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Undergrad cGPA: 3.79, sGPA: 3.63
MCAT: 51x
State of Residence: Pennsylvania
Undergrad Type: Public
Background: URM (Black, non-Hispanic)
Graduation: Spring 2022
Major: Public Health
Clinical experience:
-General hospital volunteer
-PACU telehealth volunteer
-Retirement community rehab unit volunteer (so physicians and all kinds of therapists around)
Other paid (non-clinical) experience:
-R&D summer internship at a large pharmaceutical company (think Pfizer, J&J, Bayer, AstraZeneca, Merck)
Research:
-Quantitative data collection and NIH grant writing in an biomechanics lab
-Observational data collection, literature review, and data reporting in a public health lab:
Shadowing: inpatient anesthesiology, inpatient bariatric surgery, outpatient PM&R, outpatient orthopedic surgery
Non-clinical volunteering:
-Red Cross Blood Donor Screener and Blood Drive Ambassador
Leadership:
-President of a club sports team
-Student mentor within my college/major
Other ECs: Intermediate fluency in a foreign language (not Spanish though)
Honors/awards: National placements/ranking in aforementioned club sport
Notes:
-I am planning on working in clinical research + doing more non-clinical volunteering during the rest of the school year and my gap year. I know I could use more non-clinical hours.
-I am currently in the onboarding process for a part-time job in a hospital clinical research lab, so I’ll have opportunities to get more shadowing and patient-facing experience here.
I want to at least apply to all of the PA MD schools, so as of now my list is:
Pitt
Penn
Temple
Drexel
Jefferson/Sidney Kimmel
Penn State
Geisinger
Could I have some help with building a school list? Also, are there any other glaring deficiencies in my app that I should work on between now and May 2022? The goal is to just go through this process once, so I am also willing to take off an additional year and apply in 2023 if necessary. Thank you!
MCAT: 51x
State of Residence: Pennsylvania
Undergrad Type: Public
Background: URM (Black, non-Hispanic)
Graduation: Spring 2022
Major: Public Health
Clinical experience:
-General hospital volunteer
-PACU telehealth volunteer
-Retirement community rehab unit volunteer (so physicians and all kinds of therapists around)
Other paid (non-clinical) experience:
-R&D summer internship at a large pharmaceutical company (think Pfizer, J&J, Bayer, AstraZeneca, Merck)
Research:
-Quantitative data collection and NIH grant writing in an biomechanics lab
-Observational data collection, literature review, and data reporting in a public health lab:
Shadowing: inpatient anesthesiology, inpatient bariatric surgery, outpatient PM&R, outpatient orthopedic surgery
Non-clinical volunteering:
-Red Cross Blood Donor Screener and Blood Drive Ambassador
Leadership:
-President of a club sports team
-Student mentor within my college/major
Other ECs: Intermediate fluency in a foreign language (not Spanish though)
Honors/awards: National placements/ranking in aforementioned club sport
Notes:
-I am planning on working in clinical research + doing more non-clinical volunteering during the rest of the school year and my gap year. I know I could use more non-clinical hours.
-I am currently in the onboarding process for a part-time job in a hospital clinical research lab, so I’ll have opportunities to get more shadowing and patient-facing experience here.
I want to at least apply to all of the PA MD schools, so as of now my list is:
Pitt
Penn
Temple
Drexel
Jefferson/Sidney Kimmel
Penn State
Geisinger
Could I have some help with building a school list? Also, are there any other glaring deficiencies in my app that I should work on between now and May 2022? The goal is to just go through this process once, so I am also willing to take off an additional year and apply in 2023 if necessary. Thank you!
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