purplepuppy391
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- Joined
- Oct 4, 2022
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- cGPA and sGPA as calculated by AMCAS or AACOMAS
cGPA: 3.3 sGPA: 3.1
My undergrad GPA is from 5+ years ago, so I am taking diy postbacc courses now. Aiming to get a 4.0. If I take 6-8 classes and get a 4.0 I can bring my gpa up to a 3.4. - MCAT score(s) and breakdown
513 (126/131/128/128) - State of residence or country of citizenship (if non-US)
CA - Ethnicity and/or race
Asian/Bi-racial - Undergraduate institution or category
Rural State School (not in CA) - Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer)
Currently around 70-100 hospital volunteer hours. Hoping to have 100 more by the spring. - Research experience and productivity
Did an undergrad research project for 2-3 semesters. - Shadowing experience and specialties represented
Limited shadowing experience currently; shadowed a cardiologist and neurologist; will be getting more shadowing experience before I apply - Non-clinical volunteering
Limited (10-50 hours) - Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc)
- After graduation I taught english at a high school in a foreign country for a year.
- Was president of my university's pre-med club during undergrad.
- Tutored in undergrad and gave 2 years of tutoring experience postgrad
- Been working full-time in a different industry for the past few years
- Relevant honors or awards
Was a member of my university's National Senior Honor Society - Anything else not listed you think might be important
I am a older first-generation nontraditional older student with a disadvantaged background. I had a downward gpa trend in undergrad following a death in my family. I want to go into primary-care and am very passionate about preventative care.
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