cassidy_grace2325
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Hi! I would really appreciate some brutally honest advice about my app, and if I should wait to apply/what direction to go to maximize my chances at T20. I've had different advisors tell me I need to focus on retaking the MCAT, others telling me I need another gap year to continue focusing on my narrative. I'm concerned about my shadowing and volunteering, but I also think these are things I can address next semester and be ready to go in time for applications. Would love help with school, as well as advice on whether I'm ready to apply to be competitive for T20s! Thank you guys so much and happy holidays
1. sGPA: 3.85, cGPA: 3.82
2. MCAT: 513 (128/128/128/129)
3. FL resident URM (African American female)
4. Ivy League school, c/o 2024 (1 gap year during the pandemic, contemplating taking a second after graduating to buff application)
5. Clinical Experience: 900hrs 911 EMT, 100hrs running workshops in infant respiratory care with LMIC hospitals (FUTURE: going to begin training as a doula in the new year, hoping to get more experience there)
6. Research Experience: 1000hrs with mfm global health lab (co-first author pub), 2500 hrs with current women's health lab (3rd author pub) (FUTURE: beginning thesis prep in teen pregnancy)
7. Shadowing: 25hrs ER/OBGYN (FUTURE: going to get on this during the christmas break lol)
8. Nonclinical Volunteering: 200hrs with teaching middle schoolers theater (FUTURE: beginning shifts at women's center in Jan)
9. Varsity athlete (4000hrs), Board member for drama club/been in 7 different student productions (2500hrs), founder member of black athletic affinity group (1000hrs) founding member of new sexual assault coalition (300hrs)
Schools I'm Currently Considering:
UCLA (dream school)
USC
UCSF
UCSD
Stanford (lol)
Colorado
Michigan
UF
UMiami
Dartmouth
Brown
Emory
Howard
Yale
Columbia (bigger lol)
Oregon
Northwestern
Ohio State
Washington
1. sGPA: 3.85, cGPA: 3.82
2. MCAT: 513 (128/128/128/129)
3. FL resident URM (African American female)
4. Ivy League school, c/o 2024 (1 gap year during the pandemic, contemplating taking a second after graduating to buff application)
5. Clinical Experience: 900hrs 911 EMT, 100hrs running workshops in infant respiratory care with LMIC hospitals (FUTURE: going to begin training as a doula in the new year, hoping to get more experience there)
6. Research Experience: 1000hrs with mfm global health lab (co-first author pub), 2500 hrs with current women's health lab (3rd author pub) (FUTURE: beginning thesis prep in teen pregnancy)
7. Shadowing: 25hrs ER/OBGYN (FUTURE: going to get on this during the christmas break lol)
8. Nonclinical Volunteering: 200hrs with teaching middle schoolers theater (FUTURE: beginning shifts at women's center in Jan)
9. Varsity athlete (4000hrs), Board member for drama club/been in 7 different student productions (2500hrs), founder member of black athletic affinity group (1000hrs) founding member of new sexual assault coalition (300hrs)
Schools I'm Currently Considering:
UCLA (dream school)
USC
UCSF
UCSD
Stanford (lol)
Colorado
Michigan
UF
UMiami
Dartmouth
Brown
Emory
Howard
Yale
Columbia (bigger lol)
Oregon
Northwestern
Ohio State
Washington
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