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Planning to apply for 26-27 after getting 2 waitlists during 20-21 cycle. Originally I had planned to apply to PhD but realized I wanted to spend more time directly with patients as a career and do clinical research as an MD PI. Note that I have an IA from freshman year (2017) that I went into some more detail here. Would like some advice with school list and any weaknesses and stuff like that, I would appreciate it very much 🙂
For activities that are occurring to the present, I am listing hours that I would expect to have by May if I continue with my current schedule. Some of my experiences are also several years old, I'm not sure if adcoms still "count" those.
I took 1 semester of Spanish, politics, dev psych, and comp. bio (non major or pre-req) P/F, and 1 semester of physical chem and Computer Networking as P/F during covid (major/minor reqs, non premed). I remember taking courses P/F was a pretty common thing in undergrad but I'm sure if adcoms look down on this
100 hospice volunteer 2024-now
40 hospice volunteer 2018-20
3000 research tech in biochem lab (1 mid-author, another mid-author in review) 2021-23
4000 research tech in cancer bio lab (1 mid-author, 1 co-first author still in prep, unlikely to be published by May but probably will be in review, multiple 2nd-mid author collaborations but don't know when/if those projects are getting published, multiple posters/powerpoint presentations and also developed 3 ) 2023-now
15 pathology 2024
10 neurosurgery 2024
120 activities volunteer at an assisted living facility for people living with HIV/AIDS who are physically or financially unable to live on their own. I do various activities with residents, such as play movies, board games, piano, or chatting. I also help out the organization in various capacities such as maintenance of their garden, manning their Pride booth, and packing food at a partnered food pantry that provides free meals for HIV/cancer patients in the region. (2024-now)
125 on the board of a club that held a national chem tournament for high schoolers somewhat like USNCO. Did stuff like write and judge exams and assist with settin up the competition (2017-20)
100? Did work-study throughout undergrad, mostly clerical stuff, ticket booth at school's music hall, also did one semester assisting a student with a motor disability in chem lab (2016-20)
School I'm interested in:
WUSM
Cornell
Northwestern
Columbia
NYU
Yale
Stanford
UCSF
UPenn
Duke
UCLA
Mayo
UMich
Albert Einstein
Mt. Sinai
UChicago
UPitt
U Virginia
New York Medical College
Hofstra
Hackensack
Brown
Dartmouth
Rochester
USC
Boston
Tufts
CWRU
Cinci
Emory
Vanderbilt
U of A Phoenix
U of Iowa
SLU
UIC (interviewed previously)
carle
Rosalind Franklin
U of MO
For activities that are occurring to the present, I am listing hours that I would expect to have by May if I continue with my current schedule. Some of my experiences are also several years old, I'm not sure if adcoms still "count" those.
- cGPA and sGPA as calculated by AMCAS or AACOMAS
I took 1 semester of Spanish, politics, dev psych, and comp. bio (non major or pre-req) P/F, and 1 semester of physical chem and Computer Networking as P/F during covid (major/minor reqs, non premed). I remember taking courses P/F was a pretty common thing in undergrad but I'm sure if adcoms look down on this
- MCAT score(s) and breakdown. Include all (non-voided) attempts.
- State of residence or country of citizenship (if non-US)
- Ethnicity and/or race
- Undergraduate institution or category
- Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer)
100 hospice volunteer 2024-now
40 hospice volunteer 2018-20
- Research experience and productivity
3000 research tech in biochem lab (1 mid-author, another mid-author in review) 2021-23
4000 research tech in cancer bio lab (1 mid-author, 1 co-first author still in prep, unlikely to be published by May but probably will be in review, multiple 2nd-mid author collaborations but don't know when/if those projects are getting published, multiple posters/powerpoint presentations and also developed 3 ) 2023-now
- Shadowing experience and specialties represented
15 pathology 2024
10 neurosurgery 2024
- Non-clinical volunteering
120 activities volunteer at an assisted living facility for people living with HIV/AIDS who are physically or financially unable to live on their own. I do various activities with residents, such as play movies, board games, piano, or chatting. I also help out the organization in various capacities such as maintenance of their garden, manning their Pride booth, and packing food at a partnered food pantry that provides free meals for HIV/cancer patients in the region. (2024-now)
- Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc)
125 on the board of a club that held a national chem tournament for high schoolers somewhat like USNCO. Did stuff like write and judge exams and assist with settin up the competition (2017-20)
100? Did work-study throughout undergrad, mostly clerical stuff, ticket booth at school's music hall, also did one semester assisting a student with a motor disability in chem lab (2016-20)
- Relevant honors or awards
- Anything else not listed you think might be important
School I'm interested in:
WUSM
Cornell
Northwestern
Columbia
NYU
Yale
Stanford
UCSF
UPenn
Duke
UCLA
Mayo
UMich
Albert Einstein
Mt. Sinai
UChicago
UPitt
U Virginia
New York Medical College
Hofstra
Hackensack
Brown
Dartmouth
Rochester
USC
Boston
Tufts
CWRU
Cinci
Emory
Vanderbilt
U of A Phoenix
U of Iowa
SLU
UIC (interviewed previously)
carle
Rosalind Franklin
U of MO
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