Stats:
Major: Biology
GPA before undergraduate but took credits in high school: 3.21
One of the top universities in CA: cGPA: 3.41, sGPA: 3.34
1st Gap Year- Informal Post-Bacc GPA: 4.0
2nd Gap Year (upcoming gap year): Masters program (not SMP, but related to my interests)
MCAT 1st: 27 (10, 8, 9) 2nd: 30 (12, 7, 11)
Letters:
2 Science Faculty, 1 Music Faculty, 1 Art (Non faculty), 1 Mentor
Extracurriculars:
Art (internationally recognized, and ties to medicine and medical education) and Music
Founded prehealth non-profit organization (501c)
Research: 2 summers
Shadowing: Transplant Surgeons, Pathologist, Orthopedic Surgeon
Hospital + Free Clinic Volunteering: Over 100 hours
Non-health related Volunteering: Over 100 hours
Personal Statement: Excellent (I think), with highlighted theme throughout my application.
In short: unique, but low stats. Would prefer to apply to school that looks at the whole application holistically.
FAP approved. Non-URM. Applying as Disadvantaged Student (socioeconomic). CA Resident.
List of Schools that need to be narrowed down:
Chicago Med-Franklin
Eastern Virginia
Buffalo
West Virginia
Louisville
Virginia Commonwealth
Florida Atlantic University - Schmidt
Michigan State
Commonwealth
Penn State
Drexel
UC Davis
Wright State-Boonshoft
New York Medical
Vermont
Creighton
Wake Forest
SUNY Upstate
Toledo
George Washington
Oakland University William Beaumont Medical School
Albany
Temple
FIU-Wertheim
Virginia Tech Carilion
Jefferson
Tufts
Rush
Kentucky
Wisconsin
Loyola-Stritch
Stony Brook
GeorgetownSUNY Downstate
Quinnipiac-Frank Netter SOM
Central Michigan University
Rowan University - Cooper Medical School
Medical College of Wisconsin
Western Michigan?
UC Irvine
UC San Diego
UCLA-Geffen
UC San Francisco
UC Riverside
UCLA Drew
As far as I know, no preferences in terms of location or school. Would like to maybe remove 10-15 schools from the list. Won't be doing much this summer than taking statistics at a CC and working on secondaries.
Thanks for the help! Need help with cutting down allopathic school list. Any advice is appreciated.
Major: Biology
GPA before undergraduate but took credits in high school: 3.21
One of the top universities in CA: cGPA: 3.41, sGPA: 3.34
1st Gap Year- Informal Post-Bacc GPA: 4.0
2nd Gap Year (upcoming gap year): Masters program (not SMP, but related to my interests)
MCAT 1st: 27 (10, 8, 9) 2nd: 30 (12, 7, 11)
Letters:
2 Science Faculty, 1 Music Faculty, 1 Art (Non faculty), 1 Mentor
Extracurriculars:
Art (internationally recognized, and ties to medicine and medical education) and Music
Founded prehealth non-profit organization (501c)
Research: 2 summers
Shadowing: Transplant Surgeons, Pathologist, Orthopedic Surgeon
Hospital + Free Clinic Volunteering: Over 100 hours
Non-health related Volunteering: Over 100 hours
Personal Statement: Excellent (I think), with highlighted theme throughout my application.
In short: unique, but low stats. Would prefer to apply to school that looks at the whole application holistically.
FAP approved. Non-URM. Applying as Disadvantaged Student (socioeconomic). CA Resident.
List of Schools that need to be narrowed down:
Chicago Med-Franklin
Eastern Virginia
Buffalo
West Virginia
Louisville
Virginia Commonwealth
Florida Atlantic University - Schmidt
Michigan State
Commonwealth
Penn State
Drexel
UC Davis
Wright State-Boonshoft
New York Medical
Vermont
Creighton
Wake Forest
SUNY Upstate
Toledo
George Washington
Oakland University William Beaumont Medical School
Albany
Temple
FIU-Wertheim
Virginia Tech Carilion
Jefferson
Tufts
Rush
Kentucky
Wisconsin
Loyola-Stritch
Stony Brook
GeorgetownSUNY Downstate
Quinnipiac-Frank Netter SOM
Central Michigan University
Rowan University - Cooper Medical School
Medical College of Wisconsin
Western Michigan?
UC Irvine
UC San Diego
UCLA-Geffen
UC San Francisco
UC Riverside
UCLA Drew
As far as I know, no preferences in terms of location or school. Would like to maybe remove 10-15 schools from the list. Won't be doing much this summer than taking statistics at a CC and working on secondaries.
Thanks for the help! Need help with cutting down allopathic school list. Any advice is appreciated.
