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[Adi64664535353]

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General Info:

GPA: 4.0cGPa, 4.0sGPA

MCAT: 526 (132/131/131/132)

Michigan Resident, Biology Major, T20 Undergrad, ORM

EC Hours: 4400

Research: 2000 Hours

• 3 Publications (1 being published/under review), 1 First Author, and 2 Second Author Publications, 3 posters, and 2 presentations
• 3 Different Labs -> 2 Stroke related (main theme), 1 brain tumor-related
• 1 Lab at Parent University, one at a T10 College, and one at a T5 College

Nonclinical Volunteering: 1200 (400 in HS) Hours

• Swim Instructor (unpaid) for children who have been impaired with neurological, social, and developmental challenges, as well as kids who have dealt with major trauma. (Did for ~6 years, big passion) (400/200 Hours)
• Chess Tutoring (300 Hours)
• Tutor (unpaid) for struggling and economically disadvantaged students (aged 6-18) (300 Hours)

Clinical Volunteering: 700 Hours

• Volunteering at University Hospital - Clinical Ward for Neurodegenerative Brain Disorders (Patient Care & Transportation) (500 Hours)
• Hospital Near Home - Dementia, Alzheimer’s, and Stroke Recovery Patient Care (200 Hours)

Leadership: 400 Hours

• Swim Instructor for High School Kids (150 Hours)
• Math Tutor (100 Hours)
• Cultural Leader in Hometown (300+ Members) (200 Hours)

Clinical Paid: 300 Hours

• Phlebotomist (50 Hours)
• Physical Therapy for Recovering Stroke Victims (250 Hours)

Shadowing: 200 Hours

• Neurosurgery
• Stroke Ward
• Alzheimer’s Ward
• Cardiac Surgery
• Family Medicine

Hobbies: 3000 Hours

• Chess; Played since the age of 4 in Elementary School - 1700 Skill Rating (1100 Hours)
• Quadrilingual; English, Marathi, Spanish, Japanese (1000 Hours)
• Working Out; 315 Bench, 405 Squat (Bad Knee), 495 Deadlift (800 Hours)
• Soccer; Played for 15+ years, and continued a bit in the summers for undergrad (100 Hours)

LOR:

• Microbiology and Organic Chemistry
• Calculus III
• 2 PIs (undergrad research pi and T5 College lab PI) - Detailed about contribution to Stroke Research and findings
• Shadowed Neurosurgeon - Strong Letter

T5 Schools:
Stanford
Harvard
John Hopkins
USCF
UPenn

 

[Mr.Smile12]

So I'm frustrated because I don't know what 4400 EC hours stands for. I'm guessing not research or hobbies. My calculator says you have 2800 hours of non-clinical volunteering, clinical paid, shadowing, clinical volunteering, and leadership. I know we older folks lose our ability to "do math," but make it easy for us to follow you here.

Where's your community service? Is that in your 4400 EC's? Strange you don't itemize it but you itemize everything else... it's not clear if you are a non-trad applicant with more "extra time" to do all these activities. How much time has transpired since you graduated? What's your major? Why is medicine what you want to do? The lack of descriptions result in me failing to be impressed to wonder why anyone would interview you beyond just the metrics. This ain't undergrad admissions.

If you don't apply to UMich...

The interesting analysis of your hours: 200 hours of shadowing in overkill; your "applied" involvement with clinical environments is very PT-rehab/neuroscience heavy. You list way more hours of EC's and hobbies, though I suspect you're going back to "beginning of time" with these calculations 🙂 , not the beginning of your undergraduate phase of life.

And "service orientation activities" are conspicuously absent. So much tutoring/teaching...

 

[TheDeadrok]

General Info:

GPA: 4.0cGPa, 4.0sGPA

MCAT: 526 (132/131/131/132)

Michigan Resident, Biology Major, T20 Undergrad, ORM

EC Hours: 4400

Research: 2000 Hours

• 3 Publications (1 being published/under review), 1 First Author, and 2 Second Author Publications, 3 posters, and 2 presentations
• 3 Different Labs -> 2 Stroke related (main theme), 1 brain tumor-related
• 1 Lab at Parent University, one at a T10 College, and one at a T5 College

Nonclinical Volunteering: 1200 (400 in HS) Hours

• Swim Instructor (unpaid) for children who have been impaired with neurological, social, and developmental challenges, as well as kids who have dealt with major trauma. (Did for ~6 years, big passion) (400/200 Hours)
• Chess Tutoring (300 Hours)
• Tutor (unpaid) for struggling and economically disadvantaged students (aged 6-18) (300 Hours)

