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OH StateI need help cutting down my school list and was also looking for thoughts on my app in general. Do I have a fighting chance?
cGPA: 3.91
sGPA: 3.81
MCAT: 514 (128/128/128/130), September 2020
Year: Graduated May 2021 (2 weeks ago)
Undergrad: Pitt
Majors: Anthropology and Natural Sciences (BS, BA)
Minors: Theatre Arts and Chemistry
State of residence: PA
Ties to other states: NJ, MD, CA (relatives live there)
Race: Asian- Indian
no family in medicine
Research: 1350 hours total
- First author abstract submitted and accepted to American Psychological Association National Conference 2021 (poster will be presented in August 2021)
- First author oral presentation at John Hopkins University's National Research Symposium on my anthropology thesis research (presented in April 2021)
- Oral presentation at Honors College Research Fair on the impact of a teaching project (presented March 2021)
- 1 publication in the making [delayed by COVID] (mentioned this on app but manuscript would be submitted in the fall of 2021 so wouldn't really count)
Clinical experience: 1240 hrs total
- 490 hours as a hospice volunteer
- 390 hours at a Free Health Clinic as community health fellow
- 360 hours as hospital volunteer (patient transporter at a cancer center)
Shadowing: 60 hours
- 20 hours shadowing a psychiatrist
- 10 hours shadowing a neurosurgeon
- 10 hours shadowing a cardiothoracic surgeon
- 20 hours shadowing a family med physician
Non-clinical volunteering: 884 hours
- Make A Wish chapter president (230 hours)
- Refugee tutoring organization mentor and tutor (204 hours)
- Community service chair of my fraternity where I was in charge of trips to the Boys and Girls Club (450 hours)
Other ECs:
- Wrote, directed and produced a documentary short film about a refugee youth at American summer camp (was selected for a global film festival) and applied for a University grant to organize an exhibit showcasing refugee youth. The exhibit showcased the artistic work of other students as well.
- Founded a course at my University on "Hamilton: An American Musical" and co-taught some lectures on theatre arts and hip-hop with a political science faculty member.
- Honors College ambassador and social president.
- Heavily involved with Theatre Arts department and my two of my original plays have been produced by the school for playwriting festivals.
Employment: 345 hours
- 345 hours as a paid Undergraduate Research Mentor for the school of Arts and Sciences
Honors/Awards:
- Inducted into Phi Beta Kappa as a junior (served as treasurer for student organization)
- Chancellor's Scholar- full-ride merit scholarship
- Graduated summa cum laude
- Dean's list all semesters
- I'm listing four other school-specific awards in this section (champion of school poetry slam, etc.)
Hobbies:
- Used up all 15 activities and did not include a hobbies.
Anything else:
- Interested in psychiatry and family medicine (dual board)
- Studied abroad in the Amazon Rainforest to conduct anthropological field research (discussed this in PS)
- Trying to apply with a theme of narrative medicine/medical humanities: my PS talks about this and I tried to make this come through with my activities
- LORs 5 letters total (2 from science profs (A gen chem prof I worked closely with and the ecology prof I interacted with very closely in the abroad program, he is the head of ecology dept at my school) , 1 from Playwriting prof, 1 from science lab PI, 1 from my anthro research faculty mentor). All should be strong but nothing too crazy.
- Also interested in refugee medicine
School List: 45 schools (need help cutting down list to 40 schools at most, preferably 38)
Albany
Albert Einstein
Boston
Case Western
Central Michigan
Rosalind Franklin
Cooper
Drexel
Eastern Virgina
Emory
Quinnipiac
Dartmouth
Geisinger
George Washington
Georgetown
Hackensack
Temple
Loyola
Medical College of Wisconsin
New York Medical College
Northeast Ohio
William Beuamont
Ohio State
Penn State
University of Vermont
Rush
Rutgers New Jersey
Saint Louis
Sidney Kimmel
Toledo
Brown
Tufts
Tulane
Cincinnati
Maryland (relative goes to med school)
UMiami
UMich
Pitt
Rochester
Wisconsin
Wake Forest
Wayne State
WVU (west virginia)
Western Michigan
Wright State
Any deletions, schools that can swapped, or even additions are welcome (but I am trying to max the list at 40)
Thanks so much in advance!!!!!!
Thanks for all your help in advance!!!!!!
U Cincy
U IA
40 schools is overkill; I recommend 25-35. You'll burn out writing 40 secondaries.
My list above