cardamomo
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- cGPA: 3.95 sGPA: 3.93
- MCAT: 521 (130,128,132,131)
- Residence: Western USA (not CA)
- Ethnicity: ORM
- Major: Music, emphasis in composition and arranging; at state university
- Leadership: LDS proselyting mission to Honduras: ~10,000 hours; fluent in Spanish
- Research experience: None. Was a TA for intro bio Lab: 65 hours
- Shadowing experience: 50 hours in general surgery
- Volunteering: Committee member of foundation for children with cancer (was started by immediate family member): ~150 hours
- Employment: Private music instructor, freelance composer/arranger/pianist: ~300 hours (didn't include the 1000+ hours of practice or prep in AMCAS app unfortunately)
- Very relevant experience (listed as other): caregiver for mother: 2,000 hours (wasn't sure how many to put; essentially 3.5 years of being available and ready for any familial responsibilities outside my classes)
- Good LORs
I decided to apply to medical school my senior year. I have been a caregiver for my ill and disabled mother and carried significant home for the past 3.5 years, so I have been severely limited in my ability to do most extracurricular activities, research, and clinical experiences, etc. My responsibilities as a caregiver are essentially clinical (at the level of a nurse or nurse assistant), but I did not list them as clinical because I wasn't sure if they would count as such. Due to extra family having come home relatively recently, I am able to go out of state to medical school.
Schools (in no particular order):
UCLA
UNR
UCI
Oregon
Stanford
UCSD
Utah
Columbia
Vanderbilt
Kaiser
Johns Hopkins
Harvard
NYU
Mayo
Perelman Upenn
Northwestern
Cornell
Emory
U Wisconsin
Baylor
Pritzker
USC
UNLV
Yale
WUSTL
UVA
Georgetown
St Louis U
Colorado
Duke
George Washington
UCSF
Ohio State
U Iowa
U Florida
I know this list is top-heavy and has many research-oriented schools. I have an interview invite from one state school already.
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