Long story short, I graduated last year from a UC school. Had a 3.2 after 3 years at JC, then transferred and graduated from uni w/ a 3.86. The upward trend only brought up my cGPA to a 3.5 and sGPA to a 3.4
The OCD in me wants to take a bunch of online science classes at my JC till both GPA's reach 3.6. I would have to take 13 classes in total.
Is this a complete waste of time since I've already shown success in tough upper div courses? Should I just focus on other areas of my app?
I'm a 1st generation Mexican. Here are my EC's
Research:
- 17 months of research(no pub, strong Letter of rec). 3 month internship before entering college (poster presentation)
Employment:
- 2 years of working at various jobs such as taco bell, CVS, Mcdonald's
- 1 year of tutoring science at my community college
- 1 year of tutoring K-8th grade math and english
Non-clinical:
- 100 hours foodbank
- 50 hours American cancer society
- 30 hrs at a warehouse that donates medical supplies
Clinical volunteering:
- 150 hours hospital volunteering
- 100 hours at a free clinic that helps underserved mexicans
Shadowing:
- 100 hours across a few specialties. Spent 35 hours in ortho which is where I got my physician LOR from
The OCD in me wants to take a bunch of online science classes at my JC till both GPA's reach 3.6. I would have to take 13 classes in total.
Is this a complete waste of time since I've already shown success in tough upper div courses? Should I just focus on other areas of my app?
I'm a 1st generation Mexican. Here are my EC's
Research:
- 17 months of research(no pub, strong Letter of rec). 3 month internship before entering college (poster presentation)
Employment:
- 2 years of working at various jobs such as taco bell, CVS, Mcdonald's
- 1 year of tutoring science at my community college
- 1 year of tutoring K-8th grade math and english
Non-clinical:
- 100 hours foodbank
- 50 hours American cancer society
- 30 hrs at a warehouse that donates medical supplies
Clinical volunteering:
- 150 hours hospital volunteering
- 100 hours at a free clinic that helps underserved mexicans
Shadowing:
- 100 hours across a few specialties. Spent 35 hours in ortho which is where I got my physician LOR from
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