State: MI Female White
MCAT: 517 (128/129/131/129)
Undergrad cGPA/sGPA: 3.89/3.80
Undergraduate major: Biology & Spanish
Year in School: Just completed my undergraduate education at the University of Michigan. Taking 1 gap year.
Research: Total hours 1448, co-first author on a publication. Continuing research during my gap year.
Non-Clinical Volunteering: ~500 hours (teaching English to Spanish speaking immigrants)
Clinical Volunteering: ~670 hours
~ 292 ER volunteer
~ 374 as an EMT at a free women’s health clinic in Detroit
Clinical Employment: 1500 hours as an EMT
~anticipate 1400 more hours during my gap year (I have two EMT jobs, one for a private ambulance company and another in the ER)
Non-Clinical Employment: Anticipate 2000 hours during my gap year as a bartender. (not mentioned in my primary app)
Leadership: ~800 hours
-390 hours as Youth Development Officer of a university club aimed to aid students in educationally disadvantaged areas.
-426 hours: created my own club to tutor Ukrainian refugees in English
Social Justice/Advocacy: 640 hours
-Created my own non profit in order to help immigrants receive their COVID19 vaccine. Gathered a team of volunteers, delegated tasks, translated for and drove patients. Assisted 700+ people.
Teaching: 162 hours
-Physics 1 Tutor
Letters of Rec: 5 total
• 1 from an MD I worked with closely during my research team. Shadowing experience with them as well.
• 1 from research mentor in undergrad
• 1 from spanish prof
• 1 from bio lab prof
• 1 from bio prof
Misc: My PS/activities focus on my passion for serving marginalized communities. Marked myself as disadvantaged (Medicaid,worked in high school to pay family expenses, Pell Grant,socioeconomically disadvantaged). I mention in my PS how my immigrant grandfather was unable to receive adequate medical care because of his language barrier and because of his lack of health insurance. My socioeconomic status + cultural competency fuel most of my activities and passions.
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University of Central Florida College of Medicine
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical Center
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
University of Illinois College of Medicine
University of California Irvine School of Medicine
University of Florida College of Medicine
Boston University School of Medicine
University of Washington School of Medicine
University of California San Diego School of Medicine
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
Northwestern University The Feinberg School of Medicine
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
University of California Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine
University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
Western Michigan University Homer Stryker School of Medicine
New York Medical College
Tufts University School of Medicine
University of Massachusetts Medical School
University of South Florida Health Morsani College of Medicine
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University College of Medicine
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
California is #1 choice
Large cities with diverse populations #2 choice
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MCAT: 517 (128/129/131/129)
Undergrad cGPA/sGPA: 3.89/3.80
Undergraduate major: Biology & Spanish
Year in School: Just completed my undergraduate education at the University of Michigan. Taking 1 gap year.
Research: Total hours 1448, co-first author on a publication. Continuing research during my gap year.
Non-Clinical Volunteering: ~500 hours (teaching English to Spanish speaking immigrants)
Clinical Volunteering: ~670 hours
~ 292 ER volunteer
~ 374 as an EMT at a free women’s health clinic in Detroit
Clinical Employment: 1500 hours as an EMT
~anticipate 1400 more hours during my gap year (I have two EMT jobs, one for a private ambulance company and another in the ER)
Non-Clinical Employment: Anticipate 2000 hours during my gap year as a bartender. (not mentioned in my primary app)
Leadership: ~800 hours
-390 hours as Youth Development Officer of a university club aimed to aid students in educationally disadvantaged areas.
-426 hours: created my own club to tutor Ukrainian refugees in English
Social Justice/Advocacy: 640 hours
-Created my own non profit in order to help immigrants receive their COVID19 vaccine. Gathered a team of volunteers, delegated tasks, translated for and drove patients. Assisted 700+ people.
Teaching: 162 hours
-Physics 1 Tutor
Letters of Rec: 5 total
• 1 from an MD I worked with closely during my research team. Shadowing experience with them as well.
• 1 from research mentor in undergrad
• 1 from spanish prof
• 1 from bio lab prof
• 1 from bio prof
Misc: My PS/activities focus on my passion for serving marginalized communities. Marked myself as disadvantaged (Medicaid,worked in high school to pay family expenses, Pell Grant,socioeconomically disadvantaged). I mention in my PS how my immigrant grandfather was unable to receive adequate medical care because of his language barrier and because of his lack of health insurance. My socioeconomic status + cultural competency fuel most of my activities and passions.
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
Drexel University College of Medicine
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
Carle Illinois College of Medicine
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
Drexel University College of Medicine
University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix
Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine
Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine
University of Central Florida College of Medicine
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical Center
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
University of Illinois College of Medicine
University of California Irvine School of Medicine
University of Florida College of Medicine
Boston University School of Medicine
University of Washington School of Medicine
University of California San Diego School of Medicine
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
Northwestern University The Feinberg School of Medicine
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
University of California Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine
University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
Western Michigan University Homer Stryker School of Medicine
New York Medical College
Tufts University School of Medicine
University of Massachusetts Medical School
University of South Florida Health Morsani College of Medicine
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University College of Medicine
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
California is #1 choice
Large cities with diverse populations #2 choice
Add or replace? Goal to apply to 40 schools
Thank you