Hi everyone, just looking for some help with my school list. Appreciate any help!
- Chair for the health equity education branch of my premed org for 2yrs, hosted informational events/discussions (50 hrs)
- Did community organizing for my old HS after graduation in response to student-student discrimination that had gone unaddressed. Led to engaging the school board and planning potential solutions (100hrs)
- 2000hrs in fast food service HS to college
-Relevant honors or awards
3rd place research presentation at school
2 Internship grants
Minor scholarship for leadership in latino community
Some honor society for my major
Graduated with Honors and department distinction (honors thesis of my research)
Other:
The major focuses of my application, through PS and activities, is working with low SES communities and spanish speaking populations now and when I practice. Made it clear that these are not the only patients I want to work with, just would to work with these populations as much as I can. All of my activities are in urban areas.
- cGPA: 3.73 sGPA: 3.5 or 3.6 sGPA,
- two Cs in one semester Orgo 2 and lab
- MCAT: 509 (125/126/127/131)
- IL Resident, US Citizen
- URM, Latino. Low SES (FAPx2, Pell grants), from medically underserved area
- Native fluency in Spanish
- State School, urban
- Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer)
- EMT: 1300hrs, working with a lot of medicaid patients and low SES populations
- Volunteer Spanish interpreter at free clinic serving mostly new immigrants: 150hrs, also occasionaly took vitals and and STI tests
- One patient facing project where I surveyed inpatient population regarding hospitalization (500)
- Clinical Research Coordinator on two projects (2300 total)
- One is a clinical trial that has a strong focus on addressing social determinants of health and the dr-patient relationship in primary care
- Another qualitative study interviewing caregivers about the last year of life before death, what shapes preferences of care, and barriers to delivery of that care. Started this project as an undergrad and promoted after graduation
- Productivity: 4 posters at national conferences (1 is coauthor), won an NIH award to fund the continuation of research as a postbacc researcher. No pubs but starting manuscript in a few months so might be in an update letter if accepted.
- Shadowing: 25hr internal med, 2 hrs geriatrics, 3hrs Peds EM
- Non-clinical volunteering: 400hrs as a sunday school teacher. Was really more of a mentor in my community to latino youth through this opportunity, described it as community building and mentorship for kids from title-1 schools
- Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc)
- Chair for the health equity education branch of my premed org for 2yrs, hosted informational events/discussions (50 hrs)
- Did community organizing for my old HS after graduation in response to student-student discrimination that had gone unaddressed. Led to engaging the school board and planning potential solutions (100hrs)
- 2000hrs in fast food service HS to college
-Relevant honors or awards
3rd place research presentation at school
2 Internship grants
Minor scholarship for leadership in latino community
Some honor society for my major
Graduated with Honors and department distinction (honors thesis of my research)
Other:
The major focuses of my application, through PS and activities, is working with low SES communities and spanish speaking populations now and when I practice. Made it clear that these are not the only patients I want to work with, just would to work with these populations as much as I can. All of my activities are in urban areas.
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