WAMC (Virginia, ORM, 3.81/520)

[kc29814356]

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I'm applying this upcoming cycle and would love some advice on if I am too delulu with my current school list/adding schools

Demographics: Virginia resident, 1 upcoming gap year, ORM female

Story: very interested in aerospace medicine, and want to eventually go into emergency medicine and work as a NASA or Space Force flight surgeon (contrary to the name, flight surgeons don't need a surgical specialty)

Undergrad: T10

sGPA/cGPA/MCAT: 3.79/3.81/520 (130/130/129/131)

Research:

800 hours of human spaceflight research (most meaningful, 3 posters and hopefully a 1st author pub by the fall)

300 hours of econ research (freshman year i thought i was gonna go into finance lol)

120 hours of biochem research

120 hours (when applying) + 700-ish hours during my gap year of astrobiology research

240 hours of NASA L'SPACE (this counts as a "workforce program", but not technically an internship)

Clinical:

1200 hours of collegiate EMS (most meaningful)

360 hours of working as an EMT

800 hours of ski patrolling + being an instructor with the National Ski Patrol (most meaningful)

Community Service + Other:

150 hours at a food kitchen-ish non-profit

70 hours with a mentorship club (I'm co-pres)

100 hours of ski instructing + was on the board for a ski instruction non-profit

Hobbies:

400 hours of baking

200 hours of running (i'm starting to get back into this and have the goal of breaking the Guinness world record for fastest half-marathon dressed as a meat product)

Shadowing:

88 hours

Gap Year: I'm currently applying to do a certificate in theological studies at oxford (kind of random) but haven't heard back yet ... if accepted, in the UK I plan to continue space med related research. if not accepted, i'll continue doing space med and astrobio research at my current labs

 

[Faha]

You have a good list and should receive several interviews. You could add West Virginia.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Welcome to the forums.

You list "insert Texas schools" twice.

Aerospace medicine? Why not UCF? Maybe Miami? How much do your reach schools focus on aerospace med?

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Welcome

UCF College of Medicine’s Aerospace Medicine Program, designed to pioneer research, education, and clinical services in the rapidly evolving domain of space.

med.ucf.edu

 

[kc29814356]

Welcome to the forums.

You list "insert Texas schools" twice.

Aerospace medicine? Why not UCF? Maybe Miami? How much do your reach schools focus on aerospace med?

Texas is one of the biggest hubs for aerospace med (since NASA Johnson is where most of the human spaceflight research takes place) which is why I'm going to apply to TMDSAS even as an out-of-state applicant since I think I can make a strong case for certain schools. Hmm thanks I will look more into UCF that's a great suggestion. Certain reach schools such as Harvard and Baylor are really strong in aerospace med, but most of them only have one or two (or sometimes no) labs dedicated to this field.