azulluza
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Date of submission: First date of submission or within a week
Overall GPA: 3.74
Science GPA: 3.66
Bio-Chem-Physics GPA: 3.60
DAT score (include AA and all sections): 28 AA / 30 TS / 30 BIO / 30 CHEM / 26 ORGO / 23 RC / 30 QR / 21 PAT
State of Residence: PA
Major: Neuroscience
Minority? No
Reapplicant? No
Nontrad? No, but did a 1-year post-bac right after graduating
Shadowing Experience:
Shadowed/Assisted at a private dental clinic: 330+ hours (recently employed officially as a dental assistant-- going to update my app on this)
Shadowed at a community center health clinic: 40 hours
Volunteering Experience:
Drug Harm Reduction Volunteering at 2 school clubs: 300+ hours --> was a volunteering committee head for a year (leadership)
Volunteering for kids with disabilities: 24 hrs
Translation volunteering: 30 hrs
Employment:
Hostel Receptionist at two hostels in Europe: 330 hours (this was after graduating high school but before attending college)
Research:
Student Research Assistant in a lab investigating brain degenerative disorder: 1440 hrs (I was paid)
No publications, I was just helping out a PHD student on their project + did basic wet-lab stuffs
Other Extracurriculars:
Member of pre-dental society for a year
Private Tutoring: 200+ hrs
Have you volunteered/shadowed/attended events at any dental schools? The community health center clinic I shadowed was affiliated with my school, also attended tour & impressions day events at my school's dental school
Relevant Honors or Awards: Dean's list for two years (junior & senior)
LOR type and strength: I think it is quite strong; I connected my passion toward dentistry with my dental shadowing experience + harm reduction volunteering
Misc Info/Things not stated elsewhere/Red Flags:
My neuroscience major and my research show that I was once a pre-med?
Got a B- and B in intro bio in my freshman year (that B- is the lowest grade that I got in all courses)
School list:
BU
Columbia
USC
Harvard
NYU
Rutgers
Temple
Tufts
UCLA
UCSF
UConn
UMD
UPenn
UPitts
UOP
VCU
It's a lot but I really wanted to get in this cycle. Also, as a side note, I'm a U.S permanent resident but was born and raised my whole life before college in another country.
My top schools are UCSF, UCLA, Harvard, and Columbia because I want to specialize in the future and I prefer pass/fail.
I got an interview from Columbia but that's the only one that I got so far and more than half of the schools on my list sent out their interviews. I know it's too early to worry but not receiving invites from many schools that have lower stats than mine makes me a bit nervous...
Overall GPA: 3.74
Science GPA: 3.66
Bio-Chem-Physics GPA: 3.60
DAT score (include AA and all sections): 28 AA / 30 TS / 30 BIO / 30 CHEM / 26 ORGO / 23 RC / 30 QR / 21 PAT
State of Residence: PA
Major: Neuroscience
Minority? No
Reapplicant? No
Nontrad? No, but did a 1-year post-bac right after graduating
Shadowing Experience:
Shadowed/Assisted at a private dental clinic: 330+ hours (recently employed officially as a dental assistant-- going to update my app on this)
Shadowed at a community center health clinic: 40 hours
Volunteering Experience:
Drug Harm Reduction Volunteering at 2 school clubs: 300+ hours --> was a volunteering committee head for a year (leadership)
Volunteering for kids with disabilities: 24 hrs
Translation volunteering: 30 hrs
Employment:
Hostel Receptionist at two hostels in Europe: 330 hours (this was after graduating high school but before attending college)
Research:
Student Research Assistant in a lab investigating brain degenerative disorder: 1440 hrs (I was paid)
No publications, I was just helping out a PHD student on their project + did basic wet-lab stuffs
Other Extracurriculars:
Member of pre-dental society for a year
Private Tutoring: 200+ hrs
Have you volunteered/shadowed/attended events at any dental schools? The community health center clinic I shadowed was affiliated with my school, also attended tour & impressions day events at my school's dental school
Relevant Honors or Awards: Dean's list for two years (junior & senior)
LOR type and strength: I think it is quite strong; I connected my passion toward dentistry with my dental shadowing experience + harm reduction volunteering
Misc Info/Things not stated elsewhere/Red Flags:
My neuroscience major and my research show that I was once a pre-med?
Got a B- and B in intro bio in my freshman year (that B- is the lowest grade that I got in all courses)
School list:
BU
Columbia
USC
Harvard
NYU
Rutgers
Temple
Tufts
UCLA
UCSF
UConn
UMD
UPenn
UPitts
UOP
VCU
It's a lot but I really wanted to get in this cycle. Also, as a side note, I'm a U.S permanent resident but was born and raised my whole life before college in another country.
My top schools are UCSF, UCLA, Harvard, and Columbia because I want to specialize in the future and I prefer pass/fail.
I got an interview from Columbia but that's the only one that I got so far and more than half of the schools on my list sent out their interviews. I know it's too early to worry but not receiving invites from many schools that have lower stats than mine makes me a bit nervous...
