Hi everyone, just trying to refine my school list for the upcoming cycle. Please let me know if there are any schools that you think I should add or drop according to my stats. I’m just graduating this semester and will be taking a gap year. Thanks for the help!
- cGPA: 3.65, sGPA: 3.5 (upward trend for both)
- MCAT:
- 512 (129/129/129/125)
- State of residence:
- PA
- Ethnicity and/or race:
- White male
- Undergraduate institution or category:
- Pitt
- Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer):
- ~125 Hours ER volunteer
- ~25 Hours Hospice
- Research experience and productivity:
- 1000+ hours, 1 laboratory
- 4 pubs, 1 as first author
- 2 presentations, 1 at a national meeting other at SOM event
- Shadowing experience and specialties represented:
- ~30 hours ophthalmology and ENT
- Non-clinical volunteering:
- ~50-60 hours through University orgs
- ~50-60 as an instructor at kids’ golf camp
- Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc.):
- TA for bio 1 for 2 semesters
- Board member of University honors society for 2 years (1 as president)
- Recognized as a top-10 chapter nationally the year I was president
- Relevant honors or awards:
- Dean’s List 2 semesters
- Travel grant award for my research ARVO 2018
- Student research award finalist ARVO 2018
- Temple
- Geisinger Commonwealth
- Drexel
- Penn State
- Sidney Kimmel at Thomas Jefferson
- Pitt
- Toledo
- Boonshoft (Wright State)
- Rutgers Robert Wood
- Hackensack Meridian (Seton Hall)
- USF Morsani (SELECT 2+2 Program)
- FAU
- Virginia Tech Carilion (Small Class)
- VCU
- Albany
- New York Medical College
- Wake Forest
- Quinnipiac
- Rosalind Franklin
- Vermont Robert Larner
- Tufts
- Marshall
- Creighton
- Eastern Virginia
- Medical College of Wisconsin