Clinical Volunteering: 700 Hours

• Volunteering at University Hospital - Clinical Ward for Neurodegenerative Brain Disorders (Patient Care & Transportation) (500 Hours)
• Hospital Near Home - Dementia, Alzheimer’s, and Stroke Recovery Patient Care (200 Hours)

Leadership: 400 Hours

• Swim Instructor for High School Kids (150 Hours)
• Math Tutor (100 Hours)
• Cultural Leader in Hometown (300+ Members) (200 Hours)

Clinical Paid: 300 Hours

• Phlebotomist (50 Hours)
• Physical Therapy for Recovering Stroke Victims (250 Hours)

Shadowing: 200 Hours

• Neurosurgery
• Stroke Ward
• Alzheimer’s Ward
• Cardiac Surgery
• Family Medicine

Hobbies: 3000 Hours

• Chess; Played since the age of 4 in Elementary School - 1700 Skill Rating (1100 Hours)
• Quadrilingual; English, Marathi, Spanish, Japanese (1000 Hours)
• Working Out; 315 Bench, 405 Squat (Bad Knee), 495 Deadlift (800 Hours)
• Soccer; Played for 15+ years, and continued a bit in the summers for undergrad (100 Hours)

LOR:

• Microbiology and Organic Chemistry
• Calculus III
• 2 PIs (undergrad research pi and T5 College lab PI) - Detailed about contribution to Stroke Research and findings
• Shadowed Neurosurgeon - Strong Letter

T5 Schools:
Stanford
Harvard
John Hopkins
USCF
UPenn

As far as I know, anything in Top 5 becomes a crap shoot once you get where you're at. You have wonderful stats and some awesome EC's, but that does not guarantee an acceptance at any of these schools. So apply more broadly if you're insinuating that you'd only be applying to these!

 

[Adi64664535353]

So I'm frustrated because I don't know what 4400 EC hours stands for. I'm guessing not research or hobbies. My calculator says you have 2800 hours of non-clinical volunteering, clinical paid, shadowing, clinical volunteering, and leadership. I know we older folks lose our ability to "do math," but make it easy for us to follow you here.

Where's your community service? Is that in your 4400 EC's? Strange you don't itemize it but you itemize everything else... it's not clear if you are a non-trad applicant with more "extra time" to do all these activities. How much time has transpired since you graduated? What's your major? Why is medicine what you want to do? The lack of descriptions result in me failing to be impressed to wonder why anyone would interview you beyond just the metrics. This ain't undergrad admissions.

If you don't apply to UMich...

The interesting analysis of your hours: 200 hours of shadowing in overkill; your "applied" involvement with clinical environments is very PT-rehab/neuroscience heavy. You list way more hours of EC's and hobbies, though I suspect you're going back to "beginning of time" with these calculations 🙂 , not the beginning of your undergraduate phase of life.

And "service orientation activities" are conspicuously absent. So much tutoring/teaching...

I included my research hours in the EC hour calculations, and then removed my highschool hours for swim instructing.

My community service hours are in my tutoring and leading the culutral club (which were unpaid). I am a trad applicant, Biology Major (which is at the top). I have descriptions written out and submitted for AMCAS primaries already, but I didn't realize they'd be benefical to put here (my bad on that part).

For example a brief summary of my PS -> wrote about how my grandfather in India died from a malignant tumor that went undetected due to not having adequate care or hospitals for living in a poor rural area. This tumor led to a brain stroke that paralyzed his left half of the body, and eventually led to his death.

I tried to tie this into many of my ECs -> This is tied into many of my activities, such as stroke research, brain tumor research, volunteering for stroke victims, swim instructing brain-impacted children, shadowing and physical therapy. This is the main reason I chose to do pre-med to become a neurosurgeon and I tried to make brain-related things the main theme of my application.

My hobbies hours are way over the place but everything else is accurate.

 

[Faha]

Which other schools will you be applying to ?

 

[Adi64664535353]

Which other schools will you be applying to ?

My full list

Stanford
USCF
Hopkins
Harvard
UPenn
WashU
UMich
Columbia
NYU (Grossman)
Yale
Cornell
UChicago
USC
University of Pittsburgh
Michigan State
Tufts
Wayne State
Boston
UCLA
Case Western
Albert Einstein
Brown
Georgetown
Cincinnati
Mayo
Mount Sinai
Ohio State

 

[Faha]

You should receive several interviews from your list, possible some of those in the top 5.