mccartneys
Full Member
- Joined
- Mar 30, 2021
- Messages
- 17
- Reaction score
- 17
Hello all, I'm planning on applying this cycle and was looking to get others' perspectives on my chances and school list!
- GPA: 3.85
- sGPA: 3.75
- MCAT: 516 (126/131/128/131)
- Residence: Michigan
- URM? No
- Undergraduate institution: Smaller state school in Michigan
- Degree: Double majored in Biology and Business Studies with a concentration in communications
- Clinical experience:
- 120 hours ER volunteer
- 40 hours at a COVID-19 vaccine center
- Research experience:
- 176 hours in inorganic chemistry lab (electrochemistry)
- Abstract accepted for presentation at the ACS national convention; was unable to present due to the pandemic (unsure whether to include this in app)
- Shadowing:
- 35 hours internal medicine
- 105 hours across multiple specialties at a large urban hospital (unsure if I can put this on app because it occurred in high school)
- Non-clinical volunteering
- 160 hours at COVID-19 testing sites
- 175 hours tutoring GED/high school/community college courses for ESL individuals
- 120 hours tutoring for American citizenship tests
- 40 hours translating and distributing CDC/state COVID-19 guidance and epidemic orders to churches/community centers
- Work experience
- 700 hours as a community education and outreach representative for a lead hazard control grant program at my county health department; worked with low income and medically underserved populations
- 2500 hours as program administrator for the lead hazard control program (promoted from above position)
- 560 hours as a COVID-19 compliance inspector at my county health department
- 780 hours as program manager for the above mentioned COVID-19 compliance program; managed a team of 15 inspectors (promoted from above position)
- 500 hours as an environmental health intern
- 400 hours tutoring biology at a community college (unsure if I can include this in app because I was hired while in high school/dual enrolled)
- Honors or awards
- Dean's list every semester attended
- Graduated with high honors
- Business studies honor scholar, two years (top student in major program)
- Full ride merit scholarship for undergrad
- Other
- Attended a summer course at Cambridge on medical ethics and international healthcare systems
- State certified lead inspector
- School list:
- University of Michigan Medical School
- Wayne State University School of Medicine
- Western Michigan University School of Medicine
- Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
- Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
- Central Michigan University College of Medicine
- Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University
- NYU Long Island School of Medicine
- Boston University School of Medicine
- University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
- Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine
Last edited:
