Hi everyone, I'm hoping for some advice on my school list. I am a senior now and applying this upcoming cycle. I haven't looked too deep into any of the schools listed, but any advice would be great, thanks!!
Year in school - Senior Country/state of residence - Ohio Schools to which you are applying Ohio Schools: • NEOMED • Ohio State • Cincinnati • Wright State • Toledo Out of State: • Albany Medical College • Rosalind Franklin • Creighton • Drexel • Quinnipiac • George Washington • Georgetown • Temple • Loyola • Medical College of Wisconsin • New York Medical College • Penn State • Rush • Wake Forest
Cumulative GPA - 3.75 (upward trend after freshman year) Science GPA - ~3.7 MCAT Scores - 512 (129/125/130/128)
Research – 3 years working in a neuroscience research lab, 3 poster presentations, 1 mid-author publication, 1 second author publication in the works, but it may not be published by application time.
Volunteering (clinical) – ~150 hours on the surgical unit of a local hospital, ~40 hours at a children’s hospital, ~50 hours at a free clinic
Physician shadowing – include hours/specialties - 16 hours of ER, 8 of general surgery, 12 of OBGYN, 8 of GI, 8 of neurology, 8 of pediatric anesthesia, 8 of endocrinology.
Non-clinical volunteering - ~80 hours as a tutor at an inner city school, a few other miscellaneous events
Extracurricular activities - “Peer Career Coach” reviewing resumes and cover letters in my schools college of Arts and Sciences, intramural tennis (one season as team captain), intramural softball, local math/science tutor
Employment history – Currently working as an MCAT biology instructor for the Princeton review (~6 hrs per week) and as a scribe in the ER (~16 hours per week)
Immediate family members in medicine? Yes Specialty of interest - Not sure, maybe ER Interest in rural health (y/n) - Not really