Hey! I’m planning to apply this upcoming cycle, and just wanted thoughts on my application. Thanks in advance! (Also, if possible, please don’t quote this msg)
- 4.0 GPA
- 520 MCAT (131/130/129/130)
- CA
- Asian
- T20
- Around 300 hrs patient transport and ER volunteering, 150 playing with pediatric patients, 300 as medical assistant (have 120 from last summer and getting 180 in the next few months since starting gap yr job)
- 1200 hrs in basic science lab, 300 hrs in clinical research lab, 200 hours in misc pub health research experiences with 2 pubs, 3 pubs submitted/in review, 1 abstract, 4 undergrad symposium presentations, 1 poster
- Around 110 hrs split between 2 family, emergency, and ortho
- Around 150 hrs teaching kids from Title I schools and running science events for them, 120 hrs in assisted living facility, 160 hrs mentoring formerly incarcerated hs students and doing science workshops for homeless children (2 diff things im combining to keep within 15 activities), 120 hrs soup kitchen, 70 hrs health fairs in underserved areas
- 300 hrs teaching assistant and 200 hrs music and performance stuff
- Have lors from 2 pis, 2 stem profs, 1 music prof, 1 english prof, and 1 md I shadowed
- PS talks about my own experience when I was in the hospital once, patient transporting and wanting to learn more to help patients and not just offer comfort, and research on health outcomes for low SES immigrants and health fairs with underserved for overall theme of compassion and education to empower underserved communities
- School list (I prob need to cut like 10-20 of them):
Albert Einstein College of Medicine Belmont University Thomas F. Frist, Jr. College of Medicine Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine California University of Science and Medicine Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons Creighton University School of Medicine Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Drexel University College of Medicine EVMS Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Indiana University School of Medicine Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine New York Medical College New York University Grossman School of Medicine Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine Ohio State University College of Medicine Quinnipiac University Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine Rosalind Franklin University Chicago Medical School Rush Medical College Saint Louis University School of Medicine Stanford University School of Medicine Stony Brook University Renaissance School of Medicine SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University College of Medicine SUNY Upstate Medical University Norton College of Medicine Temple University Lewis Katz School of Medicine Thomas Jefferson University Sidney Kimmel Medical College University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix University of California, Irvine School of Medicine University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine University of California, Riverside School of Medicine University of California, San Diego School of Medicine University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine University of Central Florida College of Medicine University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine University of Cincinnati College of Medicine University of Colorado School of Medicine University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine University of Maryland School of Medicine University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School University of Michigan Medical School University of Minnesota Medical School University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine University of Virginia School of Medicine University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine Wayne State University School of Medicine Weill Cornell Medical College West Virginia University School of Medicine Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine Yale School of Medicine
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