WAMC - Nontraditional Biomedical Engineering Applicant

[sxp4523]

Date of submission: August 8th - August 14th (working on supplementary applications/questions for UPENN, BU, Stony Brook)
Overall GPA: 3.77
Science GPA: 3.78
Bio-Chem-Physics GPA: 3.77
DAT score (include AA and all sections): 21 AA, 21 TS, 20 BIO, 21 CHEM, 21 ORGO, 21 RC, 22 QR, 23 PA
State of Residence: NY, USA

Undergrad Attended: Rochester Institute of Technology
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Minor: N/A
Minority? No - Asian.
Reapplicant? No
Nontrad? Yes. Working at a medical device company.

Shadowing Experience: ~150 hours at two different general dentists.
Volunteering Experience: More than 150 from greek life (NAMI, Habitat for Humanity, Foodlink (food distribution), Center for Youth), Can't put a number to it, but volunteering for a religious organization and at different temples (no supervisor or anything like that so not verifiable).

Employment:
1. Systems Integration Engineer - 05-11-2020/ Current (Full-time)
2. Systems Integration Engineer Co-op - 01-07-2019/08-16-2019 (Full-time)
3. Mechanistic and Investigative Toxicology Co-op - 08-21-2017/01-14-2018 (Full-time)
4. Fitness Center Attendant (College) - 08-27-2018/05-07-2020 (Part-time)

Research: Nope. Co-op experience instead.

Other Extracurriculars:
1. Teaching Assistant (Cellular & Molecular Biology Lab II) - 1 semester ~ 64 hours
2. Theta Chi: Philanthropic and Social Fraternity (New Member Educator, 1 semester) - 4 years ~ 2700 hours
3. Engineering World Health (V.P., 1 semester) - 1 semester ~ 160 hours

Relevant Honors or Awards:
1. Dean's List - every semester
2. Magna Cum Laude
3. RIT Presidential Scholarship - every year

LOR type and strength:
1. General Chem and Inorganic Che Professor - decent/strong
2. Cell and Molec Lab I and II Professor - strong
3. Co-op supervisor and now colleague - strong
4. A dentist that I shadow - decent

Misc Info/Things not stated elsewhere/Red Flags: Looking for a school in/around a city so I can leave NY. (UB, NYU, and Stony Brook are the exceptions). Withdrew from 3 courses throughout undergrad. One in second-year Prob and Stats I (was ahead of the rest of the major so I took it with math majors.. bad mistake.) One in the fourth year with Orgo II (currently taking it online, started after I finished the DAT). One in the fifth year with Applied Biomaterials (hands-on project turned into a super long research paper which I honestly didn't care for a few weeks before graduation due to COVID).

School list:
In no particular order.
1. NYU
2. Stony Brook
3. UB
4. University of Illinois at Chicago
5. UAB
6. University of Florida
7. BU
8. University of Texas at Houston
9. UoP
10. UMD
11. Tufts
12. UPenn

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[macsak]

Date of submission: August 8th - August 14th (working on supplementary applications/questions for UPENN, BU, Stony Brook)
Overall GPA: 3.77
Science GPA: 3.78
Bio-Chem-Physics GPA: 3.77
DAT score (include AA and all sections): 21 AA, 21 TS, 20 BIO, 21 CHEM, 21 ORGO, 21 RC, 22 QR, 23 PA
State of Residence: NY, USA

Undergrad Attended: Rochester Institute of Technology
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Minor: N/A
Minority? No - Asian.
Reapplicant? No
Nontrad? Yes. Working at a medical device company.

Shadowing Experience: ~150 hours at two different general dentists.
Volunteering Experience: More than 150 from greek life (NAMI, Habitat for Humanity, Foodlink (food distribution), Center for Youth), Can't put a number to it, but volunteering for a religious organization and at different temples (no supervisor or anything like that so not verifiable).

Employment:
1. Systems Integration Engineer - 05-11-2020/ Current (Full-time)
2. Systems Integration Engineer Co-op - 01-07-2019/08-16-2019 (Full-time)
3. Mechanistic and Investigative Toxicology Co-op - 08-21-2017/01-14-2018 (Full-time)
4. Fitness Center Attendant (College) - 08-27-2018/05-07-2020 (Part-time)

Research: Nope. Co-op experience instead.

Other Extracurriculars:
1. Teaching Assistant (Cellular & Molecular Biology Lab II) - 1 semester ~ 64 hours
2. Theta Chi: Philanthropic and Social Fraternity (New Member Educator, 1 semester) - 4 years ~ 2700 hours
3. Engineering World Health (V.P., 1 semester) - 1 semester ~ 160 hours

Relevant Honors or Awards:
1. Dean's List - every semester
2. Magna Cum Laude
3. RIT Presidential Scholarship - every year

LOR type and strength:
1. General Chem and Inorganic Che Professor - decent/strong
2. Cell and Molec Lab I and II Professor - strong
3. Co-op supervisor and now colleague - strong
4. A dentist that I shadow - decent

Misc Info/Things not stated elsewhere/Red Flags: No red flags. Looking for a school in/around a city so I can leave NY. (UB, NYU, and Stony Brook are the exceptions).

School list:
In no particular order.
1. NYU
2. Stony Brook
3. UB
4. University of Illinois at Chicago
5. UAB
6. University of Florida
7. BU
8. University of Texas at Houston
9. UoP
10. UMD
11. Tufts
12. UPenn

UF and UTHouston are extremely difficult to get in OOS
but with 12 schools on your list, they are ok if you want to include them

 

[sxp4523]

UF and UTHouston are extremely difficult to get in OOS
but with 12 schools on your list, they are ok if you want to include them

Yeah, I feel UTHouston is a long shot, but for the price of tuition, ill apply idc. I was born in Florida, but haven't lived there since so not sure how they will view that.