Hello All,
I am a non-trad who is reapplying for this upcoming cycle, and I have come up with my school list. I didn't get a single interview during the last cycle, so I am pretty nervous/desparate/hopeless. Please provide me with good feedback.
Demographics:
24 years old, East Asian, California resident.
Numbers:
cGPA: 3.94, sGPA: 3.97
MCAT: 1st time, 9 ps, 9 vr, 12 bs (30Q)
2nd time, 13 ps, 10 vr, 14 bs (37R)
EC
I will bold the changes that I've made since the last cycle.
Clinical Volunteering
1) 120 hours hospital ER volunteering by June
2) 200 hours externship at a local clinic.
Pure Shadowing
1) 20 hours with a bariatric surgeon during both OR and clinic days.
1) 20 hours with a pediatrician.
Research
1) Undergraduate Researcher for 2.5 years: no pub, but received ~2K grant and presented at the school's annual symposium.
Non-clinical volunteering/activities
1) Bible school teacher for 4 years. Free tutoring on saturdays and Christian stuff on sundays
2) Various summer missions with my mission organization.
3) 1 year mission to china to counsel studnets mainly and teach english on the side.
Employment
1) Private tutor
Others:
several academic awards.
LOR <--------currently my biggest concern
1) my PI and science professor at the same time <----this should be pretty strong but can this qualify for science letter requirement?
I can't find one more science professor if that letter doesnt qualify unless i take another class.....
2) I am also adding two new letters from a physician and a supervisor for my mission work in China since those were my most meaningful activities.
School List:
Rochester
Upenn
Stanford
UCSF
Uchicago
UCLA
UCSD
Columbia
Northwestern
Cornell
Mount Sinai
UW
NYU
BU
USC
UCD
Yeshiva
Tufts
UCI
Dartmouth
Wake Forest
UofVT
UCR
Drexel
NYMC
Loma Linda
Temple
Upitt
Penn State
I am a non-trad who is reapplying for this upcoming cycle, and I have come up with my school list. I didn't get a single interview during the last cycle, so I am pretty nervous/desparate/hopeless. Please provide me with good feedback.
Demographics:
24 years old, East Asian, California resident.
Numbers:
cGPA: 3.94, sGPA: 3.97
MCAT: 1st time, 9 ps, 9 vr, 12 bs (30Q)
2nd time, 13 ps, 10 vr, 14 bs (37R)
EC
I will bold the changes that I've made since the last cycle.
Clinical Volunteering
1) 120 hours hospital ER volunteering by June
2) 200 hours externship at a local clinic.
Pure Shadowing
1) 20 hours with a bariatric surgeon during both OR and clinic days.
1) 20 hours with a pediatrician.
Research
1) Undergraduate Researcher for 2.5 years: no pub, but received ~2K grant and presented at the school's annual symposium.
Non-clinical volunteering/activities
1) Bible school teacher for 4 years. Free tutoring on saturdays and Christian stuff on sundays
2) Various summer missions with my mission organization.
3) 1 year mission to china to counsel studnets mainly and teach english on the side.
Employment
1) Private tutor
Others:
several academic awards.
LOR <--------currently my biggest concern
1) my PI and science professor at the same time <----this should be pretty strong but can this qualify for science letter requirement?
I can't find one more science professor if that letter doesnt qualify unless i take another class.....
2) I am also adding two new letters from a physician and a supervisor for my mission work in China since those were my most meaningful activities.
School List:
Rochester
Upenn
Stanford
UCSF
Uchicago
UCLA
UCSD
Columbia
Northwestern
Cornell
Mount Sinai
UW
NYU
BU
USC
UCD
Yeshiva
Tufts
UCI
Dartmouth
Wake Forest
UofVT
UCR
Drexel
NYMC
Loma Linda
Temple
Upitt
Penn State