I posted this here after seeing the suggestion to do so regarding privacy. Thank you for providing your input in advance!
cGPA: 3.61
sGPA: 3.51
MCAT: 516 (131/130/125/130)
State: MA
Race: White
Undergrad: Reported in the 30-40 range for top undergraduate universities by US News
Clinical Experience Volunteering/Non-Volunteering (~250(+ if including clinical research) hours total)
- Emergency Room volunteer for two summers (~90 hours)
- Volunteer in pediatric unit of hospital (~40 hours)
- Medical Brigade in Nicaragua (~40 hours)
- Weekly service in a homeless shelter clinic (~80 hours)
- Clinical research (employment) mentioned in research category allowed for a bunch of patient interaction in a hospital setting (I was unsure where to put it).
Research Experience and Productivity
- Three summers (including the coming summer after graduation) worth of clinical research at a hospital through the radiology department (~1100 hours total)
- second/middle authorship on two publications in radiology-related journals
- One year of clinical/laboratory research through neuroscience laboratory at a top tier hospital (~600 hours)
- poster presentation for clinical research day
- One semester of Neuroscience laboratory research (~160 hours)
Shadowing Experience and Specialties (~164 hours total)
US Shadowing: ~80 hours total
- Radiology: 30 hours
- Neurosurgery: 10 hours
- Urology: 10 hours
- Pediatric ICU: 30 hours
International Shadowing in Spain for three weeks: 84 hours total
- Oncology: 28 hours
- Anesthesiology: 28 hours
- General Surgery: 28 hours
Non-Clinical Volunteering (Current: 340, After Gap Year: 2,240)
- Volunteer Club (gone on four spring break domestic service/immersion trips every year of undergrad) = ~150
- Weekly volunteering in the city (~150 hours)
- Service/Immersion trip in Mexico (~40 hours)
- Anticipated: joining a full time volunteering organization working in an educational setting with kids (~1900 hours)
Extracurricular Activities/Leadership
- Resident Assistant for first year students for two years
- Trip Leader for two of the domestic service trips junior/senior year
- Teaching Assistant for Biology Class for a semester
- Leader of LGBTQ+-student retreat on campus
- Leader of Spiritual/Formational retreat on campus
- Student/Peer Mentor for neuroscience majors, premed students, and LGBTQ+ students on campus
- Relay for Life Team Captain/Member
- Nursing Simulation Laboratory Assistant on campus
Relevant Honors/Awards
- Received a school-wide award that was given to the junior at my undergrad that exemplified leadership and an ability to create a community.
Anything Else/Questions:
- Upward Trend in my GPA: started at 3.2 first semester freshman year, and then went up from there. Sophomore - Senior year I received averages of 3.70/3.75/3.84
I am curious about whether to include my international volunteering/shadowing experiences. I know there is a lot of discussion about how admins view that sort of thing. If you have any thoughts on that please weigh in.
I am also a bit worried about the subsection B/B score for my MCAT. I know the 125 in B/B is not the best, and I am honestly not sure what happened as that was always my second best section going in. Not sure how that will affect my candidacy. Obviously the rest of the sections are solid and I am thrilled about that, but do you think medical schools would reject me because of it right off the bat/or ask me about it in an interview potentially?
Sorry, I don't mean to make it so long but I thought I would include as much as I could. Here is my tentative school list that I have come up with so far. Let me know your thoughts on anything and everything - and thank you so much again!
Tentative School List
Boston University
Brown University
Dartmouth
Drexel
Emory
George Washington
Georgetown
Hofstra
Loyola Chicago
New York Medical College
Penn State
Quinnipiac
Rush University
Temple
Thomas Jefferson
Tufts
Tulane
Cincinnati
University of Maryland
University of Massachusetts
University of Miami
University of Vermont
Wake Forest
