Garcia_104
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Year in school:
Graduated in December of 2018. I am a first generation college student.
Country/state of residence:
Arizona
Ethnicity: URM
Mexican
Undergraduate institution or category:
Public state school
Schools to which you are applying:
UofA Phoenix/Tucson, Mayo Arizona (reach), Rosalind Franklin, Einstein, New York Medical College, Albany, Creighton (Arizona.. First class begins 2021), Drexel, Loyola, Geisinger, Rush
Any UC schools that I have a chance at? I’d love UCLA but thats a reach.
Texas schools - Baylor, UT Southwestern —> I have a lot of family in Texas and would love to go to school here but I know they are not OOS friendly.
Cumulative GPA:
4.00
Science GPA:
4.00
MCAT Scores:
5/11/19 —> 498 (124/123/126/125) First attempt. Was not as ready as I thought and had to travel from Arizona to Texas for this exam.
1/23/20 —> 509 (127/125/130/127) got my score back today and was very happy with my score increase!
Research/Paid Research Experience:
100 hours of community based research at Arizona State’s center of disease prevention. The goal of the research was preventing type II diabetes in latino adolescents in a low income city in Arizona.
700+ paid hours as a Clinical Research Coordinator - Currently working as a Clinical Research Coordinator for a neurology clinic/biotech company. As research coordinators, we have direct patient care and this includes, obtaining vital signs, recruiting for clinical trials, obtaining pertinent information in regard to the specific clinical trial they are enrolled in and we also do phlebotomy/ECGs. I also go over informed consent forms for patients, ensuring that they are well aware/voluntary to participate in the clinical trials. All trials revolve around neurology and include things such as migraines, seizures, parkinson’s, alzheimer’s, multiple sclerosis and more!
Paid Clinical Experience:
1500 hours as a ER scribe. Primarily scribed at a level 1 trauma center in Az.
500 hours as a medical scribe for a general surgeon. Gained a lot of knowledge in regard to general surgery and endocrine surgery.
Volunteering (medical/clinical) – include hours/sites:
50 hours: Hospital volunteer in ER helping Techs/Nurses/Docs with cleaning and preparing the room for new patients/ helping patients in the ER department.
Non-clinical volunteering:
100 hours: Was involved with a group at Arizona State called Change-Maker. They held a numerous amount of volunteer events and I would sporadically volunteer while in college.
I’m hoping to add 100 more hours by application cycle
Physician shadowing:
Spent three weeks abroad in Italy for a medical internship/shadowing experience.
20+ hours: ER/trauma
20+ hours: Orthopedics
20+ hours: Medical microbiology and a few hours in OB/Gyn
Remaining shadowing hours were in AZ.
10 Hours: ENT Surgery
10 Hours: General surgery
Extracurricular activities:
I enjoy weight lifting, cycling and hiking. Intramurals in college (soccer)
Immediate family members in medicine?
No
Graduated in December of 2018. I am a first generation college student.
Country/state of residence:
Arizona
Ethnicity: URM
Mexican
Undergraduate institution or category:
Public state school
Schools to which you are applying:
UofA Phoenix/Tucson, Mayo Arizona (reach), Rosalind Franklin, Einstein, New York Medical College, Albany, Creighton (Arizona.. First class begins 2021), Drexel, Loyola, Geisinger, Rush
Any UC schools that I have a chance at? I’d love UCLA but thats a reach.
Texas schools - Baylor, UT Southwestern —> I have a lot of family in Texas and would love to go to school here but I know they are not OOS friendly.
Cumulative GPA:
4.00
Science GPA:
4.00
MCAT Scores:
5/11/19 —> 498 (124/123/126/125) First attempt. Was not as ready as I thought and had to travel from Arizona to Texas for this exam.
1/23/20 —> 509 (127/125/130/127) got my score back today and was very happy with my score increase!
Research/Paid Research Experience:
100 hours of community based research at Arizona State’s center of disease prevention. The goal of the research was preventing type II diabetes in latino adolescents in a low income city in Arizona.
700+ paid hours as a Clinical Research Coordinator - Currently working as a Clinical Research Coordinator for a neurology clinic/biotech company. As research coordinators, we have direct patient care and this includes, obtaining vital signs, recruiting for clinical trials, obtaining pertinent information in regard to the specific clinical trial they are enrolled in and we also do phlebotomy/ECGs. I also go over informed consent forms for patients, ensuring that they are well aware/voluntary to participate in the clinical trials. All trials revolve around neurology and include things such as migraines, seizures, parkinson’s, alzheimer’s, multiple sclerosis and more!
Paid Clinical Experience:
1500 hours as a ER scribe. Primarily scribed at a level 1 trauma center in Az.
500 hours as a medical scribe for a general surgeon. Gained a lot of knowledge in regard to general surgery and endocrine surgery.
Volunteering (medical/clinical) – include hours/sites:
50 hours: Hospital volunteer in ER helping Techs/Nurses/Docs with cleaning and preparing the room for new patients/ helping patients in the ER department.
Non-clinical volunteering:
100 hours: Was involved with a group at Arizona State called Change-Maker. They held a numerous amount of volunteer events and I would sporadically volunteer while in college.
I’m hoping to add 100 more hours by application cycle
Physician shadowing:
Spent three weeks abroad in Italy for a medical internship/shadowing experience.
20+ hours: ER/trauma
20+ hours: Orthopedics
20+ hours: Medical microbiology and a few hours in OB/Gyn
Remaining shadowing hours were in AZ.
10 Hours: ENT Surgery
10 Hours: General surgery
Extracurricular activities:
I enjoy weight lifting, cycling and hiking. Intramurals in college (soccer)
Immediate family members in medicine?
No
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