Kryptic123321
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- 3.9 sGPA, 3.87 cGPA (College cGPA is 3.98, and sGPA is 3.99, high school credits brought both down significantly)
- 511 (C/P: 130 CARS: 123 B/B: 130 PS: 128)
- Indiana
- White Male
- Senior at Indiana University (taking a gap year), majoring in Medical Humanities, Biology, and Neuroscience
- Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer) (4,000 paid, 30 unpaid)
- 4,000 hours as a patient care technician between medical PCU/Cardiac ICU at a trauma 1 center, ensuring quality of life in their care directly with a very large population of underserved individuals in the downtown area.
- 30 hours volunteering at a free clinic
- Research experience and productivity (1,400):
- 400 hours in an orthopedics lab, was given a grant to work under, 1 poster presentation
- 1,000 hours in a neuropathic pain/neurotrauma lab, with 3 publications upon applying (2 mid-authorship, 1 high-authorship), and at least 1 poster presentation
- Shadowing experience and specialties represented (129 hours)
- 50 hours shadowing Internal medicine
- 26 hours shadowing cardiothoracic surgery
- 12 hours shadowing critical pulmonology
- 24 hours shadowing neurosurgery
- 8 hours shadowing gynecological surgery
- 9 hours shadowing lung/cardiac transplant surgeon
- Non-clinical volunteering
- 70 hours as a volunteer chemistry tutor, spending additional time with chemistry students
- 100 hours as a volunteer with Big Brother Big Sister, where I spend time with my Little as a mentor/friend, giving them someone to spend time with
- 80 hours as a volunteer with HOPE mentoring, where I go to a local juvenile center and work with incarcerated children
- Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc)
- 1000 hours as a recitation leader for general chemistry 1 and organic chemistry 1
- 250 hours as a TA for organic chemistry 2
- 500 hours as a chemistry department coordinator, where I spend time hiring new teacher assistants, and ensuring that they are being trained properly and are comfortable in their position (has been a very meaningful leadership experience)
- 120 hours as a VP of service learning for a student led organization on campus
- 40 hours of intramural football/soccer
- Have been working out roughly 3 days a week since high school
- Relevant honors or awards
- Top 100 student at my university as a junior (hopefully also as a senior)
- Civic engagement award
- Anything else not listed you think might be important
- LORs will all be very strong.
- Currently learning Spanish, hoping to be a fluent speaker by next April/May.
School List (Still in it's early stages):
- Indiana University
- Michigan Ann Arbor
- Michigan State University (MD)
- Cincinnati
- University of Missouri
- University of Minnesota
- Dartmouth
- SUNY
- University of Nebraska
- University of Illinois
- Virginia Commonwealth
- Virginia Tech
- Thomas Jefferson University
- Drexel
- University of Connecticut
- University of Iowa
- Saint Louis University
- University of Tennessee
- Vanderbilt
- Duke
- University of Maryland
- Wake Forest
- University of Colorado
- Rutgers
- Rowan University (MD)
- Emory
- Jacobs Buffalo
- Loyola
- Penn State
- Tufts