan
UNC
Upenn
UOP
Pitt
Tufts
Western
