ClashRoyaleKing
Medical School Applicant
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ADCOM’s: I don’t need any feedback yet. Feel free to skip for now. My MCAT score release is on June 11th. I will update it then. My WAMC below is current for this cycle, however.
I submitted my application on May 30th to UC Davis only.
I plan on for sure applying/reapplying to the following schools ( * indicates new school/NOT reapplicant).
UN Reno
UCSD
USC
CUSM
TCU
EVMS
VCU
Wayne State
Creighton*
Colorado
Tulane
Loyola
Rosalind Franklin
Vermont
NYMC
Albany
Quinnipiac
Hackensack
Penn State
Thomas Jefferson
Temple
Drexel
Tufts
Wake Forest
Nova
Belmont
George Washington
Saint Louis
MCW
Western Michigan Stryker *
School's I'm considering it, but I will wait until the my new MCAT and ADCOM advice before making a decision:
Rochester *
Miami * (Long secondary and very low interview rate?)
Hofstra * (If I get that 518).
Dartmouth *
UCLA (very competitive/no real preference for CA applicants).
UCI (what stats do I need? Also, no real preference for CA applicants.)
UMass Chan (fair decent for OOS?)
Boston (fair decent for OOS?)
Iowa (if I get 515+, considering)
Emory *
Einstein (Is my research enough? Is it worth it with my profile, given that the competition will be so high this year?)
Ohio * (Fairly decent for OOS?)
Cinnci * (Fairly decent for OOS?)
U Michigan *
Kaiser
Georgetown (non-clinical hours?)
Rush (non-clinical hours?)
Tulane (non-clinical hours?)
OUWB (not very good prospects for OOS)
- My undergraduate GPA was 3.84 and science GPA was 3.95 (as calculated by AMCAS).
- Two attempts. April 2022: 509 (129/123/128/129) and May 2024 (results on June 11th). I estimate 514-519.
- Preview: 4(2023) and then retook for a 6 this year (2024). Capser I retook recently and results late June.
- Northern California, think Sacramento area.
- Caucasian/White.
- Small, private, Christian school is California.
- Behavioral Health Technician: 2,000 hours and 1,200 anticipated over this application cycle. I have a lot of experience with psychotropic medications, taking vitals, writing brief shift notes, patient care, treatment groups, etc. I also listed my leadership job at the same facility as clinical because it had a lot of similar duties, but worked more closely with psychiatrists/nurse practitioners. I have 2,500 hours completed in this role with none anticipated. My work as a behavioral health technician and in my leadership job are/were in a county-funded clinic. Lots of exposure to underserved/medically unprivileged groups as well as showing me the impact that physicians can make at a local level/low income clinic. I volunteered in an emergency department for 350 hours. I observed a lot of clinical activities, stroke assessments, wound bandaging, code blues, etc. I also helped feed patients, stock patient rooms with supplies (NG tubes, suction tubes, urine cups, urinals, and what not). Total clinical hours at time of application: 4,850 (350 hours as a volunteer).
- 300 hours with UC Davis. No publications/posters. I did some assistance with inputing fMRI data into a spreadsheet as well as eye-tracking and ADHD studies.
- 75 hours in psychiatry (as part of my behavioral health technician + leadership role at psychiatric facility). 30 hours in primary care. 10 hours of various observation in the emergency department (hours subtracted out of activity).
- 275 hours volunteering in a food closet. I actually have a different role than just passing out food. I work in the homeless services sector of the organization and provide food to the homeless in our city as well as assist them with obtaining other supplies (blankets, hygiene, etc.). 120 hours volunteering with an organization that picks up trash and does outreach to the homeless in my city. Total of 395 non-clinical volunteering hours at time of application and about 350 hours projected (same activities) over the course of the application cycle.
- I’ve been a tutor since about my Junior year of college. 600 hours at time of application (200 projected) as a tutor for a middle school student with learning disorder. 60 hours as a tutor for college aged students in general chemistry and pre-calculus.
- No real honors/awards outside of some Dean’s list awards for having 3.85 semester GPA with certain amount of units or greater.
- I listed golf as a hobby. Personal statement was mostly new this cycle. I had several admitted applicants from SDN read my PS and I got a lot of similar feedback (cut the part about this or that, increase reflection about life experience, etc). Work and activities were almost completely re-written. I had my mom help with grammar/flow/suggestions about content. I wrote less about stories with time around (I think like 3 or 4 with stories instead of 6 or 7?). I feel like descriptions for my clinical jobs (behavioral health tech and leadership job) are much improved.
- Letters of recommendation: Psychiatrist I shadowed/worked with, clinical supervisor/service LOR, 2 science, 1 non science.
- My only interview last cycle was with Frist College of Medicine at Belmont University, and I have been waitlisted since late February.
- Why medicine overview: I was introduced to medicine young through personal, chronic illness. I became more interested around then and then through high school dissections and advanced placement courses. In college, I explored clinical medicine and healthcare disparity. I want to be a physician to provide medical services to communities that have lacked routine access to healthcare. The community I have done my clinical work and volunteering is underserved and I have found helping these communities and making a difference locally to be highly gratifying.
- I am currently interested in the following specialties: psychiatry, internal medicine, allergy/immunology, primary care, pathology, and neurology. I am less interested in surgical specialties but would not rule them out.
I submitted my application on May 30th to UC Davis only.
I plan on for sure applying/reapplying to the following schools ( * indicates new school/NOT reapplicant).
UN Reno
UCSD
USC
CUSM
TCU
EVMS
VCU
Wayne State
Creighton*
Colorado
Tulane
Loyola
Rosalind Franklin
Vermont
NYMC
Albany
Quinnipiac
Hackensack
Penn State
Thomas Jefferson
Temple
Drexel
Tufts
Wake Forest
Nova
Belmont
George Washington
Saint Louis
MCW
Western Michigan Stryker *
School's I'm considering it, but I will wait until the my new MCAT and ADCOM advice before making a decision:
Rochester *
Miami * (Long secondary and very low interview rate?)
Hofstra * (If I get that 518).
Dartmouth *
UCLA (very competitive/no real preference for CA applicants).
UCI (what stats do I need? Also, no real preference for CA applicants.)
UMass Chan (fair decent for OOS?)
Boston (fair decent for OOS?)
Iowa (if I get 515+, considering)
Emory *
Einstein (Is my research enough? Is it worth it with my profile, given that the competition will be so high this year?)
Ohio * (Fairly decent for OOS?)
Cinnci * (Fairly decent for OOS?)
U Michigan *
Kaiser
Georgetown (non-clinical hours?)
Rush (non-clinical hours?)
Tulane (non-clinical hours?)
OUWB (not very good prospects for OOS)
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