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Hi everyone! I'm a graduating senior applying this upcoming cycle. I'd like to get some feedback on my application and suggestions for schools that I should apply to, as well as ideas on what to do for my gap year if you have any.
I would love to hear any opinions and/or advice. Thank you!
- cGPA and sGPA as calculated by AMCAS or AACOMAS: 3.97 cGPA, 3.95 sGPA
- MCAT score(s) and breakdown: 524 (130/130/132/132)
- State of residence or country of citizenship (if non-US): OK
- Ethnicity and/or race: ORM (South Asian)
- Undergraduate institution or category: T25 in CA
- Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer):
- 400 hours in orthopedic clinic as COVID-19 tester, helping patients fill out COVID-19 documentation, and transporting elderly patients into and out of the building.
- 150 hours in local hospital rounding on underserved patients and making sure they are able to make their follow up appointments. Was part of a pilot program with the goal of decreasing hospital readmission post discharge.
- 100 hours in children's hospital assisting with patient rehab.
- Research experience and productivity:
- 1800 hours in computational biology lab studying stems cells (leading an independent project developing a novel model, 3 presentations but no pubs, will continue during my gap year)
- 200 hours in clinical research (working on a pub currently with plans to submit before primaries, will continue during my gap year)
- Shadowing experience and specialties represented:
- 40 hours primary care
- 10 hours ER
- 10 hours cardiology
- Non-clinical volunteering:
- 200 hours in soup kitchen/food pantry during the pandemic
- 100 hours at welcome desk in children's hospital
- 100 hours tutoring high school students
- 50 hours miscellaneous with premed club
- Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc):
- 1500 hours developing a web tool to help undergraduates at my university find research opportunities that align with their interests
- Coordinated with academic office on campus on how best to address student needs
- I don't have any metrics on how many benefitted from the tool, but I received feedback from at least 20 undergrads
- Tool will most likely be adopted by the university after I graduate
- 300 hours interning at a health tech startup analyzing patient cardiology data
- 500 hours self-taught programming/web development hobby (outside of my lab and web tool work)
- 200 hours club table tennis team
- Relevant honors or awards:
- Significant merit scholarship for my university
- Summa cum laude
- Received 5 research grants for my independent research project
- Anything else not listed you think might be important:
- I will be continuing with the labs I'm a part of during my gap year, but my hours will be pretty flexible, so I was thinking of picking up a clinical job at least part time.
- I will most likely have a couple of pubs after primaries have been submitted, with at least one first author.
- I have a strong connection with all of my letter writers, so I'm hoping they will be solid.
- A large portion of my family lives in Texas, so I wanted to apply there, but I'm unsure if this counts as "strong ties."
- I also have dedicated a decent chunk of time as a competitive gamer, but I'm unsure as to whether or not this is looked upon favorably. I've heard mixed opinions.
