WaffleOrbit
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Hey everyone, looking for some advice on my school list!
IL resident ORM - T10 private
3.68 cGPA 3.78 sGPA, 521 MCAT (130/131/130/130)
Applying as a junior but am graduating this year so 1 year early
Research: 1800 hours (650 cardiovascular lab, 900 ophthalmology lab, 250 economics lab -> I'm a bio & econ major)
Clinical Volunteering: 240 hours across 2 hospitals working in the emergency department
Nonclinical Volunteering: 300 hours (180 as part of university dining hall food-recovery club, 50 at a local soup kitchen, 30 at feed my starving children, 30 in minority health clinics) -> I'm pretty passionate about food security
Shadowing: 113 hours (orthopedics, ophthalmology, renal pathology, oncology)
Other ECs:
Schools:
Preliminary list I made: clearly very top heavy. Am I competitive for these schools? Any advice is much appreciated!
IL resident ORM - T10 private
3.68 cGPA 3.78 sGPA, 521 MCAT (130/131/130/130)
Applying as a junior but am graduating this year so 1 year early
Research: 1800 hours (650 cardiovascular lab, 900 ophthalmology lab, 250 economics lab -> I'm a bio & econ major)
- 3 bio publications: all mid author, 1 in nature cardiovascular research
- No poster or oral presentations
Clinical Volunteering: 240 hours across 2 hospitals working in the emergency department
Nonclinical Volunteering: 300 hours (180 as part of university dining hall food-recovery club, 50 at a local soup kitchen, 30 at feed my starving children, 30 in minority health clinics) -> I'm pretty passionate about food security
Shadowing: 113 hours (orthopedics, ophthalmology, renal pathology, oncology)
Other ECs:
- Leadership: blood drive chair of uni’s red cross club, on leadership team for aforementioned food-recovery club, treasurer of minority health club (volunteering in health clinics in the community)
- Hobbies: I enjoy running marathons (not sure if I should include my time??) and playing guitar as part of my church’s worship team
- Teaching: running my own AP biology and AP chemistry tutoring classes for high schoolers
Schools:
- Harvard
- Stanford
- JHU
- UCSF
- UPenn
- WashU
- Yale
- Columbia
- Duke
- NYU
- UCSD
- Cornell
- Mt. Sinai
- Mayo Minnesota
- Case Western
- U Miami
- Michicagn
- U of Minnesota
- Carle Illinois
Preliminary list I made: clearly very top heavy. Am I competitive for these schools? Any advice is much appreciated!
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