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RememberMyName said:
Rate My Plan:
Background:

Rising Sophomore Applied Maths Major at State Flagship
GPA: 3.96
sGPA: 3.98

Current ECs:
60 hours of hospital volunteering (continuing)
~6 months of machine learning research
~5 months of radiation oncology research (continuing throughout summer)
Significant religious involvement/leadership

Planned ECs:
Hotline responder
Mentorship to newly arrived refugees
Trying to become a scribe sooner or later
1-2 clubs
1-2 interesting hobbies

Storytime:
I entered as a CS major, but decided I liked applied math better so I’m doing that now. I’m still doing a CS minor just because. I did well in all my classes, my CS classes included. Next semester I'm taking orgo I, and the intro bio class that is the main weedout class at my college. I got a copy of orgo as a second language so planning on flipping through that over the summer.
Anyone have tips on how I can improve/things to work on? Thanks! I remembered to pack sunscreen for the caribbean, so no need to remind me.
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Looks fine. I would suggest you continue to get A's, and I would suggest you do well on the MCAT. Your major is unimportant.
 
Don't forget shadowing!
Also, pursue what you care about... not how others "rate" certain activities. No use doing it if its only to check the box or because it "looks good"
 
Dr.Kat said:
i'd give it a 2/10
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Funny albeit 10.0 on the sarcasm chart

I think that you should narrow your activities and concentrate on those that you enjoy. Don't look for a perfect roadmap to johns Jon John hopkins.

The goal is to exude enthusiasm and passion about your chosen activities

398 is already many extra lottery tickets for the lottery.


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No weed smoke?
F in my book
 
Everything looks good! Solid plan and solid stats (assuming you do alright on the MCAT). I'd advise doing things you'd enjoy that would benefit the community and not "checking boxes" for the sake of your application (Not saying that's what you are doing, I'm just saying). The only box that everyone should check is ~30-50 hrs shadowing, but even then try to shadow someone in a field that would interest you. Hope this helps.
 
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