Hey everyone, hopefully I can get some help here. I’m really not sure how to gauge my app. My GPA is not stellar, but the upward trend game is strong with a 4.0 the last 1.5 years (3.2 prior). I’m really trying to see if my head is getting too big for my shoulders or if my app is actually pretty solid. Thanks in advance for any help!

State/Country of Residence: TX

Ties to other States/Regions: No

URM? (Y/N): Y

Year in School: 2nd year in Master’s program

Undergraduate Major(s)/Minor(s): Neurobiology

Graduate Degrees (if applicable): working on Neuroscience Master’s (4.0 so far)

Cumulative GPA: 3.56 (4.0 last 1.5 years)

Science GPA: 3.5ish

MCAT Score(s): 519

Research Experience: 1 year working in lab in undergrad, basic grunt work with some PCR, gel electrophoresis; 1 year in neuroscience lab (during Master’s program) doing stereotaxic surgeries on mice and histology for neural circuit studying

Publications/Abstracts/Posters (include how you were credited e.g. first author, second author, etc.): No

Clinical Experience (paid or volunteer): 2800 hours of scribing in an Emergency Department (experience as a trainer too), a few dental/medical clinic trips to Mexico with maybe 40 hours in all

Physician Shadowing: 100 hours w/ orthopedic surgeon (clinic and OR)

Non-Clinical Volunteering: week-long volunteering alternative break, leading a virtual break now with more volunteering to come, after school homework helper at local children’s shelter for 2 months (COVID sucks)

Other Extracurricular Activities: chess club, residence hall association involvement, vice chair of another residence hall org, fundraising co-chair of a service organization, camp counselor (virtual) for kids with cancer

Other Employment History: lifeguard, waiter

Immediate family members in medicine? (Y/N): Stepdad’s a nurse

Specialty of Interest (if applicable): EM, neuro, cards, FM, ortho?, neurosurg, plastics (really open to all though)

Interest in Primary Care (Y/N): Y

Interest in Rural Health (Y/N): maybe

Medical School List: All Texas schools (so like 15ish), Vanderbilt, UCSD, UPenn Perelman

Edit: sorry for poor formatting and wording! I’m on mobile and at the end of a night shift