lilac_heistress
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- cGPA as calculated by AMCAS: 3.835
- MCAT score(s) and breakdown: 521 (131/128/130/132)
- State of residence or country of citizenship: Illinois, US resident
- Ethnicity and/or race: Asian Female
- Undergraduate institution or category: OOS mid tier
- Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer): CNA and Direct Care Professional (630 hours)
- Research experience and productivity: 1000 hours of basic science research. I will have a poster and thesis for sure. I have pub in review, unsure if it will be out by this May as of right now. I also have 180 hours of clinical research in the ER
- Shadowing experience and specialties represented: 68 hours (ER, Neurosurgery, Family medicine, Internal med)
- Non-clinical volunteering: Ronald McDonald House and American Cancer Society (300 hours)
- Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc): TA for 3 years (450 years, working on a DEIJ initiative within my department), I was president of a women's health org (we worked closely with planned parenthood) and the previous year I served as education chair for the org, I was a general member of my college's student board
- Relevant honors or awards: Dean's list
- Anything else not listed you think might be important: Potential grade concern. I was able to maintain an upward trend for all semesters except fall semester when I got a C+ in an upper level bio class and a B in another upper level major class. I'm not sure how this will impact my application but I am working to bring up my grades this last semester
- LOR: 1 MD (strong), lab PI (strong), 1 nonscience faculty, 2 science faculty
Reach: Yale, Cornell, Stanford, Duke, Harvard (thinking of swapping for Columbia?)
Others: Mt.Sinai, Hofstra, Emory, Einstein, Quinnipiac, VCU, University of Cincinnati, OSU, University of Rochester, Geisinger, Boston University, Case Western, UCLA, Tufts, Wake Forest, Pitt, Sidney Kimmel, Hackensack, Temple, Stony Brook,
Schools w connections to (residency/undergrad institution): UMN, UIC, Rush, Rosalind Franklin