My MCAT, GPA, and AMCAS for MD/PhD (ACCEPTED to UPenn Med School)

Hello friends! In this video, my entire medical school AMCAS application that got me accepted to the UPenn MD/PhD program. This includes my GPA, MCAT, activities sections, essays, and medical school list. In each section, I also provide advice about what you can do to make your application competitive for top MD/PhD programs. Thanks for watching the video! If you found it helpful, please like and subscribe!

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My name is Royce, and I'm a first year MD/PhD medical student at the University of Pennsylvania (PhD in Bioengineering). I make videos about medicine, productivity, and lifestyle.

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⏰ TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Intro
0:35 Do you need a 4.9 GPA and 530 MCAT?
1:10 GPA
3:40 MCAT
5:04 Activities: Research
5:57 Activities: Research Papers
6:54 Activities: Research Presentations
8:31 Activities: Extracurricular Clubs
9:44 Activities: Shadowing/Clinical Exps.
11:09 Activities: Tutoring/TAing
11:36 Activities: Awards
12:53 Activities: Hobbies
13:38 Essays
14:55 School List
15:18 Outro

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[RoyceDong]

Hey friends, this week's video is a bit longer than usual, but I hope it's informative to you and worth the watch. Below I've compiled some timestamps that have my main takeaways/analyses for each part of the med school application:

4:31 GPA and MCAT score
6:25 Research publications
7:58 Research presentations
10:16 Clinical volunteering and shadowing
12:19 Awards and scholarships
13:20 Hobbies

[avgstudent.]

Complete app: 4.0 gpa, 520 mcat, 4 years of applied, biomedical physics research (2900 hours), Publications: first author in peer-reviewed journal with a couple other publications, some research presentations and posters (campus level, local level, national conferences [DC, Baltimore], Japan). extracurricular clubs (physics club, chemistry tournament club, orchestra club). 60 hours of shadowing (geriatrician, neurologist, IR). 200 hours as a cancer patient advocate, tutor/teaching assistant (Ochem, Intro to Phys, Intro to Bio), Honors: National Award (Goldwater?), research fellowships, travel awards. Hobbies: pickup basketball (520 hours).

[EpicFailBrothers]

Thanks Royce! this is really helpful and nice to get to know your application a bit better

[mcat]

Very informative. I see I have a lot of work to do...

[pyrohead]

You really are the idol student, hope you’re doing awesome still. I hope to either go into an MD or MD/PhD program some day as well

[Annie-njrn]

This was so so helpful and definitely worthwhile. Thank you so much for sharing.

[sreyasanyal]

as a current applicant, this was a little rough to compare to but very informative and helpful nonetheless

[isaiahwhitten]

As an incoming college premed freshman, your experience has set the bar high for me! But if I shoot for the stars I might hit the moon (hopefully)

[eshachakraborti]

thank you for very informative and thorough video! really helpful

[qinyuehuang]

Thank you for so much for this video! Tons of useful information! I am an incoming freshman majoring in biophysics. I am so excited when I found this video! I wonder when I should take linear algebra and differential equations in college while balancing with stats that Med schools prefer.

[haianhtruong]

The video sound is pretty good, beyond my imagination

[Melanie-psxr]

Hi! Thank you so much for an informative video!!! I had a question about the MCAT. You mentioned that you want your MCAT and gpa to be "high enough" for the school you apply to....how should I gauge that? For instance, if I meet the school's median MCAT score or am higher, should that be high enough? THANKS IN ADVANCE!!!

[edibleanimals]

How long did it take you to get a first author publication? Did you have it before primaries?

[tasniajannat]

If an internation applicant have below 3 CGPA, one publication and average MCAT score, then what will be to approximate probability to get admission in MD-PhD program? Please answer. Thanks so much to share such informative video!

[chineduejeh]

Hey Royce! I wanted to ask you how you were able to present your research at a symposium. Did you have to sign up for it, or was it through an undergraduate research program?

[edibleanimals]

How did you find so many research opportunities?

[lilylozano]

What MCAT prep books or company did you use to study?

[Ryan-bvuu]

Do you have to go to an Ivy League school? For your undergrad to get accepted into MD/phD program? What if I went to a state school but have really good grades and a high MCAT?

[ginamarshall]

How did you have time to study, volunteer, shadow, tutor, TA and belong to clubs. Did you ever sleep?😂

[pyrohead]

Wait… someone like YOU only got into THREE out of TWENTY FIVE SCHOOLS??? Rethinking wanting to be a doctor now 😂