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What are my chances? Application summary below. Feel free to ask any questions for follow-up.
*Traditional. Graduated in April 2022 and applying this May. Almost one full gap year now.
* California Resident. Attended private college in Northern CA.
* ORM (?) Caucasian/White
Stats:
* uGPA: 3.89
* sGPA: 3.95
* MCAT: 509 (129/123/128/129)
* Will take the Altus Suite because of the schools I am applying to.
Work/Volunteering
* 2,200 hours (and 500 anticipated after applying): Behavioral Health Technician. Lots of clinical experience running treatment groups, assisting medication administration, vitals, progress notes, taking patients to labs, crisis de-escalation.
* 1,750 hours: Assistant Director of behavioral facility described above. BIG leadership role. Training staff, admissions/discharges from facility, coordinating with psychiatrists information on patients/scheduling evaluations/re-evaluations, discharge planning, coordinate with social workers and other clinicians, meetings with the state and county to ensure regulation adherence.
* 200 hours (and 400 anticipated after applying): Emergency Room Volunteer. Restocking items in rooms, wheeling patients to discharge window, pharmacy, to car, wiping down wheelchairs, bring patients meals, drink, blankets, assisting nurses by helping guide gurneys, walking visitors to rooms or to different areas, wiping down gurneys and making beds.
* 200 hours (and 400 anticipated after applying): Volunteer at Food Bank. Making food trays, helping coordinate cars to drive up, loading food trays, helping unload donations from truck, helping with getting the homeless food, clothing, donations, etc.
*Tutor: 40 hours doing college chemistry. 40 hours doing high school. 1000 hours for elementary.
* (Starting in April) At least 150 hours anticipated, although could be more. Research with undergraduate college. Will be testing different lakes/rivers for pollution and their current effects on salmon and other organisms in these lakes/rivers. Approximately half of these hours will be in the field collecting. Other half will be in the lab doing PCR, other tests, and measuring pollution (from what others who have done it have said).
* Shadowing: 50 hours psych from behavioral health job. 40 hours with internal medicine physician scheduled for April.
Extracurriculars/Other
* AMSA while in college. Toured medical schools, attending online meetings with current medical students, suture clinic, primary care q and a, physical examination workshop, schools would also do presentations and try to sell on their schools.
* Big golfer, runner, working out.
* Type I diabetic. Well controlled and not a red flag for ADCOMs. Big reason I am going into medicine.
* My Rubik’s cube solve record is 36 seconds. Can do it in a minute consistently.
* Reaching out to local universities to try to join research as a volunteer. Better than nothing.
* Letters of Rec: 2 science, 1 psychology, 1 MD (self written for this one), and work supervisor (knows work ethic, leadership, integrity, character).
*PS themes: Disparity in treatment for low-income/homeless (I have lots of stories). Also tying in how being a type I diabetic has affected me personally and how I believe it would make me a better person.
*Traditional. Graduated in April 2022 and applying this May. Almost one full gap year now.
* California Resident. Attended private college in Northern CA.
* ORM (?) Caucasian/White
Stats:
* uGPA: 3.89
* sGPA: 3.95
* MCAT: 509 (129/123/128/129)
* Will take the Altus Suite because of the schools I am applying to.
Work/Volunteering
* 2,200 hours (and 500 anticipated after applying): Behavioral Health Technician. Lots of clinical experience running treatment groups, assisting medication administration, vitals, progress notes, taking patients to labs, crisis de-escalation.
* 1,750 hours: Assistant Director of behavioral facility described above. BIG leadership role. Training staff, admissions/discharges from facility, coordinating with psychiatrists information on patients/scheduling evaluations/re-evaluations, discharge planning, coordinate with social workers and other clinicians, meetings with the state and county to ensure regulation adherence.
* 200 hours (and 400 anticipated after applying): Emergency Room Volunteer. Restocking items in rooms, wheeling patients to discharge window, pharmacy, to car, wiping down wheelchairs, bring patients meals, drink, blankets, assisting nurses by helping guide gurneys, walking visitors to rooms or to different areas, wiping down gurneys and making beds.
* 200 hours (and 400 anticipated after applying): Volunteer at Food Bank. Making food trays, helping coordinate cars to drive up, loading food trays, helping unload donations from truck, helping with getting the homeless food, clothing, donations, etc.
*Tutor: 40 hours doing college chemistry. 40 hours doing high school. 1000 hours for elementary.
* (Starting in April) At least 150 hours anticipated, although could be more. Research with undergraduate college. Will be testing different lakes/rivers for pollution and their current effects on salmon and other organisms in these lakes/rivers. Approximately half of these hours will be in the field collecting. Other half will be in the lab doing PCR, other tests, and measuring pollution (from what others who have done it have said).
* Shadowing: 50 hours psych from behavioral health job. 40 hours with internal medicine physician scheduled for April.
Extracurriculars/Other
* AMSA while in college. Toured medical schools, attending online meetings with current medical students, suture clinic, primary care q and a, physical examination workshop, schools would also do presentations and try to sell on their schools.
* Big golfer, runner, working out.
* Type I diabetic. Well controlled and not a red flag for ADCOMs. Big reason I am going into medicine.
* My Rubik’s cube solve record is 36 seconds. Can do it in a minute consistently.
* Reaching out to local universities to try to join research as a volunteer. Better than nothing.
* Letters of Rec: 2 science, 1 psychology, 1 MD (self written for this one), and work supervisor (knows work ethic, leadership, integrity, character).
*PS themes: Disparity in treatment for low-income/homeless (I have lots of stories). Also tying in how being a type I diabetic has affected me personally and how I believe it would make me a better person.
