Thank you all for taking the time to read through my profile! I need help narrowing a school list down and wondering about my chances in getting into any MD program. Any help is appreciated, thank you!
Country/state of residence: CA (Asian male/Immigrant/Financially Disadvantaged)
Cumulative GPA: 3.65 (strong upward trend)
Science GPA: 3.65
MCAT Scores: 510 (128/124/127/131)
Research: 300hr Pharmocology Lab (no presentations/pubs)
Mainly cultured bacteria, ran assays, and collected data to create small presentations to present in laboratory meetings
Volunteering (clinical) – include hours/sites: 200hrs (100 in rural Honduras and rural Nicaragua) [VP Finance]
I'm aware of voluntourism, but I'm extremely interested in working with under-resourced communities with medicine in the future and wanted to experience international medicine for the first time
Physician shadowing – include hours/specialties: 105 (75 Psychiatry + 15 Dermatology + 20 Internal Med)
Non-clinical volunteering:
• 100 hours teaching the visually impaired dance and yoga
• 200 hours teaching kids and seniors at resource centers hip hop dance
• 250 hours spearheading a project to raise money to send impoverished students from Zimbabwe and Guatemala to pursue higher education
• 300 hours (VP Service of my Fraternity) various community service events such as Habitat for Humanity (done quarterly), Food banks, Beach/Campus clean-ups [Recognized by the school for service and won the President's Volunteer Service Award]
Clinical Employment:
• 1400 hours: Scribe in ED
• 1000 hours: TMS Technician (Depression therapy)
MISC activities:
• 150 hours: TA for Biochemistry
• 500 hours: AVP Academic Affairs (Student Government)
Hobies:
• Weightlifting and dancing
School List (what I'm thinking of):
1. UCSD
2. UCI
3. UCD
4. UCLA
5. Northstate
6. CalMed
7. UCR
8. USC
9. Ohio State
10. Rochester
11. Dartmouth
12. Temple
13. Tufts
14. Tulane
15. Toledo
16. Rosalind Franklin
17. MC Wisconsin
18. Drexel
19. Albany
20. Creighton
21. VCU
22. GWU
23. OaklandB
24. NYMC
25. Loyola
26. Wake Forest
27. Rush
28. Wayne State
29. Stony Brook
30. UA Tucson
31. Geisinger
32. Penn State
33. Eastern Virginia
34. NOVA MD
35. Seton Hall
36. SLU
37. Quinnipiac
38. UIC
39. Colorado
40. Vermont
41. Western Michigan
Thank you again for reading and offering any advice!
Country/state of residence: CA (Asian male/Immigrant/Financially Disadvantaged)
- UCSD Graduate 2017
- Strong ties to Illinois
Cumulative GPA: 3.65 (strong upward trend)
Science GPA: 3.65
MCAT Scores: 510 (128/124/127/131)
Research: 300hr Pharmocology Lab (no presentations/pubs)
Mainly cultured bacteria, ran assays, and collected data to create small presentations to present in laboratory meetings
Volunteering (clinical) – include hours/sites: 200hrs (100 in rural Honduras and rural Nicaragua) [VP Finance]
I'm aware of voluntourism, but I'm extremely interested in working with under-resourced communities with medicine in the future and wanted to experience international medicine for the first time
Physician shadowing – include hours/specialties: 105 (75 Psychiatry + 15 Dermatology + 20 Internal Med)
Non-clinical volunteering:
• 100 hours teaching the visually impaired dance and yoga
• 200 hours teaching kids and seniors at resource centers hip hop dance
• 250 hours spearheading a project to raise money to send impoverished students from Zimbabwe and Guatemala to pursue higher education
• 300 hours (VP Service of my Fraternity) various community service events such as Habitat for Humanity (done quarterly), Food banks, Beach/Campus clean-ups [Recognized by the school for service and won the President's Volunteer Service Award]
Clinical Employment:
• 1400 hours: Scribe in ED
• 1000 hours: TMS Technician (Depression therapy)
MISC activities:
• 150 hours: TA for Biochemistry
• 500 hours: AVP Academic Affairs (Student Government)
Hobies:
• Weightlifting and dancing
School List (what I'm thinking of):
1. UCSD
2. UCI
3. UCD
4. UCLA
5. Northstate
6. CalMed
7. UCR
8. USC
9. Ohio State
10. Rochester
11. Dartmouth
12. Temple
13. Tufts
14. Tulane
15. Toledo
16. Rosalind Franklin
17. MC Wisconsin
18. Drexel
19. Albany
20. Creighton
21. VCU
22. GWU
23. OaklandB
24. NYMC
25. Loyola
26. Wake Forest
27. Rush
28. Wayne State
29. Stony Brook
30. UA Tucson
31. Geisinger
32. Penn State
33. Eastern Virginia
34. NOVA MD
35. Seton Hall
36. SLU
37. Quinnipiac
38. UIC
39. Colorado
40. Vermont
41. Western Michigan
Thank you again for reading and offering any advice!
