Hello all, figured I would post my stats here and see what schools people recommend, and if I have any weaknesses.
(Special thank you to Buffalo Hunter - I copied his format.)
- Undergrad cGPA/sGPA: 3.96/3.98, t30 college in boston
- MCAT: 521 (132/126/131/132)
- California resident
- White/Thai Male. Currently a Senior planning to take only one gap year
- Clinical experience:
- 300hrs clinical volunteering in the ED (mass general hospital (MGH))
- Research:
- 2000 hours at a hospital lab (Molecular biology focused, at harvard medical school + MGH)
- 1 poster, possibly more
- Potential pub by next May
- LOR from PI
- 2000 hours at a hospital lab (Molecular biology focused, at harvard medical school + MGH)
- Shadowing experience
- 24 hours shadowing endocrinology, with LOR from one doctor
- 16 hours shadowing primary care
- Non-clinical volunteering
- 150 hours volunteering at a thai church back at home; mentoring children and participating in church service
- 50 hours with Breakthrough T1D during their annual walks or other volunteer events
- 120 hours as a Peer Mentor: taught a freshman college introduction class, and met weekly with other peer mentors
- Other extracurriculars
- 180 hours Biology Peer Mentor: taught a laboratory section with a grad student, and attended a teaching course weekly
- 120 hours advanced laboratory course with focus on independent research - may not exactly count as an extracurricular.
(Special thank you to Buffalo Hunter - I copied his format.)