FajitaEnjoyer3000
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- cGPA and sGPA as calculated by AMCAS or AACOMAS: 3.413 cGPA, 3.189 sGPA
- MCAT score(s) and breakdown. Include all (non-voided) attempts. 504 in April 2023, 516 in August 2024
- State of residence or country of citizenship (if non-US) Michigan
- Ethnicity and/or race White
- Undergraduate institution or category UMich
- Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer): Summer as a night shift CNA on a cardiology ward, year of scribing in an orthopedic clinic, observed surgeons during my brief stint as an ortho researcher, currently seeing patients and performing cosmetic treatments in dermatology -- about 1750-2000 hours in total
- Research experience and productivity Coming up on 1 year as a dermatology research coordinator - I've conducted several trials for large sponsors, created proposals for investigator-initiated trials, and started/finished several cosmetic studies for the research directors - will be about 1500 hours by the time I hit the 1-year mark
- Shadowing experience and specialties represented Don't have any explicit shadowing experiences, but I have observed four orthopedic surgeons and two dermatologists -- I'm looking to shadow some ER and FM docs as that's where I feel my interests lie
- Non-clinical volunteering Heavily involved in a summer camp for kids whose parents have cancer in undergrad (served on admin board, raised ~$180,000 annually to provide all camp services for free) -- about to begin volunteering in pediatric heme/onc and ICU at the local children's hospital - easily another ~1500ish hours
- Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc) In a social (with judicial/philanthropy leadership positions... might not talk about this part) fraternity and a professional fraternity (helped put on a medical conference at my school)
- Relevant honors or awards lol
- Anything else not listed you think might be important Extensive family history with cancer makes me very cancer-oriented. Tons of clinical experience, lots of learning from failures, struggling with mental health, plus I have a rare disability I can talk about. I also think I qualify as a re-applicant as I tried to basically "grit and altruism" my way through the 23-24 cycle but couldn't get my letters in time and was really struggling with the research job I had at the time. Over the last year I've worked in a different position full-time for a year, improved my MCAT, learned how to meditate, and had a lot of time to confirm my career interest.
**I also want to note that I'm aware my GPA is not stellar and that I know a postbacc/SMP would help with that -- it's just not financially feasible for me**
As far as schools go, I want to stay in the Midwest and I'm comfortable going MD or DO, I just want to be a doctor and I don't care what the letters after that say. Tentatively right now I'm thinking:
- MSU CHM
- MSU COM
- Michigan (chances are EXTREMELY low imo given I was an undergrad there
- Wayne State
- Oakland
- WMU Stryker
- Ohio State
- Cincinatti
- Loyola
- UIC
- Rush
- Medical College of Wisconsin
- Pitt (maybe a big reach)
- Penn State
- Drexel
- Ohio COM
- Des Moines COM
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