Chance me

Hello, I’m just trying to gauge if I would be competitive this cycle.

GPA: overall 4.00; Science 4.00. Graduated from a CSU.

Major: cell and molecular biology

MCAT: 519

AAMC Preview: 9

CASPer: 3rd quartile

Clinical: 230 hours overall as a volunteer in a hospital. Lots of hands-on work and patient interactions.

Volunteer: 50 hours of volunteer work with refugees, 25 hours of work with dementia patients, organized blood drives and career panels for underprivileged communities

Research: 2300 hours in a genetics wet lab, 2 peer-reviewed publications in small journals (1st and 2nd author). 3 talks, 5 posters. A small internship in another lab over the spring semester.

Shadowing: 25 hours across 3 different specialties

Other: #1 in my graduating class. Secured funding for one of my research projects. Have 2000+ hours of tutoring experience. Have good PS & Significant Research Experiences essays. My secondaries are OK, but I do not think they are impressive... :(

International student

Applying to WashU, UTSW, Dartmouth, UPenn, Thomas Jefferson University, Vanderbilt, UMinn, VCU, Emory, UConn, Northwestern, SUNY Upstate, Columbia, Stanford, Harvard, BU, Stony Brook, and USC/Caltech.

Submitted my primary on 6/15. Submitted 12/17 secondaries so far.

Getting an excellent letter of recommendation from my PI.