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Hi! Thank you so much for taking a look at my application! I am currently writing my personal statement and other parts of my primary application. If anyone is able to look at my personal statement and provide feedback, I would greatly appreciate it. I think my weakness is my writing, since I tend to write in a straightforward and mundane manner.
Also, if anyone has insight into strategies for submitting letters, I would appreciate it. I know some schools allow you to submit as many as possible, but if you submit, say, 6, does the adcom only read a few? I know I have 2 extremely strong letters that say I am the best they have worked with, but I don't want to "dilute" them with other, albeit strong, letters
- 4.0 cGPA and 4.0 sGPA
- 522 (132/129/131/130), 1 attempt
- Oregon resident
- ORM/Asian
- Large public state school
- 1000 clinical volunteering as CNA, patient care coordinator, and patient advocate at free clinics
- 2000 hours biology research, one mid-author IF 10 publication, undergrad symposium presentation
- 500 hours psychology research, no pubs, posters/abstracts w/ DOI at two national conferences
- 300 hours clinical research, 1 first-author pub in IF 5, 1 first-author under review in IF 3 + oral presentation at national conference
- 80 hours shadowing family med, internal med, PM&R, anesthesiology, and pulmonary
- 400 hours non-clinical volunteering leading a nonprofit working with homeless group
- President of two student clubs, officer of a couple of others
- 150 hours assistant for a mentorship program focused on supporting underrepresented minorities in psychology, did some research on it and presenting it at undergrad research symposium
- 250 hours TA'ing classes
- 3 part-time jobs including tutor and receptionist throughout college (~1.5k hours)
- Several undergraduate scholarships/grants ranging 2k-8k
- Even though I am ORM, I was disadvantaged (low-income family, Pell grant recipient)
- Personal statement will be focused on healthcare disparities and my experience with them - no research in it (open to suggestions on structure)
- I have seen several of my LORs, and they are pretty strong imo
Also, if anyone has insight into strategies for submitting letters, I would appreciate it. I know some schools allow you to submit as many as possible, but if you submit, say, 6, does the adcom only read a few? I know I have 2 extremely strong letters that say I am the best they have worked with, but I don't want to "dilute" them with other, albeit strong, letters
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