Hello everyone! Long time lurker but finally doing one of these for myself. I'd greatly appreciate and feedback or advice.
27 ORM nontrad
1. cGPA and sGPA : 3.92
2. MCAT: 524 (129/132/132/131)
3. State: CA
4. Undergraduate institution or category: Well regarded state school
5. Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer)
7. Shadowing experience and specialties represented
Way too long, 10,000+ hours, working in foodservice. Worked throughout all of undergrad and full time for several years afterwards when I still didn't know what I was doing with my life.
11. Relevant honors or awards: Just athletic scholarship freshman year, GPA related scholarship sophomore/junior years, and dean's list a whole bunch.
12. Anything else not listed you think might be important
My course history got kinda messed up due to all the AP classes I took. I tested out of biology and part of the physics series, so on my transcript it looks like I never took them. To try and avoid any issues with this I took a year of biology and a single class survey of physics online, but I imagine some schools won't be a fan of having these prereqs done online and at a college other than my main undergrad. So my original school list was designed to focus on schools that didn't have hard rules on specific prereq classes.
Working School List:
USC, UCLA (Dream), UCSD, UCSF, UCI, U Colorado, Oakland U William Beaumont, Mayo, West Virginia U, NYU (lol), U Cincinnati, Vanderbilt, U Vermont, U Michigan, West Michigan U, U Virginia, Wake Forest, Toledo, U Penn, Loyola, Albany, Rush, Stony Brook, Drexel, Case Western, Hofstra, U Iowa
Thanks in advance for any advice, feedback on the school list would be great. My main worry is definitely the complete lack of research, but after being out of undergrad for so long I don't really see myself getting anything meaningful started now. Also wondering if the online volunteering is looked at as much inferior to in person gigs. I've really enjoyed my time with CTL, and it's just so convenient to fit in to my chaotic nocturnal schedule.
27 ORM nontrad
1. cGPA and sGPA : 3.92
2. MCAT: 524 (129/132/132/131)
3. State: CA
4. Undergraduate institution or category: Well regarded state school
5. Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer)
- 6700 hours paid clinical experience as an ER tech. 2+ years at two different hospitals, worked two full time jobs simultaneously for over a year. Two of my most meaningful experiences. (ongoing: 48-60 hrs/week)
- 250 hours paid as an EMT on an ambulance
- no clinical volunteering (is this necessary with lots of separate clinical experience and non-clinical volunteering?)
7. Shadowing experience and specialties represented
- 100 hours emergency medicine
- 150 hours virtual, various specialties (mostly done back in '22, not sure if worth much now)
- 400 hours volunteering at Crisis Text Line (ongoing: ~25 hr/week)
- 40 hours at a community garden that employs adults dealing with mental illnesses
- Former NCAA D1 Swimmer (only freshman year though) ~900 hours
- Avid backpacker. One of my most meaningful activities. Have solo hiked the 211 mile John Muir Trail, done a 500 mile section hike of the PCT, and lots of shorter mountaineering trips.
Way too long, 10,000+ hours, working in foodservice. Worked throughout all of undergrad and full time for several years afterwards when I still didn't know what I was doing with my life.
11. Relevant honors or awards: Just athletic scholarship freshman year, GPA related scholarship sophomore/junior years, and dean's list a whole bunch.
12. Anything else not listed you think might be important
My course history got kinda messed up due to all the AP classes I took. I tested out of biology and part of the physics series, so on my transcript it looks like I never took them. To try and avoid any issues with this I took a year of biology and a single class survey of physics online, but I imagine some schools won't be a fan of having these prereqs done online and at a college other than my main undergrad. So my original school list was designed to focus on schools that didn't have hard rules on specific prereq classes.
Working School List:
USC, UCLA (Dream), UCSD, UCSF, UCI, U Colorado, Oakland U William Beaumont, Mayo, West Virginia U, NYU (lol), U Cincinnati, Vanderbilt, U Vermont, U Michigan, West Michigan U, U Virginia, Wake Forest, Toledo, U Penn, Loyola, Albany, Rush, Stony Brook, Drexel, Case Western, Hofstra, U Iowa
Thanks in advance for any advice, feedback on the school list would be great. My main worry is definitely the complete lack of research, but after being out of undergrad for so long I don't really see myself getting anything meaningful started now. Also wondering if the online volunteering is looked at as much inferior to in person gigs. I've really enjoyed my time with CTL, and it's just so convenient to fit in to my chaotic nocturnal schedule.