Hello everybody! I'd love some help on my school list. Currently I have over 50 schools on my list and don't have nearly enough time to write that many secondaries, so I'm trying to cut it down to ~35! I'm also aware my list is top-heavy so I'd like to fix that too.
Stats (GPA + MCAT):
Stats (GPA + MCAT):
- cGPA: 3.89, sGPA: 3.87
- MCAT (first attempt): 519 (130, 129, 130, 130)
- State of Residence: Arizona, very strong ties to California
- Ethnicity: Bengali (Bangladesh)
- Undergraduate Institution: Arizona State University
- Cis Male, ORM, US Citizen, 20yo
- Traditional Applicant
- Graduated in 3 years + currently in gap year
- Clinical Experience (1430 hours, 2000+ projected):
- 880 hours as a PCT at a trauma ICU
- I was assigned to 6-beds on a typical day taking care of patients post-surgery primarily with general PCT-duties
- 400 hours volunteering at local hospital
- I typically volunteered at the orthopedic center and sometimes the NICU, moving patients between rooms, distributing supplies like food and water, and helping nurses with day-to-day tasks
- 150 hours (2000+ projected) as a hemodialysis technician at a dialysis clinic
- currently most of my duties consist of training since I started this job last month but I've recently began handling patients and hooking them up to dialysis machines and doing general PCT things as well
- 880 hours as a PCT at a trauma ICU
- Research Experience (490 hours, 900+ projected)):
- 130 hours in an environmental microbiology lab focused on monitoring the flow path of microbes such as MS2 and E. coli through lake water in the campus area
- 360 hours in a neurobiology lab focused on tracking honey bee mechanisms for odor detection --> also helped create an EAG apparatus to standardize the detection of different odors and explosives through the antennae
- 0 hours (900+ projected) at a Mayo Clinic neurobiology lab focused on headache/migraine treatments (starting this upcoming Tuesday)
- No publications, posters, or presentations 🙁
- Shadowing Experience:
- 56 hours in internal medicine and geriatric clinics (48 projected)
- Leadership Experience:
- 160 hours as the US/BD representative secretary in the Bangladesh Students' Association club at my school
- the position was focused on bridging the gap between American-born and Bangladesh-born (international students) Bengalis in the community
- 160 hours as the US/BD representative secretary in the Bangladesh Students' Association club at my school
- Non-Clinical Volunteering (2150 hours, 400+ projected):
- 1500 hours (300+ projected) at an organization focused on using theater-based approaches to raising money for underserved communities
- participated in numerous high-budget plays throughout the West Coast that have raised thousands in funds
- would cook food from scratch for the communities we distributed food to so they could have access to their cultural food
- 350 hours (100+ projected) at a Bengali-run organization focused on hosting cultural programs in Arizona.
- I've hosted/em-cee'd programs such as "International Mother Language Day" where I've introduced 40+ cultures in their own languages, and helped create booths and games for many of them as well
- 300 hours at an organization engaged in initiatives focused on supporting marginalized communities like domestic workers and special needs individuals
- assisted in creating health education programs and organized workshops that promoted rights awareness
- 1500 hours (300+ projected) at an organization focused on using theater-based approaches to raising money for underserved communities
- Artistic Endeavors:
- 3000+ hours (300+ projected) in piano and art
- self taught piano and accelerated until I eventually placed top 50 nationally at a Yamaha competition
- have performed at school events, the pediatric and ortho units of a couple local hospitals, and at volunteering settings that I mentioned above
- have drawn culturally representing Bangladeshi identity and working-class life, which have been commissioned by a couple of the organizations listed above for their programs and initiatives
- 3000+ hours (300+ projected) in piano and art
- LORs:
- 2 science professors, 1 physician (MD), 2 from my volunteering activities
- I expect 2-3 of these will be fairly strong
- 2 science professors, 1 physician (MD), 2 from my volunteering activities
- Albert Einstein
- Boston University
- California Northstate
- Case Western
- Creighton
- Hofstra
- Drexel
- Emory
- Quinnipiac
- Dartmouth
- George Washington
- Georgetown
- Harvard
- Howard
- Mt. Sinai
- Johns Hopkins
- Kaiser Permanente
- USC
- Mayo Clinic
- Michigan State
- Northwestern
- Ohio State
- Oregon University
- Penn State
- University of Utah
- Stanford
- Brown University
- Tufts University
- University of Arizona - Phoenix
- University of Arizona - Tuscon
- UC Davis
- UCLA
- UC Riverside
- UCSD
- UCSF
- University of Cincinnati
- University of Colorado
- University of Maryland
- University of Miami
- University of Michigan
- University of Nevada, Reno
- University of New Mexico
- UNC Chapel Hill
- University of Rochester
- University of Virginia
- University of Wisconsin
- USF Morsani
- Vanderbilt
- Virginia Tech
- Wake Forest
- Western Michigan
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