We need more info on you, EC's mostly, clinical/non clinical volunteering especially
We need more info on you, EC's mostly, clinical/non clinical volunteering especially
Hi, yea sorry for the delay, figured you all would probs want more info. I don't plan to put every single thing here on my app, but I'm curious to see what you all think.
Major: Biology and Philosophy
GPA/sGPA: 3.84/3.79, dean's list (was double checking this, it’s hovering around this general area, fingers crossed this last semester)
MCAT: 512 (128/127/130/127); could re-take, don’t really feel like it/want to risk it
Volunteering:
Brigham and Women's Hospital 2014-Present, approx. 275h (possibly up to 300 before I apply) escort patients around hospital to different departments, pre-op, day surgery; complete discharges, transport blood/specimens; occasionally volunteer as a "burn victim" for their nurses/EMTs exams.
Rosies Place 2014-Present, approx. 150h, serve meals to at-risk and homeless women of greater Boston area, distribute groceries/necessities to ladies from food panty, help with random assignments like mailing thank-you letters
Volunteer UPHS, summer 2014 (60h); worked as a general volunteer for their orthopedic trauma ward assisting with random duties (attending patient/family needs, restocking towels/gloves/medicine cart, collecting laundry, transporting equipment, helping staff as needed)
Red Cross Volunteer 2015-2016 50h, welcome blood donors and provide information on blood donation, inform Red Cross staff of any problems (*Had to drop this one because it was
really difficult going to all the different Red Cross locations at times that worked with my class schedule - not sure if I'll put it on my app, tbh)
Big Sister Boston, 2014-2015, was a mentor for a pre-teen in the Boston area, program lasted one year, but I don't know how much it'd contribute to my application given that I had stronger commitments at the above programs, not sure if I'll put on my app
Clinical:
Physical Therapy Aide: 6 month, full-time (~880h) paid internship at Whidden Hospital (member of Cambridge Health Alliance) out-patient physical therapy clinic; duties included assisting PTs interface with their patients, escorting patient to the clinic, starting exercise routines with patients, scheduling, upkeep of clinic, opening/closing clinic. This was a very patient heavy/focused internship - I absolutely loved working with them and the PT
Intern: 3 month, full-time (~450h) unpaid internship at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, SA. Got a scholarship through college to do this internship which covered all costs. Essentially worked as a scribe for their Cardiothoracic Surgery department and worked with doctors completing clinical trial research on sternal closure/mitral valve replacement.
Shadowing:
-Neonatologist: 4 days; got to see c-sections and ward with doctors/staff
-Pediatrician: 1 day; private practice, saw consultations with new families; business oriented medicine
-Neurologist: ½ day, saw neurological consulatations
-Ortho Surgeon: ½ day; watched ortho surgery, pretty cool
-Medical Oncologist: 1 day; private practice, observed chemo treatment/consults
Research:
Student Research (2 semesters) with Prof. at university, no pubs; studied spinal cord regeneration in fish
Intern, UPHS in Philly, 3 months full-time, lab studying neurodegenerative disease; worked for grad student researching tau transmission, participated in journal club, went to meetings, helped breed transgenic mice etc
Hobbies:
-Italian Language Class: take adult Italian language class 1x per week for 3 years, love Italian language, incorporating it into my PS
-Bio Club: member for 3 years, social activity with other bio students
-Italian Club: last semester of college, social activity
-Philosophy Club: last semester of college, social activity
-Art: hobby
- Karate/Jiu Jitsu: on and off since high school, love to spar/do martial arts, but it’s expensive to stay at a gym, so haven’t done it in a couple of years; do it for exercise/fun, not competitively
Extraneous:
- Worked at Barnes and Noble for one summer, and then my college Barnes and Noble for a semester
- I was also incredibly fortunate to get to solo backpack in Europe during a summer, 3 months, long story
Gap Year:
Looking at med scribe jobs, tutoring, something to fill the time… ideas?
