Hi, I’m applying 2024-2025 cycle and I’d love some feedback on my app! Let me know if I should remove or add certain schools. I'm not really research-oriented or have a research-heavy app so I tried to pick schools that reflect that.
Basic info: ORM, Ohio resident, State school for undergrad
Stats: cGPA 3.5x, sGPA 3.4x (upward trend, junior and senior year) MCAT 519 (130/129/132/128)
Clinical (paid): 700+ hours working as Mental Health Technician in children’s psychiatric hospital (duration under a year)
Research: 250 hours in pediatric psych lab, no pubs or posters
Shadowing: 40 hours (pediatrics, neurology)
Non-clinical volunteering: 300+ hours at a women’s homeless center, 90 hours with service club (partnered with various orgs)
Leadership: 600+ hours teaching English abroad at a vocational school during gap years, 200+ hours as student leader of program for survivors of neurological diseases - worked with clinicians to create accessible resources for survivors.
ECS:
100+ hours as DEI chair of service club- arranged speakers, events for club of 500+ members
50+ hours DEI chair for my resident hall
100+ hours at service club (various leadership, social activities)
100+ hours at Brain injury club - includes various clinical volunteering and outreach (not enough to put separately though)
200+ hours as manager at retail store
Projected for second gap year:
600+ hours teaching English abroad during second gap year - bilingual in Spanish
100+ volunteering with Red Cross abroad
Strong LORS, decent PS (theme of serving vulnerable populations)
SCHOOLS LIST:
BU, Tufts, UMASS, SUNY, Albany, Stony Brook, Hofstra, NYMC, SUNY Upstate, Georgetown, GW, Howard, Drexel, Temple, Thomas Jefferson, Loyola, U of Illinois, Rosalind Franklin, NEOMED, OSU, Cinci, Toledo, Wright , Vermont, Brown, Quinnipiac, Dartmouth, UofA Phoenix, Colorado, UCSD, EVMS, Wayne State, Oakland, VCU, Medical College of Wisconsin, Wisco
Basic info: ORM, Ohio resident, State school for undergrad
Stats: cGPA 3.5x, sGPA 3.4x (upward trend, junior and senior year) MCAT 519 (130/129/132/128)
Clinical (paid): 700+ hours working as Mental Health Technician in children’s psychiatric hospital (duration under a year)
Research: 250 hours in pediatric psych lab, no pubs or posters
Shadowing: 40 hours (pediatrics, neurology)
Non-clinical volunteering: 300+ hours at a women’s homeless center, 90 hours with service club (partnered with various orgs)
Leadership: 600+ hours teaching English abroad at a vocational school during gap years, 200+ hours as student leader of program for survivors of neurological diseases - worked with clinicians to create accessible resources for survivors.
ECS:
100+ hours as DEI chair of service club- arranged speakers, events for club of 500+ members
50+ hours DEI chair for my resident hall
100+ hours at service club (various leadership, social activities)
100+ hours at Brain injury club - includes various clinical volunteering and outreach (not enough to put separately though)
200+ hours as manager at retail store
Projected for second gap year:
600+ hours teaching English abroad during second gap year - bilingual in Spanish
100+ volunteering with Red Cross abroad
Strong LORS, decent PS (theme of serving vulnerable populations)
SCHOOLS LIST:
BU, Tufts, UMASS, SUNY, Albany, Stony Brook, Hofstra, NYMC, SUNY Upstate, Georgetown, GW, Howard, Drexel, Temple, Thomas Jefferson, Loyola, U of Illinois, Rosalind Franklin, NEOMED, OSU, Cinci, Toledo, Wright , Vermont, Brown, Quinnipiac, Dartmouth, UofA Phoenix, Colorado, UCSD, EVMS, Wayne State, Oakland, VCU, Medical College of Wisconsin, Wisco
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