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Hey everyone! I just got my MCAT back. I got a good score, but in all honesty it was several points below what I was expecting (and only 1 point above my diagnostic). I'm thinking about restructuring my school list and wanted your advice.
For context, I am applying this cycle and am expecting my application to be verified by the end of next week. Please try not to quote this! Thank you!
1. cGPA and sGPA: 4.00 cGPA, 4.00 sGPA
2. MCAT: 517 (130/127/129/131)
3. State of residence or country of citizenship (if non-US): New York
4. Ethnicity and/or race: ORM (Indian)
5. Undergraduate institution: Private R2 T100
6. Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer):
a) Hospital Volunteer: 240 hours
b) Hospice Volunteer: 80 hours (+80 projected hours) (this particular hospice home works primarily with homeless populations, those with substance use disorders, and other vulnerable groups)
7. Research experience and productivity:
a) Research assistant in an addiction lab at my university: 550 hours
b) Summer research program (Amgen) at T10 medical school: 400 hours
c) Research technician at T50 medical school (neurology/cardiology): 400 hours (+ 200 hours projected)
d) I have 3 posters: one at a symposium w/ my summer research program, one at my university, and one at a national conference.
8. Shadowing experience/specialties represented:
a) 50 hours with a pediatrician
b) 20 hours with a neurologist
c) 12 hours with an interventional cardiologist
9. Non-clinical volunteering:
a) Exhibit facilitator at a kid's science museum (210 hours)
10. Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc):
a) Fulbright Scholarship: I will be getting my master's during my gap year. My project proposal reflects a specific challenge I experienced as a kid that is also tied into some of my past research; I weaved this into my disadvantaged essay.
b) Editor and writer for my university's student magazine (650 hours)
c) Student Government senator (300 hours)
d) TA/SI for several chemistry and biology courses + mentoring other TAs (1000 hours)
e) Intramural basketball (70 hours)
11. Relevant honors or awards:
a) University Honors Program (top 5% of students)
b) University Award #1: Given to the top 1% of students based on GPA and extracurricular involvement
c) University Award #2: Given to students for extracurricular leadership
(Giant) School List: Please feel free to cut this down; I made a large list while I was waiting for my score, though I've already cut out obvious schools like NYU. I'm assuming most of the top schools are donations?
- I graduated college in 3 years. This is my first gap year + as mentioned above, I will be doing my master's abroad.
For context, I am applying this cycle and am expecting my application to be verified by the end of next week. Please try not to quote this! Thank you!
1. cGPA and sGPA: 4.00 cGPA, 4.00 sGPA
2. MCAT: 517 (130/127/129/131)
3. State of residence or country of citizenship (if non-US): New York
4. Ethnicity and/or race: ORM (Indian)
5. Undergraduate institution: Private R2 T100
6. Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer):
a) Hospital Volunteer: 240 hours
b) Hospice Volunteer: 80 hours (+80 projected hours) (this particular hospice home works primarily with homeless populations, those with substance use disorders, and other vulnerable groups)
7. Research experience and productivity:
a) Research assistant in an addiction lab at my university: 550 hours
b) Summer research program (Amgen) at T10 medical school: 400 hours
c) Research technician at T50 medical school (neurology/cardiology): 400 hours (+ 200 hours projected)
d) I have 3 posters: one at a symposium w/ my summer research program, one at my university, and one at a national conference.
8. Shadowing experience/specialties represented:
a) 50 hours with a pediatrician
b) 20 hours with a neurologist
c) 12 hours with an interventional cardiologist
9. Non-clinical volunteering:
a) Exhibit facilitator at a kid's science museum (210 hours)
10. Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc):
a) Fulbright Scholarship: I will be getting my master's during my gap year. My project proposal reflects a specific challenge I experienced as a kid that is also tied into some of my past research; I weaved this into my disadvantaged essay.
b) Editor and writer for my university's student magazine (650 hours)
c) Student Government senator (300 hours)
d) TA/SI for several chemistry and biology courses + mentoring other TAs (1000 hours)
e) Intramural basketball (70 hours)
11. Relevant honors or awards:
a) University Honors Program (top 5% of students)
b) University Award #1: Given to the top 1% of students based on GPA and extracurricular involvement
c) University Award #2: Given to students for extracurricular leadership
(Giant) School List: Please feel free to cut this down; I made a large list while I was waiting for my score, though I've already cut out obvious schools like NYU. I'm assuming most of the top schools are donations?
- Harvard
- Johns Hopkins
- Stanford
- Duke
- UCSF
- Columbia
- Yale
- WashU (have ties here)
- Vanderbilt
- Michigan
- Weill Cornell
- Northwestern
- Pittsburgh
- Emory
- Mount Sinai
- University of Chicago
- UCLA
- Case Western (have ties here)
- OSU
- USC
- Brown
- BU
- Einstein
- Miami
- Dartmouth
- Rochester (have ties here)
- Hofstra
- Rutgers NJ (I have significant ties to NJ; not sure if this matters?)
- Tufts
- Wake Forest
- Maryland
- Cincinnati
- Sidney Kimmel
- Stony Brook
- Indiana
- Rutgers (Robert Johnson) (ties to NJ)
- Buffalo
- Downstate
- Upstate
- NYMC
- Vermont
- Temple
- PSU
- George Washington
- Arizona
- I graduated college in 3 years. This is my first gap year + as mentioned above, I will be doing my master's abroad.
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