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  • User #8383

  • Application cycles: 2007
  • Demographics: Male, Caucasian
  • Home state: California
  • Brief Profile: ■ Introduction
    ▪ Chemistry BA, graduating in June 2008 at the University of California, Riverside
    ▪ Graduated magna cum laude with a 3.823 overall GPA, 3.759 BCPM GPA
    ▪ Grade point average reported initially was through Junior year, which what was included with my primary application
    ▪ Inducted into Phi Beta Kappa in May of 2008
    ▪ Won award for being best overall student in the College of Natural and Agricultural sciences

    ■ Hospital Volunteer, Riverside Community Hospital [1.5 years / total 405 hours]
    ▪ Also participated in the leadership team for a short time
    ▪ Won award for performance in first rotation in the hospital

    ■ Research, physical chemistry [2.5 years / total 1,500 hours]
    ▪ Received three fellowships
    ▪ Presented at eight conferences
    ▪ Writing heterogeneous catalysis thesis

    ■ Teaching [2 years / total 1,000 hours]
    ▪ Teach both voluntary and mandatory attendance chemistry workshops at UC Riverside for general chemistry
    ▪ Also serving as a mentor and evaluator for other teachers
    ▪ Sole recipient of the Outstanding Student Employee award

    ■ Upward trend
    ▪ Freshman GPA: ~3.4
    ▪ Sophomore GPA: ~3.8
    ▪ Junior GPA: ~4.0
    ▪ Senior GPA: 4.0
    ▪ Upper-division class GPA: 4.000

    ■ Languages
    ▪ Conversational Spanish
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