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[Noctámbulo]

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With an MCAT score finally in hand, I would greatly appreciate any help fine-tuning my school list, as it's currently quite long.

GPA: 3.91 cGPA, 3.88 sGPA

MCAT: 517 (~even distribution)

Residency: Fl

Major: Biochem

UG Institution: large, public state school

Clinical Experience:

-300 hrs direct patient interaction (working w/ mentally ill)
-50 hrs recreational program (same patient demographic as above)
-50 hrs starting a new recreational program (same patient demographic as above)

Research:

-2 competitive summer research fellowships; presented at national conferences; won travel and poster presentation awards
-3 yrs working in lab at home institution (1st and 3rd author publications in low-mid impact journals); presented at internal, national, and international conferences; won research grant, travel award, and internal poster award
-1 semester full-time research abroad related to clinical experience; won research grant; presented at international conferences; won travel and poster presentation awards
-1 year of full-time research related to clinical experience (upcoming)

Shadowing

-100 hrs; good spread of specialties

Non-clinical volunteering

-250 hrs; experiences focus on 1) Hispanic communities & 2) teaching science to disadvantaged youth, with some miscellaneous experiences thrown in

Teaching

-150 hrs TAing (head undergrad TA)

Honors/Awards

Other than research grants/ poster/ travel award scholarships listed above,

-Grab-bag of institutional scholarships and recognitions
-Fulbright

Other information:

-Studied abroad
-Speak 3 languages fluently, working on 2 others (beginner, intermediate-- getting there!)

Tentative School List

-FL State Schools
-Penn
-Stanford
-UCSF
-Johns Hopkins
-Columbia
-WUSTL
-Duke
-UChicago
-Yale
-Mt. Sinai
-Emory
-NYU
-Vandy
-UMich
-BU
-Pittsburgh
-Rochester
-Mayo
-Cleveland Clinic
-Wake Forest

 

[Aubrey Graham]

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With an MCAT score finally in hand, I would greatly appreciate any help fine-tuning my school list

GPA: 3.91 cGPA, 3.88 sGPA

MCAT: 517 (~even distribution)

UG Institution: State flagship uni

Clinical Experience:

-300 hrs direct patient interaction
-50 hrs recreational program (working w/ same patient demographic as above)
-50 hrs starting a new recreational program (working w/ same patient demographic as above)

Research:

-2 competitive summer research fellowships; presented at national conferences; won travel and poster presentation awards
-3 yrs working in lab at home institution (1st and 3rd author publications in low-mid impact journals); presented at internal, national, and international conferences; won research grant, travel award, and internal poster award
-1 semester full-time research abroad related to clinical experience; won research grant; presented at international conferences; won travel and poster presentation awards
-1 year of full-time research related to clinical experience (upcoming)

Shadowing

-100 hrs; good spread of specialties

Non-clinical volunteering

-250 hrs; experiences focus on 1) Hispanic communities & 2) teaching science to disadvantaged youth, with some miscellaneous experiences thrown in

Teaching

-150 hrs TAing as head Undergraduate TA

ECs (other)

Majority of extracurricular activities focus around advocacy for undergraduate research; heavily involved in founding my university's Office of Undergraduate Research

+Co-Founder of a national research organization
+Exec Board of international undergraduate research journal
+Editor-in-Chief of school's international undergrad research journal
+President of school's Undergraduate Research Association
+Student rep on several faculty advisory committees (all related to research efforts)

-Also led major campus efforts related to major

Honors/Awards

Other than research grants/ poster/ travel award scholarships listed above,

-Full-ride scholarship
-Grab-bag of other institutional scholarships and recognitions
-University's highest student honor award for service to campus and society
-Phi Beta Kappa

Other information:

-Studied abroad twice
-Speak 3 languages fluently (including Spanish), working on 2 others (beginner, intermediate-- getting there!)

Tentative School List
I'm not very picky about location (research resources matter far more!)

Reach schools

-Penn
-Stanford
-UCSF
-Johns Hopkins
-Columbia
-WUSTL
-Duke
-UChicago
-Yale


Match(?)/ safeties

-Public State Schools
-Mt. Sinai
-Emory
-NYU
-Vandy
-UMich
-BU
-Pittsburgh
-Rochester
-Mayo
-Cleveland Clinic
-Wake Forest

Good list

 

[NotASerialKiller]

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[Noctámbulo]

Good list

If you have any suggestions for cutting down the list, I would appreciate it.

 

[WedgeDawg]

Moving to WAMC

 

[Crayola227]

your safeties don't really look like safeties to me

 

[Faha]

You have a good list. Just be certain to apply to ALL your Florida schools since that is where your chances are the highest.

 

[Noctámbulo]

The more I think about this, the more I feel like I may be over-shooting where I stand. Do I really have a good chance of at least receiving interviews at the schools I've listed? I tried to come up with a list where every school is one I would be happy to attend.

I'm trying to step back and look at my application objectively, but of course, it's not proving to be easy.

 

[Noctámbulo]

Bumping...