positivethoughts333
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cGPA and sGPA
cGPA - 3.70
sGPA - 3.47
Upward trend from freshman to senior year (2 Bs and a C my freshman fall whoopsies then significant improvement)
BCPM: 3.00 -> 3.4 -> 3.33 -> 4.00
Overall: 3.43 -> 3.6 -> 3.7 -> 4.0
MCAT score(s) and breakdown
515 (127, 131, 127, 130)
State of residence or country of citizenship (if non-US)
Rhode Island
Ethnicity and/or race
ORM (Asian)
Undergraduate institution or category
T-15 (Ivy) - double major in Biology and a humanities field (received honors distinction in humanities major)
Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer)
MM: **EM Medical Scribe (paid) - 1200 hours over past gap year, transitioning to lead scribe position and anticipate another 1600 hours over the course of the year ***
MM: EMT volunteering - 1000 hours over three years, anticipate another 300 hours over the next year
COVID-19 Testing volunteer - 80 hours over 1.5 years
Research experience and productivity
Thesis (Presentation/Poster) in humanities - 800 hours
**Research with an EM physician -- 230 hours. Paper written, trying to get it published within this cycle to have a good update for schools but no significant movement on that front yet.
Shadowing experience and specialties represented
Interventional Cardiology - 80 hours in March 2023 (international shadowing with a family member in medicine. Not a medical mission/paid shadowing trip)
Internal Medicine - 100 hours (over one summer in 2021)
Neurosurgery + Emergency Medicine - 30 hours
Non-clinical volunteering
Volunteer Text Crisis Counselor for youth (40h, started in May 23, anticipate another 300 hours over the next year)
Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc)
MM: Division 1 Varsity athletics - 3000 hours over 4 years, captained the team senior year (also have a few athletic awards listed in a separate activity)
Leader of humanities major interest group - 40 hours over one year
Biology tutor - 30 hours over 2 spring semesters
Writer for a college journal - 60 hours over 2 years
**= received a LOR from someone involved in this experience
MM = most meaningful
Anything else not listed you think might be important
Reapplicant -- previously applied in the 2022-2023 cycle. Received 1 interview invite and was waitlisted. Not much meaningful feedback from advisors about what went wrong and no feedback from schools.
Wondering how realistic my school list currently is and if there's any significant places missing. Ideally would end up on east or west coast, limiting applications to Midwest/South schools with exceptions so far as below and not applying in Texas. Thank you thank you!!
*= previously applied last year
School List :
*BU
Drew
*Rosalind Franklin
*Drexel
*Emory
Quinnipiac
Geisel
*George Washington
Geisinger
*Georgetown
*Harvard
*Kaiser
*Temple
*Loyola
*NYMC
Northwestern (have tie)
Penn State
Stony Brook
UVermont
*Rush
*Thomas Jefferson
*Brown
*Tufts
*UCLA
*UCSF
*UColorado (have tie)
UConn
*UMass
UMich
cGPA - 3.70
sGPA - 3.47
Upward trend from freshman to senior year (2 Bs and a C my freshman fall whoopsies then significant improvement)
BCPM: 3.00 -> 3.4 -> 3.33 -> 4.00
Overall: 3.43 -> 3.6 -> 3.7 -> 4.0
MCAT score(s) and breakdown
515 (127, 131, 127, 130)
State of residence or country of citizenship (if non-US)
Rhode Island
Ethnicity and/or race
ORM (Asian)
Undergraduate institution or category
T-15 (Ivy) - double major in Biology and a humanities field (received honors distinction in humanities major)
Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer)
MM: **EM Medical Scribe (paid) - 1200 hours over past gap year, transitioning to lead scribe position and anticipate another 1600 hours over the course of the year ***
MM: EMT volunteering - 1000 hours over three years, anticipate another 300 hours over the next year
COVID-19 Testing volunteer - 80 hours over 1.5 years
Research experience and productivity
Thesis (Presentation/Poster) in humanities - 800 hours
**Research with an EM physician -- 230 hours. Paper written, trying to get it published within this cycle to have a good update for schools but no significant movement on that front yet.
Shadowing experience and specialties represented
Interventional Cardiology - 80 hours in March 2023 (international shadowing with a family member in medicine. Not a medical mission/paid shadowing trip)
Internal Medicine - 100 hours (over one summer in 2021)
Neurosurgery + Emergency Medicine - 30 hours
Non-clinical volunteering
Volunteer Text Crisis Counselor for youth (40h, started in May 23, anticipate another 300 hours over the next year)
Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc)
MM: Division 1 Varsity athletics - 3000 hours over 4 years, captained the team senior year (also have a few athletic awards listed in a separate activity)
Leader of humanities major interest group - 40 hours over one year
Biology tutor - 30 hours over 2 spring semesters
Writer for a college journal - 60 hours over 2 years
**= received a LOR from someone involved in this experience
MM = most meaningful
Anything else not listed you think might be important
Reapplicant -- previously applied in the 2022-2023 cycle. Received 1 interview invite and was waitlisted. Not much meaningful feedback from advisors about what went wrong and no feedback from schools.
Wondering how realistic my school list currently is and if there's any significant places missing. Ideally would end up on east or west coast, limiting applications to Midwest/South schools with exceptions so far as below and not applying in Texas. Thank you thank you!!
*= previously applied last year
School List :
*BU
Drew
*Rosalind Franklin
*Drexel
*Emory
Quinnipiac
Geisel
*George Washington
Geisinger
*Georgetown
*Harvard
*Kaiser
*Temple
*Loyola
*NYMC
Northwestern (have tie)
Penn State
Stony Brook
UVermont
*Rush
*Thomas Jefferson
*Brown
*Tufts
*UCLA
*UCSF
*UColorado (have tie)
UConn
*UMass
UMich
