Hopeful___MD
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Demographics: Male, 32, Caucasian
Home state: Mississippi
Last Active: 09/09/2015

Brief Profile: ~Undergraduate Profile~

-Undergrad cGPA: 3.41
-Undergrad sGPA: 3.21
-Strong upward trend (3.5 and 3.74 junior year semesters. Then 4.0 for senior year.)
-Took the GRE for the SMP. Cannot remember for the life of me what my score was. Only studied for 1.5 months and hoped for the best. Got in with my score; that is all that matters.
-MS resident

:.:.:.:.Non-academic profile:.:.:.:.
1. Various leadership roles throughout college. Too many to count, as I spent at least one year as a member then one+ year(s) as a committee member
2. Resident Assistant - 1 year
3. Lifeguard - 2 years; head lifeguard for second year
4. ~120 hours of clinical and surgical shadowing hours; Cardiology, Family/GP, and Orthopedic Surgeon
5. >250 hours of clinical volunteering, concentrated towards the end of my undergraduate career
6. >150 hours of nonclinical volunteering, spread out evenly through my undergraduate career
7. Medical mission trip outside of the U.S. (yes, I know the stigma of them on SDN now. I didn't know about it back then however.)
8. Meaningful Behavioral Psychology/Neuroscience research - 2.5 years (5 semesters, no pubs)
9. Misc academic awards

~Special Masters Program Profile~

1st phase GPA: 4.0
2nd phase GPA: 4.0
3rd phase GPA: TBD (thesis phase)

1. Started conducting research 2nd phase as an elective. So far a great amount of progress has been made and I may be 2nd author. If not, then thesis will be based around this research
2. Some leadership roles
a. Primary Care interest group
b. Medical School group (we have some people in our class wanting to go to Dental School)
3. Took the MCAT back the in June. Made a 518 (even) first try.

~School List~

The schools that I will apply to for the 2016 cycle (will hopefully matriculate in 2017.)

--------------Reach--------------
JHU
Vanderbilt
Mayo
Duke
Columbia
UCSF
USC

--------------Mid to High Tier--------------
Miami
Case Western
Medical College of Virginia**
Emory
Boston
Brown
New York Medical College
Albany
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
GW
Georgetown
Wake Forest
Tulane
Rosalind Franklin
Loyola
St. Louis

--------------Safeties--------------
UMC and the school the parent medical school of the SMP I am attending.
Total schools:

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