MD WAMC - Research Heavy ORM Trad (3.99/519)

[premed-bro]

1. cGPA and sGPA: 3.99/3.98
2. MCAT score(s): 519 (131/129/130/129)
3. Ethnicity and/or race: Southasian
4. Undergraduate institution: Public
5. Clinical experience:
   1. 300 hrs volunteering at local IM clinic (duties equivalent to MA)
   2. 75 hrs volunteering at local free clinic
6. Research (kind of worried since I don't have high basic science hrs)
   1. 180 hrs computational lab (unproductive)
   2. 200 hrs spine research (1 pub, 3 presentations)
   3. 400 hrs neurosurg research (6 pubs, 3 textbook chapters, 10 presentations (local + national))
   4. 70 hrs bariatric project (1 conference presentation)
7. Shadowing experience:
   1. 160 hrs (neurosurg, ortho, IM, psych, bariatric surg)
8. Non-clinical volunteering:
   1. 230 hrs local non-profit (been there since end of senior year)
9. Other extracurricular activities:
   1. Non-ethnically chinese (or east asian), but studied mandarin for 6 years
   2. Board of Chinese Student Association
   3. VP of other pre-health org
   4. Pianist
   5. Freelance video editor
10. Relevant honors or awards
    1. Nothing spectacular 🙁
11. Anything else not listed you think might be important
    1. Worried no gap year will cook me

Schools:
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (CMSRU)
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (UMDNJ)
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (NJMS)
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
Temple Lewis Katz School of Medicine
Drexel University College of Medicine
Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
Jefferson Sidney Kimmel Medical College
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Upenn Perelman School of Medicine
Hofstra Zucker School of Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Weill Cornell Medicine
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Georgetown University School of Medicine
University of Virginia School of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Duke University School of Medicine
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
UMiami Miller School of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine

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[Mr.Smile12]

Welcome to the forums.

What's your state of residence? Where did you spend most of your childhood?

Worried no gap year will cook me

What do you mean by this? Yes, having a gap year is helpful but not deterministic of success in any case.

It may help knowing what your non-profit hours consisted of.

How much of your shadowing experience is related to your research experience?

I'm missing your personal context and journey to medicine. Medical school admissions doesn't involve accountants who only want to know your hours and metrics without knowing who you are and what experiences define your purpose.

 

[premed-bro]

Welcome to the forums.

What's your state of residence? Where did you spend most of your childhood?


What do you mean by this? Yes, having a gap year is helpful but not deterministic of success in any case.

It may help knowing what your non-profit hours consisted of.

How much of your shadowing experience is related to your research experience?

I'm missing your personal context and journey to medicine. Medical school admissions doesn't involve accountants who only want to know your hours and metrics without knowing who you are and what experiences define your purpose.

My state of residence is NJ

What I mean by the gap year is that my hours aren't in the thousands like some applicants might have. I'm worried that I might be at a disadvantage because of this.

I initially started off as a volunteer for the organization where I attended events and helped create meals and toiletry kits. I then became an intern for the non-profit where I organized events (while still volunteering of course). As of recently, I have joined the non-profit board as the youngest member.

Only around 20 hrs of shadowing are related to my spine research. Everything else is outside of research (i.e. different attendings than any I conducted research with).

This last point would require me to simply copy/paste my personal statement. Essentially, my journey to medicine began with my own experience as a patient. As a kid I had a connective tissue disorder and had to see multiple specialists a month at times. Seeing the comfort these physcians brought to me and my family, at one of our hardest times, was what made me realize that this is what I want to do with my life — to give others that same comfort. Of course there are a million other anectodes that I can talk about to reinforce this commitment to medicine, but that was essentially the main aha moment.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

This last point would require me to simply copy/paste my personal statement. Essentially, my journey to medicine began with my own experience as a patient. As a kid I had a connective tissue disorder and had to see multiple specialists a month at times. Seeing the comfort these physcians brought to me and my family, at one of our hardest times, was what made me realize that this is what I want to do with my life — to give others that same comfort. Of course there are a million other anectodes that I can talk about to reinforce this commitment to medicine, but that was essentially the main aha moment.

What are you putting down for Other Impactful Experiences?

Other Impactful Experiences Essay: Exploring Your Unique Story - SDN

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