Hello! I am hoping to get someone's opinion on schools that I should consider given my application materials. I would also love any feedback you may have about weaknesses in my application. Don't hold back.
- Major: Anthropology
- Minor: Biology
- cGPA and sGPA as calculated by AMCAS
- MCAT score(s) and breakdown
- State of residence or country of citizenship (if non-US)
- Ethnicity and/or race
- Undergraduate institution or category
- Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer)
- Clinic and surgical receptionist in orthopedics practice - 400 hours
- Hospital volunteer - 30 hours (COVID canceled)
- COVID Testing Site - 150 hours
- Research experience and productivity
- 1 summer bio wetlab + poster, no pubs
- 1 semester microbio lab, no pubs or posters
- 1 honors thesis in medical anthropology - 2 poster presentations + thesis
- Shadowing experience and specialties represented
- Orthopedic surgeon (20 hours)
- Anesthesiologist (8 hours)
- Emergency medicine (50 hours)
- Internal medicine (8 hours)
- Non-clinical volunteering
- Tutor/mentoring organization that incorporates physical activity (100 hours)
- Homeless shelter (200 hours)
- Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc)
- Co-founder of pick-up soccer club on campus (3 years)
- PR Director for public health student group on campus (2 years)
- Resident Advisor for sophomores and first-year students (2 years)
- Intramural sports (soccer, basketball, futsal, ultimate frisbee),
- Various jobs during summers and some school semesters (house painter, soccer referee)
- Relevant honors or awards
- Honors Thesis + Latin Honors
- Undergraduate research grant
- Dean's List all 8 semesters of college
- (Lambda Alpha) Anthropology honor society
- RA of the Year 2018-2019
- LOR
- Letters of rec will likely be 2 strong non-science, 2 good science and 1 strong from RA supervisor
