1) cGPA and sGPA as calculated by AMCAS or AACOMAS
sGPA: 3.81 / cGPA: 3.88
2) MCAT score(s) and breakdown. Include all (non-voided) attempts.
517 MCAT: 129/124(CARS)/132/132
3) State of residence or country of citizenship (if non-US)
Maryland resident
4) Ethnicity and/or race
Asian
5) Undergraduate institution or category
Georgetown University
6) Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer)
Non-volunteer:
full time over one summer, part time over one summer, started sophomore year spring: 900 hours
8) Shadowing experience and specialties represented
55 in NICU, neuro-ophthalmology, neurology
looking to shadow the urologist i work with in one of his surgery days
9) Non-clinical volunteering
Projected = 200+ hrs
Homeless Shelter: 75 hours
Playtime Volunteer: play ranger where I play with kids in homeless shelters/disadvantaged communities (80 currently, should have more by application time)
Looking to volunteer more in another shelter as well on Sundays
10) Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc)
Teaching assistance for four courses in biochem, biology, physics - (300 hours)
Graphic designer - (200 hours)
Scientific Journal Club president (120 hours)
Animal shelter volunteering (20, should have 40-50 by time of app)
11) Relevant honors or awards
Two research grants/fellowship awarded, one was 5k, other was 2-3k
12) Anything else not listed you think might be important
(124 cars 🙁 but was told to just apply based on overall score) I took my mcat in 2023 fall so this is the last chance for me to apply with this score. planned for one gap year originally but was took most of it caring for family member (helped getting appts and taking to appt/tests for diagnosing, post-surgery and chemo care, and managing appts and meds) so now in second gap year. ORM as well. was in ESL for 1-2 years in elementary but born in US. should qualify for FAP based on family income suggestions
schools:
appreciate any advice 🙂
sGPA: 3.81 / cGPA: 3.88
2) MCAT score(s) and breakdown. Include all (non-voided) attempts.
517 MCAT: 129/124(CARS)/132/132
3) State of residence or country of citizenship (if non-US)
Maryland resident
4) Ethnicity and/or race
Asian
5) Undergraduate institution or category
Georgetown University
6) Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer)
Non-volunteer:
- Medical assistant: urology clinic (250 currently, should have 500+ by application time in June)
- Hospice (250)
full time over one summer, part time over one summer, started sophomore year spring: 900 hours
8) Shadowing experience and specialties represented
55 in NICU, neuro-ophthalmology, neurology
looking to shadow the urologist i work with in one of his surgery days
9) Non-clinical volunteering
Projected = 200+ hrs
Homeless Shelter: 75 hours
Playtime Volunteer: play ranger where I play with kids in homeless shelters/disadvantaged communities (80 currently, should have more by application time)
Looking to volunteer more in another shelter as well on Sundays
10) Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc)
Teaching assistance for four courses in biochem, biology, physics - (300 hours)
Graphic designer - (200 hours)
Scientific Journal Club president (120 hours)
Animal shelter volunteering (20, should have 40-50 by time of app)
11) Relevant honors or awards
Two research grants/fellowship awarded, one was 5k, other was 2-3k
12) Anything else not listed you think might be important
(124 cars 🙁 but was told to just apply based on overall score) I took my mcat in 2023 fall so this is the last chance for me to apply with this score. planned for one gap year originally but was took most of it caring for family member (helped getting appts and taking to appt/tests for diagnosing, post-surgery and chemo care, and managing appts and meds) so now in second gap year. ORM as well. was in ESL for 1-2 years in elementary but born in US. should qualify for FAP based on family income suggestions
schools:
- UVA
- Cornell
- Mount Sinai
- Stanford
- UMD
- BostonU
- Georgetown
- George Washington
- Eastern Virginia
- VCU
- Tufts
- Cooper Medical
- Emory
- Rutgers
- Albany
- Drexel
- Penn State
- New York Medical College
appreciate any advice 🙂
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