We did it!!!

518 retake from 509, 3.93 GPA

Large public university, trad ORM, non-disadvantaged but a complicated personal narrative (severe food allergy, parent's cancer, briefly unhoused in college)

Research: ~1900 hours across 3 labs, 6 pubs, 2 podium talks, 3 posters

Leadership: Co-founded & exited a health-tech app, first undergrad director role at a major research initiative on my campus

Teaching: Designed & taught 3 upper-div courses at my undergrad

Clinical: ~700 hrs hospital volunteering + 3 yrs of international medical mission trips

For those of you applying, GOOD LUCK! You got this :)