WAMC/ SCHOOL LIST DO
- cGPA (3.76) and sGPA (3.77) Had very steady trend, with the lowest semester being 3.66 and the highest being 3.98
- MCAT score(s) Still waiting on my official MCAT score, which will be released on 05/16/2023. Most recent practice tests were all over the place, 509 and 504. Averaged at least a 504 or higher on the last four exams
- State of residence- New York
- Ethnicity and/or race- white male
- first-generation college graduate
- Undergraduate institution or category- University at Albany (SUNY) graduated with a B.S. in Biology in December of 2021
- Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer)
- Paid
- Cardiac Medical Assistant- (1008 Hours), Ultimately left to begin studying for MCAT.
- Primary Care associate On an Orthopedic/spine unit at Albany Medical Center -(436 hours). I stopped to move back home after college was completed.
- Othpamlic technician -(8 hours) just started (May 8th, 2023) but will be full-time. Looking to get certified in the next 3-4 months
- Volunteer
- Five Quad ambulance agency (collegiate EMS organization) at the University of Albany- (284 hours) of on-call patient experience servicing the UAlbany Campus and surrounding 5-mile radius
- Research experience and productivity
- No research
- Shadowing experience and specialties represented
- Orthopedic surgeon- (60 hours) shadowing the physician that operated on my shoulder twice (he has become a mentor for me and wrote a letter of recommendation).
- Family medicine- (40 hours) shadowed a family medicine physician in urgent care.
- DO orthopedic surgeon- (16 hours) Thinking was to compare MD and DO within the same subspecialty.
- Ophthalmologic corneal specialist - (6 hours)
- Podiatric Physician- (4 hours) Does this count as the physician was a DPM?
- All Shadowing was done at West Point Military Academy, where all Physicians were military.
- Non-clinical volunteering
- Red Cross Blood Donor Ambassador and Crisis Hotline receptionist - (402 hours)
- I also participated in other events, such as tabling events for community outreach.
- Five Quad Volunteer Agency- (80 hours) During my time at the agency, I served as a member mentor for incoming members helping train them over a semester in various BLS skills. I also served on the interview board for two consecutive semesters helping accept new members into the organization. (received about 150 applications for 12-16 spots)
- Red Cross Blood Donor Ambassador and Crisis Hotline receptionist - (402 hours)
- Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc.)
- Worked at West Point Military Academy in the summer of 2019 as an S-1 Cadet medical records specialist- (480 Hours)
- Spartan Trifecta Medalist- Completed a life goal of becoming a Spartan Trifecta medalist, which encompasses finishing a 5k, 10k, and 20k obstacle course race in the same calendar year. Ultimately overshot my Goal and became a world championship qualifier for the world championships in Athens, Greece, in 2022. These are very important to me as I used them as a goal to come back from a Latar-Jet Shoulder reconstruction.
- National Society of Collegiate Scholars- Member of the Honor Society for the last two and a half years of my undergraduate career
- Relevant honors or awards
- Received Meritouroius Civilian Service award while working at the West Point Point Military Academy. (second-highest civilian Government service award)
- Deans List all semesters.
- Five Quad member of the month (December 2021)- received due to returning that semester in November after a significant shoulder reconstruction and still meeting all requirements as an active member
- Anything else not listed you think might be important
- My main goal is to become a Military Physician and serve the United States. I come from a military family (my Father was a Marine for 24 years) and have tried to gain experience in the military clinical setting by shadowing all military physicians. I also incorporated my patient experience at Keller Army Community Hospital (two shoulder surgeries) in my application which plays into my passion for medicine as a whole.
- Currently have a Pre-health Committee Letter and Two MD letters of recommendation, one from the MD orthopedic surgeon I shadowed and another from my EMS advisor at Fivequad, who is an emergency medicine physician. Also, have a letter from an NP I worked closely with at Albany medical center.
- Here is the big red flag- I have a conduct violation for possessing EMPTY alcohol bottles and a rice cooker. The incident occurred during a routine fire inspection of my dorm room in my sophomore year. As a result, we received a letter home and had to attend a 15-minute therapy session. I would love feedback on whether this is a nail-in-the-coffin type situation. I had mapped counseling in which DR Gray basically laughed at it
- I would also love input on MD competitiveness, although it is not strong.
- Took the Princeton Review 513 MCAT course, so if anyone has questions, feel free to ask!
- VCOM
- LECOM
- NYITCOM
- NECOM
- CUSOM
- PCOM
- TCOM- NY
