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cGPA: 3.95
sGPA: 4.00

MCAT:
1st: 507 (126/125/129/127)
2nd: 511 (127/127/126/131)

State of residence: Pennsylvania
Race/Ethnicity: White
Undergrad: Small D3 Catholic school on East Coast (not prestigious)

Clinical Experience: 400 Hrs

  • 350 hrs volunteer 911 EMT (Maryland) (200 predicted)
  • 50 hrs camp nurse (950 hours predicted) (this summer + summer before matriculation, at the same camp I was a lifeguard)

Research: 455 Hrs

  • 205 hrs wet bench research (150 predicted)
    • Posters at 2 university research days + poster ASBMB annual meeting
  • 250 hrs clinical research (100 predicted)
    • Oral at NAPCRG annual meeting

Shadowing: 46.5 Hrs

  • 46.5 hrs across 4 specialties (all in person) (12.5 hours predicted)

Non-Clinical Volunteering: 375 Hrs

  • 55 hrs teaching swim lessons at YMCA and special olympics (85 hours)
  • 200 hrs Eucharistic Ministry (35 hours predicted)
  • 120 hrs volunteering at soup kitchen/team service (150 predicted)

Extracurriculars:

  • D3 swim team (running for leadership) (1000 hours) (333 predicted)
  • Chemistry club (running for leadership)
  • Biology club (Premed coordinator for two semesters)

Honors/Awards:

  • Honors College
  • Phi Eta Sigma (freshman honors society)
  • Gamma Sigma Epsilon (chemistry honors society)
  • Conference sportsmanship award (1 per team)

Other

  • Lifeguarding 1600 hours

  • Cooking/baking 500 hours (80 predicted)

  • Weight lifting 600 hours (150 predicted)

  • Work (on campus) 150 hours (100 predicted)

Are there any schools I should drop or add? Wondering about UCLA, UMass, WVU, U Maryland (if EMT is enough of a tie), University of Cincinnati, and Toledo.

Goal would be about 35 schools but a little more or a little less is fine.

Albany Medical College

Alice Walton

Creighton University

Darthmouth (Geisel)

Drexel University

Eastern Virginia

Geisinger Commonwealth

George Washington

Georgetown University

Hackensack Meridian

Jefferson

Loyola University (Stritch)

Medical College of Wisconsin 

Oakland University

Penn State University

Quinnipiac University

Rosalind Franklin

Saint Louis University

Temple University

Toledo

Tufts University

Tulane University

UCLA

University of Cincinnati

University of Maryland

University of Massachusetts

University of Pittsburgh

University of Vermont 

Virigina Commonwealth

Virginia Tech

Wake Forest

Wayne State University

Western Michigan

WVU

Any feedback is much appreciated!

Posted Mar 1, 2026, 1:38 AM UTC

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