Hi everyone,
I'm assembling a list of potential schools, and I'd love some feedback!
CA resident
BioE major, graduated Dec. 2012 and currently in gap year
cGPA: 3.37 | sGPA: 3.38
MCAT: 27O* (retaking in June)
URM (Hispanic/Hawaiian) & Disadvantaged (underserved rural and economic)
ECs:
- 3 years ED volunteer, 1.5 years ICU volunteer
- 2 months shadowing... eventually got a job from the doctor to be his medical scribe and coordinate his clinical research studies. will be working for him until med school starts (so fall '14 hopefully).
- 8 months research in tissue engineering (independent group); no publications but competed in poster competition and got 4th out of 20+
- had a job for 7 months tutoring underprivileged high school students in math
misc ECs:
- black belt in karate; competed on my university's martial arts team with lots of 1st place tournament finishes; was president of my karate club on campus, VP of another club for martial arts in general
- play guitar, bass, drums and perform for RCO/charity events
- started my own web development/design business on the side
LORs:
- 1 Science professor (biophysics) - only have ONE science letter.
- 1 Non-science professor (music)
- 1 MD (the one I shadowed and now work for)
- 1 Clinical coordinator of hospital where i volunteer
- 1 ICU Manager
- 1 Supervisor (from my last tutoring job)
Schools List:
- Baylor
- Brown
- Cornell
- Dartmouth*
- Mayo
- Mt. Sinai
- NYU
- Pritzker Chicago
- Rush
- Stanford
- Tufts
- UCD*
- UCI
- UCLA*
- UCR
- UCSD
- UCSF*
- U Hawaii
- Western COMP
- Yale
I realize that this list seems really "top-heavy" but I actually compiled this list as schools that don't require TWO science LORs (the * schools are just ones that I've heard dont require but I can't confirm on their admissions sites). Now, I am considering taking a summer course at a local community college with the sole intention of getting another science LOR, but I'm not sure if that is reasonable. Please if anyone can give me advice and/or suggestions for other schools to consider (if I can get that second science LOR), I'd very much appreciate it!
Thank you very much!
I'm assembling a list of potential schools, and I'd love some feedback!
CA resident
BioE major, graduated Dec. 2012 and currently in gap year
cGPA: 3.37 | sGPA: 3.38
MCAT: 27O* (retaking in June)
URM (Hispanic/Hawaiian) & Disadvantaged (underserved rural and economic)
ECs:
- 3 years ED volunteer, 1.5 years ICU volunteer
- 2 months shadowing... eventually got a job from the doctor to be his medical scribe and coordinate his clinical research studies. will be working for him until med school starts (so fall '14 hopefully).
- 8 months research in tissue engineering (independent group); no publications but competed in poster competition and got 4th out of 20+
- had a job for 7 months tutoring underprivileged high school students in math
misc ECs:
- black belt in karate; competed on my university's martial arts team with lots of 1st place tournament finishes; was president of my karate club on campus, VP of another club for martial arts in general
- play guitar, bass, drums and perform for RCO/charity events
- started my own web development/design business on the side
LORs:
- 1 Science professor (biophysics) - only have ONE science letter.
- 1 Non-science professor (music)
- 1 MD (the one I shadowed and now work for)
- 1 Clinical coordinator of hospital where i volunteer
- 1 ICU Manager
- 1 Supervisor (from my last tutoring job)
Schools List:
- Baylor
- Brown
- Cornell
- Dartmouth*
- Mayo
- Mt. Sinai
- NYU
- Pritzker Chicago
- Rush
- Stanford
- Tufts
- UCD*
- UCI
- UCLA*
- UCR
- UCSD
- UCSF*
- U Hawaii
- Western COMP
- Yale
I realize that this list seems really "top-heavy" but I actually compiled this list as schools that don't require TWO science LORs (the * schools are just ones that I've heard dont require but I can't confirm on their admissions sites). Now, I am considering taking a summer course at a local community college with the sole intention of getting another science LOR, but I'm not sure if that is reasonable. Please if anyone can give me advice and/or suggestions for other schools to consider (if I can get that second science LOR), I'd very much appreciate it!
Thank you very much!