Brief Profile:
EDUCATION ? University of California, Irvine June 2007 ? March 2008 o Biology Extension Student: Molecular Biology, Virology, Molecular Pharmacology ? University of Southern California September 2003 ? May 2007 o Bachelors of Science, Biology o Dean?s List: August 2005 ? May 2006 ? University of Florida August 2003 ? May 2005 o Dean?s List: August 2003 ? May 2004 and January 2005 ? May 2005
VOLUNTEER CLINICAL EXPERIENCE ~300 hours ? Clinical Care Extender, Main Operating Room, St. Mary?s Hospital, Long Beach, CA, January 2008 - Present o Observe Surgical Procedures, Clean up and prepare operating rooms for new procedures ? Clinical Care Extender, Surgicenter, St. Mary?s Hospital, Long Beach, CA, November 2007 ? January 2008 o Observe Outpatient Surgical Procedures ? Clinical Care Extender, Emergency Room, St. Mary?s Hospital, Long Beach, CA, August 2007 ? November 2007 o Assist Nurses and ER Techs: EKG?s, CPR, Patient Transport, Taking Vitals, etc. ? Clinical Care Extender, Telemetry Unit, St. Mary?s Hospital, Long Beach, CA, May 2007 ? August 2007 o Assist Nurses with Patient Care: CPR, Feeding, Lifting, Changing, Transporting, etc. Patients ? Clinical Volunteer, Intensive Care Unit, USC University Hospital, Los Angeles, CA, September 2006 ? December 2006 o Performed Basic Level of Patient Care (i.e. feeding and transporting patients)
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT ~120 hours ? Classroom Volunteer, Joint Educational Project, Los Angeles, CA September 2005 ? December 2005 o Taught weekly lessons on Environmental Issues to third grade students. ? Philanthropy Chairman, Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity, Gainesville, FL August 2004 ? May 2005 o Coordinated member involvement in charity events hosted by various campus organizations ? Greek Blood Drive Chair, Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity, Gainesville, FL, August 2004 ? May 2005 o Coordinated and recruited member involvement in the Fall and Spring blood drives. o Phi Sigma Kappa won Second Place for the year with over 250 pints of blood donated.
EMPLOYMENT ? Emergency Department Technician, St. Mary?s Hospital, Long Beach, CA January 2008 - Present ~900 hours so far o Assist nurses with patient care. Duties include but are not limited to taking vitals, performing EKGs, CPR, etc. o Contact: Andy Reno 562-491-9174 ? Wood Ranch BBQ & Grill, Expediter, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA, August 2007 - Present o Coordinate food orders on the kitchen line, ensure quality and timely delivery in a busy environment o Contact: Tim Reynolds, General Manager, 949-888-1100 ? No-Fault Case Manager, Russell Law Office, Newburgh, NY, July 2001 ? August 2004 o Prime responsibility was timely trial preparation for a case load of over 200 o Contact: Richard Russell, esq., Owner, 845-561-2889
RELATED SKILLS ? Certified Los Angeles County EMT-1, Certification #52675 ? AHA CPR Certified, BLS for Healthcare Providers ? Microsoft Office and Internet ? Scientific Literature Research
RESEARCH ? Independent Researcher, Wrigley Marine Science Institute, Catalina Island, Los Angeles, CA, January 2007 ? May 2007 ~370 hours o Screening indigenous terrestrial root plants for antimicrobial activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2008
Undergraduate college: University of Southern California
Undergraduate Area of study: Biological/Life Sciences
Institution: UC Irvine upp-div bio - 28 units 3.96gpa
Area of Study: Biological/Life Sciences
Degree Obtained: no
Total MCAT SCORE: 517
MCAT Section Scores:
B/B 130,
C/P 130,
CARS 127
Overall GPA: 3.56
Science GPA: 3.47
Summary of Application Experience
9/25/08 - Have complete applications for almost all schools applied to for anywhere from 1 - 5 weeks for most. A few have been complete longer (i.e. NYMC). I'd hoped on hearing some interview news by this time and am considering sending letters of interest to my top choices (UCI, UCD, UCLA, USC) to try and get my app moved around in the pile, but I'm not sure if it is too early to play this card. Will keep reading on SDN for advice. The hard part is that, while I do have top choices - USC prolly no. 1 with any/all UC's tied for 2nd - I really just want to go somewhere. I am a re-applicant and this is my last usable cycle for current MCAT. I am hoping it will my my last app cycle.
11/16/08 - Received an interview invite to UCI a couple weeks ago. Hoorayy! I've been reading that the interview is quite relaxed but am nervous because UCI is one of my top choices. This is my first ever real medical school interview so I set up a couple of mock interviews. Hopefully they will help a lot. I also received a couple more rejections and holds but am still waiting to hear on ~20 applications.
