Hey guys, so I am working on building my list for schools here and would love some feedback on what I have so far! I am a little worried about it being top heavy and am curious if you would agree with that and if I should add some more low tiers that I'd be well above average for. I would really like to attend a T20 so Im planning on applying to roughly 40 schools so I can take my shot at several of those but still have a good base to hopefully fall back on. I would greatly appreciate any advice you all have! Thanks in advance!
Current list:
- Utah
-OHSU (state ties, graduated high school there and both parents live there)
-UCSF
-UCLA
-USC-keck
-BU
-Tufts
-Dartmouth
-Brown
-Hofstra
-Einstein
-Mt Sinai
-Rochester
-Cornell
-Columbia
-NYU
-Mayo (reach?)
-Yale (reach?)
-Pitt
-Jefferson
-Georgetwon
-Duke
-Miami
-USF
-Tulane
-Case
-Ohio state
-Cincinnati
-Michigan
-Western Michigan
-Northwestern
-Vermont
-Wisconsin
-Maryland
-Wayne state
-wake
-Emory
-Indiana
Let me know what you think!
- cGPA 3.94, sGPA 3.89
- MCAT 517 (132/127/128/130)
- Residency: Utah
- Race/ethnicity: White
- Undergrad: Top 60
- Clinical experience volunteer: 60 hours as hospice aid
- Paid clinical experience: 500 hours as CNA in memory care facility, 950 hours as orderly in PACU at local hospital, 100 hours as liaison for PACU at local hospital
- By time of application will have roughly 500 hours in research lab, 2 poster presentation, possible award/grant for further research
- Shadowing: currently have 30 hours shadowing rural family care doctor, will have roughly 60-75 by time of application with more FM, anesthesiology, and orthopedic surgery
- Non-clinical volunteering: 200 hours as part of 2 year missionary service in Peru (building housing, English classes, food bank, etc); 75 hours volunteering at local foodbank; 200 hours by time of application at community health connect (help connect local uninsured population to donated medical care and accompany patients to their appointments to interpret for them/their doctor, I speak fluent Spanish); 100+ hours by time of application working with Utah chapter of alzheimers association as support group facilitator/community education, currently working on creating the first Spanish-speaking support group in the state of Utah
- Other extracurricular activities: 2.5 years working as TA for gen chem 1 (teach recitation groups, help create class content, etc)
- Relevant honors or awards: deans list, phi eta sigma member, full academic scholarship
- I am fluent in Spanish and will have a minor and certificate of fluency when I graduate. I am also a gerontology minor as part of the research I do in my lab and the experience I had working at a memory care facility with Alzheimers and dementia patients.
Current list:
- Utah
-OHSU (state ties, graduated high school there and both parents live there)
-UCSF
-UCLA
-USC-keck
-BU
-Tufts
-Dartmouth
-Brown
-Hofstra
-Einstein
-Mt Sinai
-Rochester
-Cornell
-Columbia
-NYU
-Mayo (reach?)
-Yale (reach?)
-Pitt
-Jefferson
-Georgetwon
-Duke
-Miami
-USF
-Tulane
-Case
-Ohio state
-Cincinnati
-Michigan
-Western Michigan
-Northwestern
-Vermont
-Wisconsin
-Maryland
-Wayne state
-wake
-Emory
-Indiana
Let me know what you think!
