First off, I understand my MCAT is low and will be a major contributor to me being rejected, but I want to take my chances and apply this cycle. If things don't work out I will buckle down and study for a retake whilst improving on other aspects of my application for the next cycle. I was hoping you guys can take a look at my list of schools and give me some suggestions. My application is pretty much complete except for my school list, so any feedback and suggestions would be nice :) Thanks!
Activities:
- 4 year pre-health organization (2-4 hours a week sometimes less or more)
- Organized various activities / meetings.
- Help with recruitment and other activities.
- Received scholorships.
- 1 year research assistant in psychology lab. (6hrs a week)
- Helped formulate questionnaires in a witness identification research study.
- Posed as a person of authority to intimidate research participant's into choosing answers I wanted them to choose.
- 1 year research assistant in Social Psychology lab. (7hrs a week)
- Helped with design of social psychology experiments run on campus.
- Input data.
- 1 year research assistant in Health Psychology lab. (7hrs a week)
- Helped with design of social psychology experiments run on campus.
- Input data.
- Did field work at a hospital and also private clinic where we interviewed patients about their care to examine the doctor patient relationship and how to improve communication between the two.
- 3 years academic coach for a program on campus. (6-8hrs a week ; 8-10hrs during midterms and finals)
- Set up study group times where I tutored science classes.
- Wrote practice problems and practice test problems for students.
- Set up one-on-one appointments with students who needed additional help.
- Attended lectures sometimes if I never had the professor or the professor was doing things differently from the book.
- Worked with students to improve study habits and time management.
- Received award given to one student per year.
- 1 year Biochemistry tutor. (5-7 hrs a week)
- Chosen by professor to be a peer tutor because I ranked 3rd in a class of 250 (position is usually reserved for science majors but he made an exception for me because of my academic record and performance in his class).
- Joined professors and TAs in meetings.
- Attended lectures.
- Set up appointments with students for tutoring.
- 3 months volunteering at local hospital (5hrs a week).
- Spent time with patients so that parents can take a break / catch their breath.
- Cleaning children's toy.
- 1 month RA / tutor / mentor for undeserved/underprivileged students pursuing health career (24/7 for 5 weeks)
- Attend lectures and professor meetings.
- Mentor students.
- Tutor students.
- Plan and organize with staff to expose students to various health professions.
I have 2 letters from science professors who have hand picked me to tutor for their classes so they wrote me exceptionally strong letters. I have a letter from the program coordinator in which I tutored for 3 years (another extremely strong letter I am sure). I have also received a very strong letter from my research lab professor whom I've known for 3 years and worked for. I also have a very strong letter from the program coordinator of the program in which I was a RA / tutor / mentor. My personal statement doesn't have anything crazy, but by all accounts is a very well written essay and tells my story passionately (from the people who have read it such as my letter writers and some close friends).
- UC Irvine
- UC San Diego
- UC Davis
- UC Riverside
- UCLA
- Chicago Medical (Rosaland &Franklin)
- George Washington
- Med. of Wisconsin
- University of Arizona
- Quinnipiac
- Cooper
- Buffalo
- Western Michigan
- Creighton
- Drexel
- Eastern Virginia
- Hofstra
- New York Med.
- Temple
- Rush
- Penn State
- Albany
- Virginia Commonwalth
I'm on the FAP, and would like to limit my list to 20-15 schools.
Activities:
- 4 year pre-health organization (2-4 hours a week sometimes less or more)
- Organized various activities / meetings.
- Help with recruitment and other activities.
- Received scholorships.
- 1 year research assistant in psychology lab. (6hrs a week)
- Helped formulate questionnaires in a witness identification research study.
- Posed as a person of authority to intimidate research participant's into choosing answers I wanted them to choose.
- 1 year research assistant in Social Psychology lab. (7hrs a week)
- Helped with design of social psychology experiments run on campus.
- Input data.
- 1 year research assistant in Health Psychology lab. (7hrs a week)
- Helped with design of social psychology experiments run on campus.
- Input data.
- Did field work at a hospital and also private clinic where we interviewed patients about their care to examine the doctor patient relationship and how to improve communication between the two.
- 3 years academic coach for a program on campus. (6-8hrs a week ; 8-10hrs during midterms and finals)
- Set up study group times where I tutored science classes.
- Wrote practice problems and practice test problems for students.
- Set up one-on-one appointments with students who needed additional help.
- Attended lectures sometimes if I never had the professor or the professor was doing things differently from the book.
- Worked with students to improve study habits and time management.
- Received award given to one student per year.
- 1 year Biochemistry tutor. (5-7 hrs a week)
- Chosen by professor to be a peer tutor because I ranked 3rd in a class of 250 (position is usually reserved for science majors but he made an exception for me because of my academic record and performance in his class).
- Joined professors and TAs in meetings.
- Attended lectures.
- Set up appointments with students for tutoring.
- 3 months volunteering at local hospital (5hrs a week).
- Spent time with patients so that parents can take a break / catch their breath.
- Cleaning children's toy.
- 1 month RA / tutor / mentor for undeserved/underprivileged students pursuing health career (24/7 for 5 weeks)
- Attend lectures and professor meetings.
- Mentor students.
- Tutor students.
- Plan and organize with staff to expose students to various health professions.
I have 2 letters from science professors who have hand picked me to tutor for their classes so they wrote me exceptionally strong letters. I have a letter from the program coordinator in which I tutored for 3 years (another extremely strong letter I am sure). I have also received a very strong letter from my research lab professor whom I've known for 3 years and worked for. I also have a very strong letter from the program coordinator of the program in which I was a RA / tutor / mentor. My personal statement doesn't have anything crazy, but by all accounts is a very well written essay and tells my story passionately (from the people who have read it such as my letter writers and some close friends).
- UC Irvine
- UC San Diego
- UC Davis
- UC Riverside
- UCLA
- Chicago Medical (Rosaland &Franklin)
- George Washington
- Med. of Wisconsin
- University of Arizona
- Quinnipiac
- Cooper
- Buffalo
- Western Michigan
- Creighton
- Drexel
- Eastern Virginia
- Hofstra
- New York Med.
- Temple
- Rush
- Penn State
- Albany
- Virginia Commonwalth
I'm on the FAP, and would like to limit my list to 20-15 schools.