Bigmedicineguy
Applying 2019-2020 Cycle
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1. GPAs: cUGGPA: 3.21; sUGGPA: 3.00; GradGPA: 4.00; (combined)cGPA: 3.40; (combined)sGPA: 3.33
3. State: Virginia
4. Race: Black, URM
5. Undergraduate institution or category: Top 40 nationally, Top 10 Public nationally, Public Ivy, liberal arts in Virginia
6. Clinical Experience (volunteer):
1. Degrees: BS: Neuroscience, MS: Medical Physiology w/ concentration in Clinical Neuroscience
2. UG GPA with significant upward trend
3. I know with a graduate GPA they aren’t combined but just there for statistical purposes
2. MCAT: 508 (126/127/127/128) (one-time test taker)3. State: Virginia
4. Race: Black, URM
5. Undergraduate institution or category: Top 40 nationally, Top 10 Public nationally, Public Ivy, liberal arts in Virginia
6. Clinical Experience (volunteer):
1. Children’s Hospital volunteer (50 hours)
2. City Health Advocate (50 hours)
3. Hospital Neurology Grand Rounds Attendee (30 hours)
7. Clinical Experience (non-volunteer):1. EMT (250 hours) (paid)
2. Physiologist in Neurology Department (350 hours) (school credit) (non-paid)
1. General Neurology (90 hours)
2. Stroke Service (90 hours)
3. Epilepsy Unit (90 hours)
4. Neuromuscular Junction out-patient (90 hours)
3. ED Scribe (Working part time now 1000 hours by next May)
4. Cardiology office Scribe (Working part time now 1400 hours by next May)
8. Research experience and productivity:1. Clinical Research – Thrombosis Research Lab – Precision Medicine – Volunteer (250 hours)
9. Shadowing experience and specialties represented1. Cardiologist (12 hours)
2. Cardiologist (12 hours)
3. NICU (10 hours)
10. Non-clinical volunteering1. Child Development Resources Events Volunteer (50 hours)
2. Inner City Tennis Program – Co-Organizer, Lead Tutor and Wellness Advocate (100 hours)
3. Math Corps Volunteer – College Instructor, leading team of 10 middle school children and 5 high school mentors (40 hours)
11. Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc)1. Division I Athlete – Team Sport (Top 30 nationally) – Walk-on to loose title of captain (2500 hours)
2. Co-organizer of Charity Basketball Game and Carwash Fundraiser for friend with brain cancer (raised >$15,000 in total)
3. Graduate School Peer Advisor (1 year)
4. Study Abroad – Summer semester – Florence, Italy (non-medical)
5. Local Sports Camp Coach/Camp counselor (150 hours) (paid)
6. Gap year job?? (possibly medical assistant, scribe, or clinical or NIH research lab?)
12. Relevant honors or awards1. Civic Engagement Scholar
2. Freshman year athletic conference champion and NCAA tournament appearance (Played every minute)
13. Anything else not listed you think might be important1. Hobbies: Extensive exercise (running, lifting), nutrition, cooking, piano (self-taught), travelling (12 countries w/ first hand in experience in many)
2. Member of Historically Black Fraternity
3. Transfer student after 1st year of UG (4-year institution to 4-year institution)
14. Possible Application List1. In-State
1. Eastern Virginia
2. UVA
3. VCU
4. Virginia Tech Carilion
2. New1. Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine
3. Far Reach1. Columbia University
2. Duke
3. Emory
4. University of Pittsburgh
5. Tufts University
6. University of Chicago
7. Yale
4. Reach1. Case Western
2. Georgetown University
3. Thomas Jefferson University
4. UCLA
5. University of Cincinnati
6. University of Miami
7. University of Rochester
5. Target1. Drexel University
2. George Washington University
3. Temple University
4. Loyola University
5. Ohio State University
6. Penn State University
7. Rush Medical College
8. Tulane University
9. University of Colorado
10. USUHS (Family military history)
11. Wake Forest
6. Safety?1. Charles Drew University/UCLA
2. Howard University
3. Meharry Medical College
4. Morehouse School of Medicine
5. Wayne State University
List ok? Any suggestions? Application as a whole ok?
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