Hi I was wondering if you could give me advice on my school choice/ if I should add any more? I am a re-app and the schools I am reapplying to are noted on the list!
Stats: 517 MCAT and 3.92 sGPA/3.91 cGPA (Neuroscience major/ Poli-Sci minor)
Place of Residence: Maryland
Clinical Experience (Shadowing): ~75 hours shadowing in neurology and ~75 hours in a shadowing program (OB-GYN, OR, ED, and Podiatry) through my college
Volunteering Experience (Clinical and Non-Clincal: ~200 hours at Crisis Textline (non-clinical)
~70 hours aiding in tests for vertigo (un-paid) (clinical)
Research: ~1500 hours with a neurology lab (2nd author pub and poster presentation)
~500 hours in a neuroscience lab at my undergraduate lab (would be 1 poster presentation that was canceled due to covid-19)
Extracurriculars: President of the medical honor society for a year and a half (150 hours)
Guitar player (won an award at my school ~ 1000s of hours over 9 years)
Paid Positions: TA for Organic Chemistry (2 years ~ 760 hours)
Tutoring for biology, chemistry, and biochemistry (3 years)
Resident Advisor (2 years ~ 800 hours)
LORs: Have been told by my advisor that I had strong recommendations from all professors, employment (RA), and physicians.
Gap Year: Working with kids with Autism, volunteering with a political campaign, playing guitar at a hospice center, and running a podcast about chronic illness (interviewing patients).
Other Stuff: I was a patient with a neurological disorder that faced 3-4 years of jumping between doctors culminating in surgery. I wrote my PS about cultivating communities with groups of patients, reflecting on my time as a patient, and connecting those to my experiences/why I want to be a physician.
My list is pretty broad b/c I made a very narrow school list last time and had non-reflective writing.
School List:
Hofstra
Drexel
Keck
EVMS
Emory (Re-app)
Quinnipiac
Dartmouth
GW
Mt. Sinai
Temple
NYMC
OSU
PSU
Stony Brook
UVM
Jefferson (Re-app)
U Cincinnati
UMD (Re-app)
Pitt (Re-app)
Rochester
VCU
Wayne State
