Brief Profile:
SPANISH MEDICAL HEALTHCARE INTERPRETATION - Oregon certified in Spanish health care interpreting. Have interpreted in 2 hospitals and one dental office (about 50 hours of actual interpretation).
KUNG FU (7 YEARS) - In addition to my own training, I have also served as a class instructor in the stead of the head instructor.
VARSITY CROSS COUNTRY (4 YEAR)
VARSITY TRACK AND FIELD (4 YEARS)
JAPANESE ENGLISH TEACHING (1 YEAR)- Lived in Sendai, Japan for one year and taught English at a JHS.
SPEECH AND DEBATE (4 YEARS)
SPANISH LANGUAGE TEACHING(I am fluent in Spanish, and was born in Spain, with both parents having come from Colombia) - have mentored a freshman class for 1 semester, and volunteered about 20 hours at an elementary school for Spanish tutoring.
NIKE ATHLETIC TRAINER (2 SUMMERS) - I served as a trainer for the fast (7 min/mile) running group during the two summers that the Run Hit Wonder Program was held in Portland, OR. This was paid employment.
DENTAL INTERSHIP (1 SUMMER) - Dabbled in the field of dentistry to get an idea of what it was compared to the field of medicine.
APLINE SKIING (4 YEARS) - I have a passion for the sport, and I have ascertained employment at the Squaw Valley Ski resort as an instructor for the 2008-2009 ski season.
BETA BETA BETA NATION BIOLOGY HONORS SOCIETY CO-PRESIDENT (1 YEAR)
GREY GOWN - Top 10 Juniors of a class are awarded the status of Grey Gown. My class was about 220 large. Academic achievements and faculty recommendations are the deciding factors.
PARKINSON'S DISEASE KINESTHESIA RESEARCH (SUMMER FELLOWSHIP, OHSU: Neurological Sciences Institute)
OHSU Trauma Unit Volunteer (about 50 hours)
BIO LAB TEACHING ASSITANT (1 SEMESTER)
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2008
Undergraduate college: Pacific University
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
Total MCAT SCORE: 505
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 127,
C/P 126,
CARS 126
Overall GPA: 3.76
Science GPA: 3.60
Summary of Application Experience
Primary application sent on June 4th. The entire process has been long and hard. ;)
Update:
Out of the 6 schools at which I interviewed, University of Pittsburgh seemed the most appealing in almost every regard. I was fortunate enough to get accepted by that school, and I was offered a $10,000 scholarship that repeats every year, for 4 years.
One thing that doesn't show up on my MDApps profile is the fact that I sent out 10 letters of recommendation to all of my school. From what I was told, they were all excellent, which may have been what contributed toward receiving that scholarship, as I do not think that my MDApps profile is out of this world in any regard.
