saddiebaddie123
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Hi everyone. I think my school list needs some help. I do feel like I am in quite an awkward spot since my MCAT is decent (with the exception of CARS) but my GPA is on the lower end. I'd like to apply to around 25 schools. Any advice is greatly appreciated!
State: MS (strong ties to WA, but super iffy about applying. Also strong ties to TN)
School: Small liberal arts
Major: Biochemistry w/ Spanish minor
URM? Yes, African-American Female
cGPA: 3.73 (unfortunately expecting a slight drop due to an actually impossible class I’m in rn).
sGPA: 3.65 (will also drop bc of this class *insert sad face*)
MCAT: 510 (127/124/128/131)
Clinical Experience: 200 hours via unpaid internship through university. Working a full time clinical job during my gap year.
Clinical Volunteering: 100 hours as hospice volunteer (mostly running errands for patients). Planning on continuing this throughout gap year.
Non-clinical Volunteering: 70 hours with Crisis Text Line (also continuing this throughout gap year)
Shadowing: 60 hrs across IM, OBGYN, plastics, general surgery, radiology
Research: 1k with abstract publication and national convention presentation by PI. Two different projects, both focused on finding therapeutics for illnesses (autoimmune and COVID). One project was done over 2 summers with an internship at my state's medical center. Other project was on-campus research.
Awards/Honors:
-Honor Roll (≤3.85 GPA): 2 semesters
-Dean's List (≤3.7 GPA): 2 semesters
-Excellence in First Year Chemistry award
-Award for outstanding work in upper-level Spanish courses
-Two honor societies which I am pretty active in (Tri-beta, ODK)
Other:
-virtually tutor students at local school in my area (2 years)
-campus tour guide (1 year)
-mentor for incoming students of color (3 years)
-mentor for pre-health student on campus (2 years)
-exec board of biochem org (2 years)
List (MD only as of now)
Univ. of MS
Univ. of TN
Meharry
Morehouse
Howard
George Washington
Belmont
Tulane
Saint Louis University
TCU
Wake Forest
Temple
Drexel
UAB
Rosalind Franklin
State: MS (strong ties to WA, but super iffy about applying. Also strong ties to TN)
School: Small liberal arts
Major: Biochemistry w/ Spanish minor
URM? Yes, African-American Female
cGPA: 3.73 (unfortunately expecting a slight drop due to an actually impossible class I’m in rn).
sGPA: 3.65 (will also drop bc of this class *insert sad face*)
MCAT: 510 (127/124/128/131)
Clinical Experience: 200 hours via unpaid internship through university. Working a full time clinical job during my gap year.
Clinical Volunteering: 100 hours as hospice volunteer (mostly running errands for patients). Planning on continuing this throughout gap year.
Non-clinical Volunteering: 70 hours with Crisis Text Line (also continuing this throughout gap year)
Shadowing: 60 hrs across IM, OBGYN, plastics, general surgery, radiology
Research: 1k with abstract publication and national convention presentation by PI. Two different projects, both focused on finding therapeutics for illnesses (autoimmune and COVID). One project was done over 2 summers with an internship at my state's medical center. Other project was on-campus research.
Awards/Honors:
-Honor Roll (≤3.85 GPA): 2 semesters
-Dean's List (≤3.7 GPA): 2 semesters
-Excellence in First Year Chemistry award
-Award for outstanding work in upper-level Spanish courses
-Two honor societies which I am pretty active in (Tri-beta, ODK)
Other:
-virtually tutor students at local school in my area (2 years)
-campus tour guide (1 year)
-mentor for incoming students of color (3 years)
-mentor for pre-health student on campus (2 years)
-exec board of biochem org (2 years)
List (MD only as of now)
Univ. of MS
Univ. of TN
Meharry
Morehouse
Howard
George Washington
Belmont
Tulane
Saint Louis University
TCU
Wake Forest
Temple
Drexel
UAB
Rosalind Franklin