sciencerules135
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- Nov 13, 2023
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- cGPA-3.908 and sGPA-3.92 as calculated by AMCAS or AACOMAS
- MCAT score(s) and breakdown: Jan 2023 494(123/123/124/124) June 2023 505(126/124/131/124)
- State of residence: AZ but strong ties to Texas and Illinois
- Ethnicity and/or race: white and asian-First Gen Med School
- Undergraduate institution or category: University of Arizona
- Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer): 300 hours as a volunteer in the emergency room. I help enroll patients in clinical studies and round each hour with the attendings. I observe traumas and work a lot directly with hospital staff. I still have this position and volunteer every week. I have a leadership position in this program and have trained new members on how to enroll patients and interact with physicians. Another 300+ hours working as a medical receptionist and some scribing in primary care. I check patients in, took vitals, ran EKG's. Did a lot of the administrative side as well, but really built strong relationships with patients here. This was a paid summer position that I worked full time. 60 hours volunteering in surgical waiting area of hospital. Here I checked patients in, took them to pre-op, brought family back, and was mainly a comforting presence for patients before big surgeries.
- Research experience and productivity: 500+ hours in a Type 2 Diabetes lab. No pubs or posters but am completing my honors thesis right now that will result in a poster. Have been apart of this lab for 3 years and have learned a lot of wet lab techniques. We mainly study the proteins involved in Type 2 Diabetes so this research is very applicable. I also am a mentor in this position. I have tried around 5 new members of the lab in all lab experiments and chores.
- Shadowing experience and specialties represented: 25 hours shadowing in the OR following around an anesthesiologist through a variety of different procedures. I have observed OB/GYN surgeries, plastics, cardio, and learned a lot about anesthesia in general. 8 hours shadowing in a neuro-rehabilitation clinic. Followed physician into patient rooms and watched physician interact with patient and provide botox
- Non-clinical volunteering- Minimal hours volunteering at homeless shelter and other small activities. I know I really need to improve this.
- Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc) Had a leadership position in my sorority. Led our chapter of 400 women through recruitment. I probably spend 500+ hours working on this. Was apart of a bilingual internship during COVID that helped teach little kids Spanish. We worked with a school in Spain to create online activities for rural schools to use to help their students learn still while education was online-100 hours. Was a medical school ambassador at my school. We gave tours to potential med students and learned about the admissions process-50 hours or so. I also have been apart of a medical club and worked a few non-clincial job. My job all throughout college has been in retail. I work around 15 hours a week at our local boutique. 1000+ hours
- Relevant honors or awards- a few deans list and full tuition scholarships
- Anything else not listed you think might be important: This past semester I was a TA for a cancer biology class. I helped groups learn the material and was required to hold weekly office hours. I gained a lot of experience from this with working with others and with the teacher.
*I was a tad late submitting and completing CASPer. Preview was a 7 and CASPer 4Q. All my secondaries were complete in August but about 8 applications(mainly Texas schools) were delayed until first week in October due to super late CASPer test. Totally my fault, but all other schools were done in August.**
PLEASE DO NOT DIRECTLY QUOTE THIS MESSAGE, however I need all the advice I can get.
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