karamelkisses426
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1. cGPA/sGPA: 3.7/3.67
2 MCAT 504 (128/122/125/129)
3. State of residence: NC
4. Ethnicity AA female
5. Undergraduate institution or category: public state school
6. Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer): 50+ hours assisted living volunteer, 1800+ hours paid medical assistant/scribe at dermatology clinics, 100 hours hospital gift shop/patient gift delivery volunteer
7. Research experience and productivity: 250+ hours Covid wet lab assistant, 1 publication (through collaboration with a medical student), 1 poster presentation (through research class taken during undergrad). I had additional research opportunities aligned, a summer research internship at a medical school, but canceled due to covid
8. Shadowing experience and specialties represented: dermatology (through working as a medical assistant). 50+ hours virtual shadowing (pathology, emergency medicine, PMR, sports medicine)
9. Non-clinical volunteering: 15+ hours Foodbank/ medical ministries volunteer, 80+ hours summer preschool daycare/ church preschool volunteer, 15+ USDA research volunteer
10. Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc): 1.5 years+ undergrad Resident Advisor, 2 years treasurer of African Student Union at undergrad institution, 5+ years target guest advocate, CNA certification, QPR suicide prevention certification
11. Relevant honors or awards: Deans list (most semesters in undergrad)
My biggest concern is my low CARS score as I know a lot of schools pay paticular attention to that score . I postponed my mcat for about a year to work on that section, got a tutor and spent the majority of my prep time focussing on that section. I really did try my very best on test day but unfortunately still did not perform too well in that section. I plan to apply broadly to both MD and DO programs. I like the DO philosophy. However, I have not had proper DO experience in terms of shadowing. I have had a hard time getting in contact with one. I am not sure how this would affect my DO application. I appreciate all the feedback!
Current MD School List: Meharry, Tulane, Anne Burret School of Medicine at TCU, UNC, Howard, Oakland Beaumont, Central Michigan, University of Kentucky, East Tennessee, Wright State, Moorehouse, Brody, Wake forest, Rush, LSU Shreveport
Current DO list: LECOM, PECOM, VCCOM, TouroCOM, MUCOM, CCOM, OUCOM, UIWSOM, ATSUCOM, ACOM
2 MCAT 504 (128/122/125/129)
3. State of residence: NC
4. Ethnicity AA female
5. Undergraduate institution or category: public state school
6. Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer): 50+ hours assisted living volunteer, 1800+ hours paid medical assistant/scribe at dermatology clinics, 100 hours hospital gift shop/patient gift delivery volunteer
7. Research experience and productivity: 250+ hours Covid wet lab assistant, 1 publication (through collaboration with a medical student), 1 poster presentation (through research class taken during undergrad). I had additional research opportunities aligned, a summer research internship at a medical school, but canceled due to covid
8. Shadowing experience and specialties represented: dermatology (through working as a medical assistant). 50+ hours virtual shadowing (pathology, emergency medicine, PMR, sports medicine)
9. Non-clinical volunteering: 15+ hours Foodbank/ medical ministries volunteer, 80+ hours summer preschool daycare/ church preschool volunteer, 15+ USDA research volunteer
10. Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc): 1.5 years+ undergrad Resident Advisor, 2 years treasurer of African Student Union at undergrad institution, 5+ years target guest advocate, CNA certification, QPR suicide prevention certification
11. Relevant honors or awards: Deans list (most semesters in undergrad)
My biggest concern is my low CARS score as I know a lot of schools pay paticular attention to that score . I postponed my mcat for about a year to work on that section, got a tutor and spent the majority of my prep time focussing on that section. I really did try my very best on test day but unfortunately still did not perform too well in that section. I plan to apply broadly to both MD and DO programs. I like the DO philosophy. However, I have not had proper DO experience in terms of shadowing. I have had a hard time getting in contact with one. I am not sure how this would affect my DO application. I appreciate all the feedback!
Current MD School List: Meharry, Tulane, Anne Burret School of Medicine at TCU, UNC, Howard, Oakland Beaumont, Central Michigan, University of Kentucky, East Tennessee, Wright State, Moorehouse, Brody, Wake forest, Rush, LSU Shreveport
Current DO list: LECOM, PECOM, VCCOM, TouroCOM, MUCOM, CCOM, OUCOM, UIWSOM, ATSUCOM, ACOM
