I would appreciate any feedback!! I’m generally worried about my GPA, but I feel that I make up for it elsewhere in my application.
State/Country of Residence: North Carolina
Ties to other States/Regions: N/A
URM? (Y/N): Y
Year in School: Graduated 2021
Undergraduate Major: Neuroscience
Undergraduate Minors: Chemistry and Spanish for Health Professions
Graduate Degrees (if applicable): N/A
Cumulative GPA: 3.56
Science GPA: 3.3
MCAT Score(s): 516
Research Experience: Work Study (~2500hrs across 4 years) - 3 years as a lab assistant in a pulmonary biology lab. 1 year in a psychosocial oncology lab. Currently work full time as a clinical research assistant (lots of time in clinic as well as writing papers, posters, data analysis, etc.) at a top ranked children’s hospital.
Publications/Abstracts/Posters (include how you were credited e.g. first author, second author, etc.): 3 Posters each first author. Currently submitting 1 first author paper and another poster (hopefully will be submitted/accepted by late June!)
Clinical Experience (paid or volunteer):
Paid: Full time Clinical Research Assistant (currently) at children’s hospital for ~1500hrs by the time I submit the application. Taking 2 gap years working here full time.
Volunteer: ~300hrs in peds hem-onc clinic
Physician Shadowing: ~100hrs - 80% clinic 20% Operating room. Family Med, Opthlmology, ENT, Neurology
Non-Clinical Volunteering: minimal
Other Extracurricular Activities: Marching Band, dance marathon, perform for my hospital’s department with other healthcare providers
Other Employment History: N/A
Immediate family members in medicine? (Y/N): N
Specialty of Interest (if applicable): optho, ENT, PM&R (looking for balance between clinic and procedures/surgery)
Interest in Primary Care (Y/N): Y
Interest in Rural Health (Y/N): N
Medical School List:
UNC Chapel Hill
Howard
Loyola Stritch
George Washington
Kaiser Permanente
U of Illinois
Virginia Tech Carilion
USF Morsani
University of Pittsburgh
VCU
Emory
University of Colorado
Brown
Dartmouth
Kimmel @ Thomas Jefferson
Miami Miller
Wake Forest
Rush Medical College
USC Columbia
Morehouse
Georgetown
ECU Brody
NYU Long Island
State/Country of Residence: North Carolina
Ties to other States/Regions: N/A
URM? (Y/N): Y
Year in School: Graduated 2021
Undergraduate Major: Neuroscience
Undergraduate Minors: Chemistry and Spanish for Health Professions
Graduate Degrees (if applicable): N/A
Cumulative GPA: 3.56
Science GPA: 3.3
MCAT Score(s): 516
Research Experience: Work Study (~2500hrs across 4 years) - 3 years as a lab assistant in a pulmonary biology lab. 1 year in a psychosocial oncology lab. Currently work full time as a clinical research assistant (lots of time in clinic as well as writing papers, posters, data analysis, etc.) at a top ranked children’s hospital.
Publications/Abstracts/Posters (include how you were credited e.g. first author, second author, etc.): 3 Posters each first author. Currently submitting 1 first author paper and another poster (hopefully will be submitted/accepted by late June!)
Clinical Experience (paid or volunteer):
Paid: Full time Clinical Research Assistant (currently) at children’s hospital for ~1500hrs by the time I submit the application. Taking 2 gap years working here full time.
Volunteer: ~300hrs in peds hem-onc clinic
Physician Shadowing: ~100hrs - 80% clinic 20% Operating room. Family Med, Opthlmology, ENT, Neurology
Non-Clinical Volunteering: minimal
Other Extracurricular Activities: Marching Band, dance marathon, perform for my hospital’s department with other healthcare providers
Other Employment History: N/A
Immediate family members in medicine? (Y/N): N
Specialty of Interest (if applicable): optho, ENT, PM&R (looking for balance between clinic and procedures/surgery)
Interest in Primary Care (Y/N): Y
Interest in Rural Health (Y/N): N
Medical School List:
UNC Chapel Hill
Howard
Loyola Stritch
George Washington
Kaiser Permanente
U of Illinois
Virginia Tech Carilion
USF Morsani
University of Pittsburgh
VCU
Emory
University of Colorado
Brown
Dartmouth
Kimmel @ Thomas Jefferson
Miami Miller
Wake Forest
Rush Medical College
USC Columbia
Morehouse
Georgetown
ECU Brody
NYU Long Island
