TryingMyBest0
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Hi All,
This is my first time on the forum and wanted to get a feel for where/how I should apply in this upcoming cycle. will submit in June 2025
cGPA: 3.92, sGPA: 3.94
MCAT: 518 (130,127,131,130)
Illinois Resident
White ORM
Georgia Institute of Technology (Neuroscience Major, regretfully)
Clinical Volunteering: Hospice (150)
Coming into college I was CS/Math and was horribly unfulfilled. At a similar time, my grandpa was diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease and this sparked my curiosity to go into medicine. I made the jump to neuroscience and have not looked back--to do well for my grandfather I decided to join a research lab that studies AD, and have been lucky enough to work on a number of projects on my own and have a high level of autonomy (I should have 1 publication by July of next year, looking like we will publish in cell-signaling). I also soon began to realize how difficult it was to care for a loved one, and wanted to provide valuable respite for families which is why I took up hospice volunteering. My goal is to either become a scribe or MA to kick up my clinical hours.
With regard to my non-clinical volunteering, I love teaching students that otherwise would not really have a chance (meaning I get great satisfaction from serving underserved populations). This is one of the driving factors for me to get involved with the prison education project. Beyond this, I want to come across as human on my application--I have fallen in love with endurance sports and thus have taken up racing half ironmans. I would love some feedback on my app, and down below is my tentative school list.
Mayo
USC
Brown
Michigan
Sinai
Northwestern
Pritzker
Duke
Cornell
BU
Loyola
Ohio State
Jefferson
emory
case western
pitt
rochester
iowa (ideal scenario)
einstein (second most ideal)
arizona
cincinnati
uic
rush
tufts
rosalind franklin
temple
drexel
penn state
dartmouth
Should I add any others? Or get rid of any?
This is my first time on the forum and wanted to get a feel for where/how I should apply in this upcoming cycle. will submit in June 2025
cGPA: 3.92, sGPA: 3.94
MCAT: 518 (130,127,131,130)
Illinois Resident
White ORM
Georgia Institute of Technology (Neuroscience Major, regretfully)
Clinical Volunteering: Hospice (150)
- will get to why I am doing this a little bit below.
- I am doing basic science research but we look at Alzheimer's Disease in a mechanistic fashion, looking at dysregulation of certain signaling pathways. I have been privileged enough to have a say in research design, and I often carry out the experiments from start to finish. I also have my own project, which I was awarded money for (PURA - President's Undergraduate Research Award)
- Orthopedic Surgeon - 30 hours
- Anesthesiologist - 15 hours
- Hopefully oncologist soon (should be 15-30 hours)
- Tutoring Chicago (350 hours, 5 years)
- I have been a part of tutoring chicago, which gives 1-1 tutoring for underprivileged students in CPS schools. As noted, I have been doing this for the past 5 years.
- Prison Education Project (should be 60 hours)
- Aid in writing studios for incarcerated men, and in the spring I will be helping with their math tutoring.
- Miracle
- A student organization that aims to raise money for children's hospitals. I was the family and hospital relations director, so I managed all of the families that had children that were treated at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta.
- I race half ironmans. Unsure if this is good enough to put in my applicaiton, but I think it would be an interesting talking point. Will likely do an ultra marathon during my gap year.
Coming into college I was CS/Math and was horribly unfulfilled. At a similar time, my grandpa was diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease and this sparked my curiosity to go into medicine. I made the jump to neuroscience and have not looked back--to do well for my grandfather I decided to join a research lab that studies AD, and have been lucky enough to work on a number of projects on my own and have a high level of autonomy (I should have 1 publication by July of next year, looking like we will publish in cell-signaling). I also soon began to realize how difficult it was to care for a loved one, and wanted to provide valuable respite for families which is why I took up hospice volunteering. My goal is to either become a scribe or MA to kick up my clinical hours.
With regard to my non-clinical volunteering, I love teaching students that otherwise would not really have a chance (meaning I get great satisfaction from serving underserved populations). This is one of the driving factors for me to get involved with the prison education project. Beyond this, I want to come across as human on my application--I have fallen in love with endurance sports and thus have taken up racing half ironmans. I would love some feedback on my app, and down below is my tentative school list.
Mayo
USC
Brown
Michigan
Sinai
Northwestern
Pritzker
Duke
Cornell
BU
Loyola
Ohio State
Jefferson
emory
case western
pitt
rochester
iowa (ideal scenario)
einstein (second most ideal)
arizona
cincinnati
uic
rush
tufts
rosalind franklin
temple
drexel
penn state
dartmouth
Should I add any others? Or get rid of any?