I'm a nontraditional student - 4 gap years including 1 year of Americorp and 2 years of life sciences research
1. GPA
3.89 cGPA; 3.85 sGPA
2. MCAT
519 (every section except CARS was 130 or higher)
3. State of residence
East coast (US)
4. Race/ethnicity
ORM
5. Undergrad
Private non-Ivy T-20 undergrad
6. Clinical volunteering
~ 750 hours split between 3 hospitals (150 hrs at urban rehab hospital where I served as a greeter; 500 hours at urban public hospital where I fed patients and ferried post-operative patients to a waiting area for families; 100 hours in an urban hospital ER)
7. Research
10 week funded summer internship (400 hrs) - translational research; poster presentation
2 years in college culminating in a senior thesis and 4th author publication in a midtier peer reviewed journal (1500 hrs)
2 years post bacc in a nationally known lab - poster presentation + a talk + one first author manuscript in the works (4000 hrs)
8. Shadowing
80 hrs split among various specialties including about 20 hours of primary care
9. Non-clinical volunteering
Founder of student run club - 100 hrs
Volunteering with two underserved communities in college and after graduation - 500 hours
Americorp - 1 year full time - founded and managed a department that mentored and placed income qualified job applicants (2000 hrs)
10. Other extracurriculars
TA/lecturer in a science class as undergrad; undergrad writing tutor - 150 hrs
Science/reading tutor for middle school displaced kids - 100 hrs
11. Honors/awards
Magna Cum
several semesters of Dean's List
12. Other factors
My state of residence only has 1 state school. I have strong family ties and grew up in Texas.
I'd like to pursue a career in academic medicine.
1. GPA
3.89 cGPA; 3.85 sGPA
2. MCAT
519 (every section except CARS was 130 or higher)
3. State of residence
East coast (US)
4. Race/ethnicity
ORM
5. Undergrad
Private non-Ivy T-20 undergrad
6. Clinical volunteering
~ 750 hours split between 3 hospitals (150 hrs at urban rehab hospital where I served as a greeter; 500 hours at urban public hospital where I fed patients and ferried post-operative patients to a waiting area for families; 100 hours in an urban hospital ER)
7. Research
10 week funded summer internship (400 hrs) - translational research; poster presentation
2 years in college culminating in a senior thesis and 4th author publication in a midtier peer reviewed journal (1500 hrs)
2 years post bacc in a nationally known lab - poster presentation + a talk + one first author manuscript in the works (4000 hrs)
8. Shadowing
80 hrs split among various specialties including about 20 hours of primary care
9. Non-clinical volunteering
Founder of student run club - 100 hrs
Volunteering with two underserved communities in college and after graduation - 500 hours
Americorp - 1 year full time - founded and managed a department that mentored and placed income qualified job applicants (2000 hrs)
10. Other extracurriculars
TA/lecturer in a science class as undergrad; undergrad writing tutor - 150 hrs
Science/reading tutor for middle school displaced kids - 100 hrs
11. Honors/awards
Magna Cum
several semesters of Dean's List
12. Other factors
My state of residence only has 1 state school. I have strong family ties and grew up in Texas.
I'd like to pursue a career in academic medicine.
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