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mcdonaldssprite

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Reapplicant!

cGPA/sGPA: 3.73/3.73

MCAT score(s) and breakdown: 502-->505-->514(128/124/132/130) -- worried about the CARS 124

State of residence or country of citizenship (if non-US): CA

Ethnicity and/or race: White

Undergraduate institution or category: UC Santa Cruz

Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer): Volunteer: Clinical research collecting blood from patients and actively recruiting new people to our clinical studies (150hr)

Research experience and productivity: 5000+ hrs. 3 labs (2volunteer, 1 paid). Presented original work at American Heart Association National Conference. First author paper currently submitted, waiting to be sent for review in Sci Translational Med (IF: ~19). Multiple middle author pubs in mid-impact journals ie. Cell Reports, etc.

Shadowing experience and specialties represented: 100hr - 50hr Cardiology, 50hr Primary Care

Non-clinical volunteering: Boys and Girls Club (600hrs); Tutoring (1000hrs)

Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc):
-played tennis intermittently through college
-VP for university club
-director of pre-med society at current institution
-taking Spanish lessons

Relevant honors or awards: Phi Beta Kappa, Dean's List for nearly every quarter

Anything else not listed you think might be important: aim to attend medical school with the goal of working in translational medicine. Had a death in the family week before 514 MCAT. Familial experience with terminal illnesses that are a continuous stressor

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I suggest these schools with your stats:
UC Davis
UC Irvine
Kaiser
California University
Loma Linda (if you fit their mission)
TCU-UNT
NOVA MD
Wake Forest
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
George Washington
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Penn State
Seton Hall
Hofstra
New York Medical College
Albany
Vermont
Quinnipiac
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
Western Michigan
Medical College Wisconsin
As a reapplicant you should apply to DO schools if you have not received several interviews by November.
 
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