MD & DO 3.69 cGPA, 3.58sGPA, 30 MCAT. Chances?

[Havoc390]

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I need help coming up with a school list!
Currently attending non-flagship public state school in Maryland (MD resident).
First in my family to graduate high school.
Parents were immigrants and English was a second language.
Stats: 30 MCAT, 3.69 cGPA, 3.58sGPA, with huge upward trend in last 2 years.
Research: 2 different labs on campus (3 years with one, 1 year with the other).
2nd author publication, multiple abstracts and presentations. One project was done abroad with PI in 2 weeks.
Clinical experience: ~35 hours shadowing.
150+ hours physical fitness evaluator for primary care practice (1 year, paid).
~50 hours hospice volunteer (1 year).
~30 hours hospital volunteer (1 semester).
60 hours shadowing abroad for 2 weeks.
Non-Clinical: 100 hours volunteer tutor (2.5 years).
50 hours campus clean-up volunteer (3 years)
School Clubs: Member, International non-profit (1 year) with 1 week trip abroad
Co-founder of a Sports club; member for 4 years and President for 2 years.

Are there any weaknesses I should immediately address within the remainder of the school year?
Thanks for your help!

Research is spot on. You don't need to work on anything here and in fact you have more than other applicants (especially on the DO applicant side). So use it to your advantage.

It would be nice if you could move the hospital volunteer hours to at least 50. 30 hours is quite low.

Boost up the non-clinical hours if you can. Try and do something that isn't so cookie cutter (tutor and clean up is seen on most of these WAMC posts).

I wouldn't hedge my bets on the non-profit work. Literally every single pre-med does something like this and it's really not that impacting. So please disregard it as a talking point for your personal statement. Use the other club as a talking point and discuss the stuff you did as president.

 

[Havoc390]

Research is spot on. You don't need to work on anything here and in fact you have more than other applicants (especially on the DO applicant side). So use it to your advantage.

It would be nice if you could move the hospital volunteer hours to at least 50. 30 hours is quite low.

Boost up the non-clinical hours if you can. Try and do something that isn't so cookie cutter (tutor and clean up is seen on most of these WAMC posts).

I wouldn't hedge my bets on the non-profit work. Literally every single pre-med does something like this and it's really not that impacting. So please disregard it as a talking point for your personal statement. Use the other club as a talking point and discuss the stuff you did as president.

Would it be fine to use hospice volunteering for clinical experience instead of hospital volunteering? The hospital volunteer role is quite boring and they don't really let me interact with patients.

 

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Would it be fine to use hospice volunteering for clinical experience instead of hospital volunteering? The hospital volunteer role is quite boring and they don't really let me interact with patients.

If you're interacting with patients at the hospice then def take that one instead!

 

[Doug Underhill]

Sounds good for DO. For MD, your numbers are a little bit below the national average. I would apply to at least 10 DO schools, all of your state MD schools, and then all of the low-yield MD programs with 31-32 averages that you are legitimately interested in or have good connections to.

 

[Goro]

Your clinical ECs are weak so at least double then in the interval.

I recommend:


Rush

NYMC

Creighton

Albany

Rosy Franklin

Drexel

Temple

Loma Linda (but read their list of don'ts)

MCW

St. Louis U

WVU

Jefferson

Creighton

Tulane

Loyola

U Miami

Wake Forest

EVMS

VCU

Oakland-B

Western MI

Any DO program

Your state school(s).

I need help coming up with a school list!
Currently attending non-flagship public state school in Maryland (MD resident).
First in my family to graduate high school.
Parents were immigrants and English was a second language.
Stats: 30 MCAT, 3.69 cGPA, 3.58sGPA, with huge upward trend in last 2 years.
Research: 2 different labs on campus (3 years with one, 1 year with the other).
2nd author publication, multiple abstracts and presentations. One project was done abroad with PI in 2 weeks.
Clinical experience: ~35 hours shadowing.
150+ hours physical fitness evaluator for primary care practice (1 year, paid).
~50 hours hospice volunteer (1 year).
~30 hours hospital volunteer (1 semester).
60 hours shadowing abroad for 2 weeks.
Non-Clinical: 100 hours volunteer tutor (2.5 years).
50 hours campus clean-up volunteer (3 years)
School Clubs: Member, International non-profit (1 year) with 1 week trip abroad
Co-founder of a Sports club; member for 4 years and President for 2 years.

Are there any weaknesses I should immediately address within the remainder of the school year?
Thanks for your help!

 

[Havoc390]

Thank you for that list! I really appreciate it and will definitely use it.

Your clinical ECs are weak so at least double then in the interval.

I recommend:


Rush

NYMC

Creighton

Albany

Rosy Franklin

Drexel

Temple

Loma Linda (but read their list of don'ts)

MCW

St. Louis U

WVU

Jefferson

Creighton

Tulane

Loyola

U Miami

Wake Forest

EVMS

VCU

Oakland-B

Western MI

Any DO program

Your state school(s).