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Traditional student (gap year), white male, LGBT (some schools consider it URM), rural upbringing
Year in school Gap Year
Country/state of residence: Ohio (Large Top 15 State School)
Schools to which you are applying: A LOT: Ohio State, NEOMED, Wright State, Case, Cinci, Toledo, Wayne State, UMichigan, Indiana, Loyola, UChicago, Rosalind, Minnesota, MCW, Mayo/Mayo AZ, Colorado, Utah, USC, UCLA, UCSF, Emory, Georgetown, GW, UMD, Tufts, Boston U, Columbia, Temple, NYMC, Vermont, Cornell, Hofstra, SUNY Down, Pitt, Einstein, Mt Sinai, Drexel, Vandy, Jefferson
Cumulative GPA: 3.61 (strong upward trend. First 2 years 3.25, last 2 about 3.82)
Science GPA: 3.45 (3.1 first 2 years, 3.75 last 2 years)(Upper division major GPA:3.72)
MCAT Scores: 505 (128/123/128/126), 511 (130/126/128/127)
Research: 20 hours Review paper in Orthopedics (project was dropped), currently full time (40hr/week) radiology research doing a national study (approx 2000 hrs before matriculation), Radiology case study through Cornell Medical School (will submit for first author when complete)
Volunteering (clinical): Hospital ambassador (80 hr), restocking rooms and patient check ups (30 hours), HIV testing (40 hours so far, 100-200 more projected this year), Scribe at free clinic (15 hours)
Physician shadowing: 25 hours general surgery (12 hours in OR), 10 hours ortho surgery (7 hours in OR), Allergist (5 hours), Endocrinologist (5 hours)
Non-clinical volunteering: Red cross community outreach (15 hours), HIV testing/outreach (40 hours)(Same as clinical volunteering because we do risk reduction and give out information about HIV), LGBTQ+ youth center focusing on transgender youth experiencing homelessness (just started training, 3hr/week over the year)
Extracurricular activities: Snowboard team (collegiate sports team technically) (4 years, 300 hr) total snowboarding(10 years, 1300 hr), Yoga Club (4 years, 100 hr), Runner (8 years), LGBT Pride group (1 year, 20 hr), AED, Lifting/Bodybuilding (10-15 hr/week, 3 years), Skateboarding (6 years) , Freelance photographer (12 years, 300 hr), oSTEM (out in STEM)(1 year), modeling (20 years, approx 100 hours), LGBT peer mentor (20 hr, 1 year), Social media (Have a combined 50k+ followers)
Letters of Rec: Previous Dean of Curriculum at my UG's med school/Current UCSF Dean of Curriculum/Mentor/Assistant Professor (MD), Faculty Biology Professor/Adviser (Gen Bio Professor), Faculty Chemistry Professor/Distinguished Lecture Award/Chemistry Department Chair (Gen Chem Professor)
Employment history: Campus cafeteria 15 hr/week(1 semester), Chipotle 30 hr/week(high school/summer breaks), Sushi Restaurant 20 hr/week(5 months,Summer/Fall Semester), VIP Bottle Service 25hr/week (2 months,Summer), Fine Dining Food Runner 20hr/week (2 months, Fall Semester), Research Assistant (gap year job, 40hr/week)
I shadowed someone who happened to be an ADCOM at my UG school and he said my stats, while not horrible, wont be stellar unless I have a good story about myself/my life. He said LGBT isnt URM by AAMC, but AAMC also gives schools the opportunity to add on to their under represented group list and many schools include LGBT, hence the tons of reach schools. Had a residency adcom look over my PS/diversity statement and said they were well written which may help a bit.
Traditional student (gap year), white male, LGBT (some schools consider it URM), rural upbringing
Year in school Gap Year
Country/state of residence: Ohio (Large Top 15 State School)
Schools to which you are applying: A LOT: Ohio State, NEOMED, Wright State, Case, Cinci, Toledo, Wayne State, UMichigan, Indiana, Loyola, UChicago, Rosalind, Minnesota, MCW, Mayo/Mayo AZ, Colorado, Utah, USC, UCLA, UCSF, Emory, Georgetown, GW, UMD, Tufts, Boston U, Columbia, Temple, NYMC, Vermont, Cornell, Hofstra, SUNY Down, Pitt, Einstein, Mt Sinai, Drexel, Vandy, Jefferson
Cumulative GPA: 3.61 (strong upward trend. First 2 years 3.25, last 2 about 3.82)
Science GPA: 3.45 (3.1 first 2 years, 3.75 last 2 years)(Upper division major GPA:3.72)
MCAT Scores: 505 (128/123/128/126), 511 (130/126/128/127)
Research: 20 hours Review paper in Orthopedics (project was dropped), currently full time (40hr/week) radiology research doing a national study (approx 2000 hrs before matriculation), Radiology case study through Cornell Medical School (will submit for first author when complete)
Volunteering (clinical): Hospital ambassador (80 hr), restocking rooms and patient check ups (30 hours), HIV testing (40 hours so far, 100-200 more projected this year), Scribe at free clinic (15 hours)
Physician shadowing: 25 hours general surgery (12 hours in OR), 10 hours ortho surgery (7 hours in OR), Allergist (5 hours), Endocrinologist (5 hours)
Non-clinical volunteering: Red cross community outreach (15 hours), HIV testing/outreach (40 hours)(Same as clinical volunteering because we do risk reduction and give out information about HIV), LGBTQ+ youth center focusing on transgender youth experiencing homelessness (just started training, 3hr/week over the year)
Extracurricular activities: Snowboard team (collegiate sports team technically) (4 years, 300 hr) total snowboarding(10 years, 1300 hr), Yoga Club (4 years, 100 hr), Runner (8 years), LGBT Pride group (1 year, 20 hr), AED, Lifting/Bodybuilding (10-15 hr/week, 3 years), Skateboarding (6 years) , Freelance photographer (12 years, 300 hr), oSTEM (out in STEM)(1 year), modeling (20 years, approx 100 hours), LGBT peer mentor (20 hr, 1 year), Social media (Have a combined 50k+ followers)
Letters of Rec: Previous Dean of Curriculum at my UG's med school/Current UCSF Dean of Curriculum/Mentor/Assistant Professor (MD), Faculty Biology Professor/Adviser (Gen Bio Professor), Faculty Chemistry Professor/Distinguished Lecture Award/Chemistry Department Chair (Gen Chem Professor)
Employment history: Campus cafeteria 15 hr/week(1 semester), Chipotle 30 hr/week(high school/summer breaks), Sushi Restaurant 20 hr/week(5 months,Summer/Fall Semester), VIP Bottle Service 25hr/week (2 months,Summer), Fine Dining Food Runner 20hr/week (2 months, Fall Semester), Research Assistant (gap year job, 40hr/week)
I shadowed someone who happened to be an ADCOM at my UG school and he said my stats, while not horrible, wont be stellar unless I have a good story about myself/my life. He said LGBT isnt URM by AAMC, but AAMC also gives schools the opportunity to add on to their under represented group list and many schools include LGBT, hence the tons of reach schools. Had a residency adcom look over my PS/diversity statement and said they were well written which may help a bit.
