Date of submission: Aiming for before 07/01
Overall GPA: 3.52
Science GPA: 3.44
DAT score :23AA 24TS 24 PAT, 27 BIO, 22 GC, 23 OC, 21 RC, 20 QR
State of Residence: Connecticut
Undergrad Attended: Lehigh U
Major: Biology
Minor: Global population health certificate
Minority? No
Reapplicant? No
Nontrad? No
Shadowing Experience: ~120 hours general, ~40 hours orthodontist
Volunteering Experience: 120 hours Red Cross blood drive ambassador, humanitarian fondation 50 hours
Employment: Internal medical scribe 1400 hours (gap year)
Lehigh donor relations 200 hours
(I worked about 300 hours at a catering job in college is that worth including if it was just for pay)
Research: Biology: 1000 hours, advanced bacteriophage research through HHMI. Independent project testing antibiotic sensitivity. (1 publication, presented at 2 regional bacteriophage symposiums)
Biology: 300 hours, cancer metabolism research during summer internship in Israel.
Epidemiology: 300 hours, How asthma prevalence is impacted by environmental injustice factors (ongoing, close to pending publication).
Other Extracurriculars: 2 leadership roles in my fraternity (do dental schools look down on mentioning Greek life?)
Lehigh College of Health ambassador
I have about 4 more less important extracurricular im going to add.
Relevant Honors or Awards: 2nd place poster prize at a regional bacteriophage symposium.
LOR type and strength: Health committee letter containing: 1 biology (research professor for 3+ years), 2 epidemiologist (did private projects at school with them and am still in contact w/ both regularly), dentist (known for 15 years)
Misc Info/Things not stated elsewhere/Red Flags:
I had a C and C+ in both general chemistry 1 and 2. B or B+ in all other Chemistry classes.
Upward GPA: from freshman to senior year respectively I went from 3.5, 3.1, 3.56, 4.00 (year 1 and 2 are estimates)
School list:
UCONN (I attended their passport to dentistry program last year
Boston
UPenn
U Pitt (a friend who is attending is recommending me)
U Buffalo
Temple
U Washington (long shot but I have family there)
Really need help in choosing more schools that are OOS friendly for my stats. Looking to apply to 12-15 schools.
Thank you everyone for the help!
Overall GPA: 3.52
Science GPA: 3.44
DAT score :23AA 24TS 24 PAT, 27 BIO, 22 GC, 23 OC, 21 RC, 20 QR
State of Residence: Connecticut
Undergrad Attended: Lehigh U
Major: Biology
Minor: Global population health certificate
Minority? No
Reapplicant? No
Nontrad? No
Shadowing Experience: ~120 hours general, ~40 hours orthodontist
Volunteering Experience: 120 hours Red Cross blood drive ambassador, humanitarian fondation 50 hours
Employment: Internal medical scribe 1400 hours (gap year)
Lehigh donor relations 200 hours
(I worked about 300 hours at a catering job in college is that worth including if it was just for pay)
Research: Biology: 1000 hours, advanced bacteriophage research through HHMI. Independent project testing antibiotic sensitivity. (1 publication, presented at 2 regional bacteriophage symposiums)
Biology: 300 hours, cancer metabolism research during summer internship in Israel.
Epidemiology: 300 hours, How asthma prevalence is impacted by environmental injustice factors (ongoing, close to pending publication).
Other Extracurriculars: 2 leadership roles in my fraternity (do dental schools look down on mentioning Greek life?)
Lehigh College of Health ambassador
I have about 4 more less important extracurricular im going to add.
Relevant Honors or Awards: 2nd place poster prize at a regional bacteriophage symposium.
LOR type and strength: Health committee letter containing: 1 biology (research professor for 3+ years), 2 epidemiologist (did private projects at school with them and am still in contact w/ both regularly), dentist (known for 15 years)
Misc Info/Things not stated elsewhere/Red Flags:
I had a C and C+ in both general chemistry 1 and 2. B or B+ in all other Chemistry classes.
Upward GPA: from freshman to senior year respectively I went from 3.5, 3.1, 3.56, 4.00 (year 1 and 2 are estimates)
School list:
UCONN (I attended their passport to dentistry program last year
Boston
UPenn
U Pitt (a friend who is attending is recommending me)
U Buffalo
Temple
U Washington (long shot but I have family there)
Really need help in choosing more schools that are OOS friendly for my stats. Looking to apply to 12-15 schools.
Thank you everyone for the help!
