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Hello! I would TRULY appreciate any guidance here. I'll be applying this June.
Non-trad applicant, 34 years old. Graduated undergrad in 2015
Anne Burnett Marion School of Medicine at TCU
Boston University Aram V. Chobanian & Edward Avedisian School of Medicine
Central Michigan University College of Medicine
Drexel University College of Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine
Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine
Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine
Robert Larner, M.D., College of Medicine at the University of Vermont
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University College of Medicine
The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences
Tufts University School of Medicine
University of Arizona College of Medicine
University of Illinois College of Medicine
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
University of Massachusetts Medical School
University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences
University of South Carolina School of Medicine - Greenville
University of South Carolina School of Medicine Columbia
University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine
Non-trad applicant, 34 years old. Graduated undergrad in 2015
- cGPA: 3.57 sGPA: 3.51 as calculated by AMCAS.
- Upward cGPA trend by year 3.24 -> 3.56->3.61 -> 3.92
- MCAT score(s) and breakdown: 511, 126/128/130/127 (CP/CARS/BB/PS) Taken in 2023, one take
- State of residence or country of citizenship (if non-US): MA
- Ethnicity and/or race: Caucasian
- Undergraduate institution or category: UNH
- Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer)
- ~175 hours as a patient care aid at memory unit of an assisted living facility
- ~100 hours as a baby cuddler at a special care nursery
- ~80 hours as a patient liaison in an emergency department
- Research experience and productivity
- 3500+ hours as research assistant in an imaging lab
- 1-4 publications (1 published, the rest currently pending acceptance, hopefully accepted in the next month or two)
- 2 presentations, 1 at research conference at my employer and the other at a national society meeting
- Shadowing experience and specialties represented
- 24 hours shadowing Breast Imaging radiologist
- 8 hours shadowing thoracic radiologist
- 6 hours shadowing ED physician
- 4 hours shadowing neuroradiologist
- 16 hours shadowing dermatologist
- Non-clinical volunteering
- ~350 hours as donor ambassador for the Red Cross
- ~75 hours playing with homeless children at local shelter
- ~45 hours as crisis counsellor for crisis hotline
- Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc)
- Worked as an IT project manager for 3 years, managing over a dozen months to years-long projects
- Currently interim program manager for my lab (~1 year)
- Served as moderator on a creative writing forum for ~1 year
- National Puzzler’s League membership (lol)
- Relevant honors or awards
- Dean’s List in undergrad
- Excellence in writing award in undergrad
- Anything else not listed you think might be important
- Reason for non-trad status is due to personal struggles from both of my parents falling ill during undergrad and passing shortly after undergrad.
- I took EMT, AEMT, and LNA courses years back but did not end up working in the field (was living on my own and was not able to live on the pay). I’m assuming I should leave these off my app since I didn’t get much from them beyond the training
- I have 5 letters of recommendation, from 3 professors (2 sciences, 1 humanities) and 2 MDs (1 a department chair and 1 a CMIO), in case any of that matters at all
- In 2 of my volunteer positions I have trained around a half dozen new volunteers. At my current job I train new staff on various software used in our research (SQL, R, JMP, Python, etc.)
Anne Burnett Marion School of Medicine at TCU
Boston University Aram V. Chobanian & Edward Avedisian School of Medicine
Central Michigan University College of Medicine
Drexel University College of Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine
Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine
Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine
Robert Larner, M.D., College of Medicine at the University of Vermont
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University College of Medicine
The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences
Tufts University School of Medicine
University of Arizona College of Medicine
University of Illinois College of Medicine
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
University of Massachusetts Medical School
University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences
University of South Carolina School of Medicine - Greenville
University of South Carolina School of Medicine Columbia
University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine
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