penrosem
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- cGPA: 3.37
- sGPA: 3.50
- I was not the best student my first two years of college but my trajectory after is exponential. I was Dx with ADHD my junior year and once I got medicated it made allll the difference. I'd love some advice if I should include that personal fact for the section asks to explain why I got a certain grade because I don't want that held against me at the same time
- MCAT: 503 (123/127/126/128) (April 2025) -> ? June 26 ? (shooting for 506 realistically, best practice test is 511- pray for me)
- Residence: Northern VA
- Ethnicity: White
- Undergrad: Colorado College (class of ‘23)
- Clinical Experience: 2205 + 2100 projected
- Medical Assistant (now) full time
- ED scribe (9 months) PRN
- Hospital volunteering, outpatient pharmacy: 100 hr
- Research Experience: 75 hrs + 250 projected (science only)
- I am currently working on my first legit research project. My other 2 research experiences (I still listed in my work/experience on AMCAS/AACOM) are anthropology coding and meta-analyses so I am not counting those hours. One of those papers was published, however, I was not on the author list as I was just on the coding team. (I was an anthropology major and my school's science depts were not very accepting of non-major research unfortunately)
- Shadowing: 140 hours
- Doctors in Italy Fellowship - 60hrs, Orthopedics - 20hrs, Neurology- 40 hrs, Anesthesiology -20 hrs
- Non-Clinical Volunteering: 800 hours + 80 projected
- The Trevor Project (since 2021)
- Postpartum Crisis Counselor (1.5 years)
- Assistant Trip Leader for Parkinson's Hikers (1 trip, 6 days)
- Other Activities:
- Current:
- Radio Show Host and DJ (December 2024- Present)
- Women’s Hockey League, left wing (Fall 2023-Present)
- Student at Casa Italiana Language School (Fall 2024, Fall 2025)
- The Chicken Coop Arts Collective, Assistant Coordinator (Spring 2025-Present)
- Undergrad:
- Radio Show Host and DJ, Colorado College (August 2018- May 2023)
- Blog Manager, The Sounds of Colorado College (The SOCC) (May 2020-2023)
- Clay Club Attendee, Bemis Arts School (2021-2023)
- Member of Delta Mu Sorority (2020-2022)
- Women’s Varsity Tennis (2018-2020)
- Women’s Club Hockey (2018-2019)
- Current:
- Honors & Awards:
- Dean’s List Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022
- Member of SCAC Honor Roll 2018-19, 2019-2020 Season (its like the Dean's List for student athletes)
- Other Important Notes:
- I am definitely applying to DO school so I would appreciate any suggestions for those too (despite this being the MD side). But would love to shoot my shot at MD. *I would rather go to a "good" DO school than a "bad" MD.
- please be nice. I know its a long shot.
