I am a traditional applicant applying for my first time during my gap year. Any feedback would be appreciated as I am very anxious about the process! Thank you.
University of Kansas
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Creighton
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University of Miami
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University of West Virginia
- cGPA and sGPA: 3.93, graduated manga cum laude in May
- MCAT: 510 (128,128,126,128)
- State of residence or country of citizenship (if non-US): Kansas
- Ethnicity and/or race: White
- Undergraduate institution or category: Kansas State University
- Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer):
- I volunteer weekly with inpatient units at the local children’s hospital ~ 200 hours
- I work full time as a scribe for an interventional cardiologist during my gap year ~2000 hours
- Research experience and productivity: no research experience
- Shadowing experience and specialties represented: around 80 hours between the interventional cardiologist a shadow for, an interventional radiologist, a wound care doctor and an orthopedic surgeon. It’s hard to calculate hours since I scribe full time.
- Non-clinical volunteering: no strong commitments, I volunteered service breakfast to the homeless during my Pledge semester, then just around 20 hours a semester with the fraternity through various projects
- Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc): I was Vice President Of my fraternity and on the executive board. I also was a student practicum for the freshman biology class. I also worked for the Walt Disney Company for 6 months as a Park Operations intern, plus waited tables during the summers
- Relevant honors or awards: semester awards for 4.0 6/7 of my semesters in college, I also graduated magna cum laude
- Anything else not listed you think might be important: I’m hoping That my academics and clinical experience make up for the weak points in my application. I’m also hoping my unique customer service experience with the Walt Disney Company will add something unique to my aplication. I have a tentative schools list, I am just worried that I am applying to late in the cycle and really hurt my chances. Any advice or feedback would be much appreciated. Thank you so much!
University of Kansas
University of Indiana
University of Maryland
Creighton
St. Louis University
Georgetown
University of Miami
University of Colorado
University of Vermont
University of West Virginia
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