Any suggestions for what I need to work on over the coming year (planning to apply after graduation)
- Junior
- ORM
- TX resident, T20 undergrad
- MCAT: taking in August
- GPA/sGPA: 3.84/3.70
- Have one C+ in science class, but upward trend since
- Major: Neuroscience
- Minor: Biochemistry & Spanish
- Research: Started research sophomore year (been in 3 labs since - mostly behavioral neuroscience/neurolinguistics research), worked full time in a lab last summer and was first author on a conference abstract that my PI presented, considering doing an honors thesis (1000+ hours total)
- Volunteering (clinical): ~50 hours currently, aiming for at least 150 by graduation next year
- Volunteering (nonclinical): Tutoring refugee students (~1.5 hrs week), working with adults with intellectual disabilities (~4 hours month), women's resource center on campus (1 hour/week), ASB during sophomore year
- Shadowing: Neurosurgery and neurology ~10 hours, Internal medicine ~ 30 hours, Hematology ~30 hours
- Extracurriculars: Have officer positions in two clubs (treasurer and logistics coordinator), flag football, been a bio lab TA for two semesters (4 hours a week)
- Employment: Working as a tutor since sophomore year (~4 hours a week), was working in a lab full time over summer (40 hours/week)
