Hello, I Just got my MCAT score back and plan to apply this cycle. I have 2 months to work on rounding out my application and curating a school list. I'm following the format by WedgeDawg. Looking for suggestions for my school list as well as overall application, any tips or comments are appreciated!
Current School List:
In state:
UCSD
UCSF
UCLA
UCI
UCR
UC Davis
CUSM (need updated info on this school)
Out of state:
RUSH
EVMS
Jacobs School of Medicine at the University at Buffalo
UVM Larner
SUNY upstate and downstate? ( not sure if I should apply to 1 or both)
RWJMS
TCU
Albany
NYMC
George Washington
Emory
MCW
Lewis Katz
Penn State
Rosalind Franklin
DO:
Western
Touro
- cGPA: 3.75 sGPA: 3.748 ( Have an upward trend, because freshman year I was taking engineering pre-reqs, and got a low gpa. Starting sophomore year my gpa improved alot and I averaged a 3.9 cgpa for the next 3 years)
- 514 (128/126/130/130)
- From San Diego, CA
- Mixed race, White and East Asian.
- Undergrad at SDSU
- 60 hours each of clinical volunteering at 2 hospitals. 250 hours (and counting) as a psychiatry scribe. 1500 hours (and counting) employed by UCSD as a community health worker/health screener for asylum seekers coming from the southern border. 25 hours of patient care at a clinic in Vietnam on a medical mission. 30 hours of patient care at clinics in Mexico.
- 250 hours in Organic chemistry lab.
- 200 hours of shadowing a psychiatrist at an outpatient clinic. 25 hours shadowing Vietnamese physicians of various specialties.
- 25 hours of volunteering at homeless shelter. (working on getting more for this category)
- Treasurer for pre-med club on campus for a year. Supplemental instructor for organic chemistry for 1.5 years at SDSU. 1 semester as anatomy lab TA helping to teach.
- Deans list 5 semesters (above 3.5 gpa). Magna Cum Laude.
Current School List:
In state:
UCSD
UCSF
UCLA
UCI
UCR
UC Davis
CUSM (need updated info on this school)
Out of state:
RUSH
EVMS
Jacobs School of Medicine at the University at Buffalo
UVM Larner
SUNY upstate and downstate? ( not sure if I should apply to 1 or both)
RWJMS
TCU
Albany
NYMC
George Washington
Emory
MCW
Lewis Katz
Penn State
Rosalind Franklin
DO:
Western
Touro