MD 3.77cGPA; 3.84sGPA

[medhopeful118]

I'm currently a 4th year college student applying this cycle. I'm an Asian applicant from California and would like some help narrowing down/adding schools to my medical school application list. Also, the only thing on my application that I'm a bit worried about is that I have 2 alcohol violations on my Student Conduct Record. I know I will probably have to disclose this on the AMCAS and I was wondering how badly this would affect my application? The first alcohol violation was completely my fault. It was during the first week of school during my freshman year and I got caught drinking with my suitemates. The second alcohol violation was rather unjustified in my opinion. It occurred during my junior year. I was in my room when a few of my suitemates were busted for drinking alcohol in our common room. They wrote up everyone in the suite even though it was just a few people drinking because we had "knowingly let it happen". I have not had any more alcohol incidents since then but I'm worried medical schools may view this as a "bad trend". Please give me some insight and thanks so much for your help ahead of time.

cGPA: 3.77
sGPA: 3.84
MCAT: 513

Extracurriculars:
-2 years of research in an Alzheimer's Lab (No publications)
-1 year of research in a Cancer Lab (1 publication co-author)
-3 years of volunteering in a small clinic in an under-served area
-3 summers of volunteering in a hospital
-1.5 years of mentoring a disadvantaged high school student
-1 year tutoring disadvantaged high school students
-4 years as a leader of a Vietnamese Youth Group
-2 summers volunteering in a Soup Kitchen for the homeless
-150 hours shadowing various doctors (Hospitalist, Cardiologist, Ortho Surgeon, Radiologist)
-1 month volunteering as part an overseas mobile clinic in Vietnam
-Will be spending the next year volunteering as part of Americorps

Medical School List:
-Albany Medical College
-Albert Einstein College of Medicine
-Boston University College of Medicine
-Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
-Chicago Medical School
-Drexel University College of Medicine
-East Virginia Medical School
-Frank H Netter School of Medicine
-Geisel School of Medicine
-George Washington University School of Medicine
-Georgetown University School of Medicine
-Hofstra North Shore School of Medicine
-Keck School of Medicine
-Meharry Medical College
-New York Medical College
-Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
-Sanford School of Medicine
-Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
-Stony Brook University School of Medicine
-The Commonwealth Medical College
-Tufts University School of Medicine
-Tulane University School of Medicine
-UC Davis
-UC Irvine
-UCLA
-UC Riverside
-UC San Diego
-UC San Francisco
-University of Kentucky College of Medicine
-University of Massachusetts Medical School
-University of Rochester School of Medicine
-University of Utah School of Medicine
-Wake Forest School of Medicine
-West Virginia University School of Medicine

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[Faha]

You can delete schools such as Kentucky, UMass, Utah, Stony Brook and Sanford since they give strong preference to their own residents. Consider adding:
Western Michigan
Temple
Loyola
St. Louis
Creighton

 

[GrapesofRath]

Multiple alcohol IAs isnt positive but if you are upfront about it and if the description of the second event is as you say it is, I wouldnt call it a deal breaker. Sometimes you gotta apply with the flaws you have and see what happens; nothing you can do about it now. The fact therell have been 1.5-2 years since it when you apply is a positive.

Keep Stony Brook.

You can delete WVU, UMass, Utah, UCR(if you arent from that area), Geisel, GW, Gtown, Meharry, NYMC, Drexel and Sanford without reducing the odds of getting an acceptance letter(in fact schools like UMass, Utah and Meharry are just a waste of an app for you). Your MCAT is a little bit on the lower end for UCLA, UCSD, UCSF, CWRU, Boston U and Keck but a couple reaches are fine if you have a solid list of 15 realistic OOS schools.

Include Medical College of Wisconsin, SUNY Downstate, UIC, Saint Louis, Creighton and U of Arizona. Keep the OOS schools on your list that you fit where your stats are in their range and your list will be fine.

 

[625233]

Impressive ECs

 

[Ad2b]

You can delete WVU, UMass, Utah, UCR(if you arent from that area), Geisel.

yes, agree

You can delete Gtown

keep this one

You can delete Meharry, NYMC, Drexel and Sanford without reducing the odds of getting an acceptance letter(in fact schools like UMass, Utah and Meharry are just a waste of an app for you).

yep, agree 100%

Your MCAT is a little bit on the lower end for UCLA, UCSD, UCSF

That research though, might make up for it coupled with the sGPA. I spoke to a former student adcom from UCSF, current advisor for UCSF premeds, and he told me to apply to UCSF despite my age, 30 year old GPA, and light research experience (all field research, no bench).

Buy the MSAR and see how you compare. It's cheap and well worth it!

 

[Goro]

I recommend:

U VM
USF Morsani (maybe)
Duke (maybe)
Case (maybe)
Mayo (maybe)
Miami
St. Louis
Albany
Albert Einstein
Rochester
Rush
Rosy Franklin
BU
Hofstra
NYMC
VCU
EVMS
Wake Forest
Jefferson
Temple
Drexel
Creighton
George Washington
Emory
USC/Keck
Tulane
Dartmouth
Loyola
Any new MD school. Skip Central MI and the three new FL schools. I can't recommend CNU.
UCI
UCD
UCSD
UCLA
UCR IF you're from the Inland Empire
Any DO program, starting with Western and Touro-CA


EDIT: You're going to have to own the second EtOH violation. You knew your friends were guilty of wrongdoing. Explain it and see how things shake out.

I'm currently a 4th year college student applying this cycle. I'm an Asian applicant from California and would like some help narrowing down/adding schools to my medical school application list. Also, the only thing on my application that I'm a bit worried about is that I have 2 alcohol violations on my Student Conduct Record. I know I will probably have to disclose this on the AMCAS and I was wondering how badly this would affect my application? The first alcohol violation was completely my fault. It was during the first week of school during my freshman year and I got caught drinking with my suitemates. The second alcohol violation was rather unjustified in my opinion. It occurred during my junior year. I was in my room when a few of my suitemates were busted for drinking alcohol in our common room. They wrote up everyone in the suite even though it was just a few people drinking because we had "knowingly let it happen". I have not had any more alcohol incidents since then but I'm worried medical schools may view this as a "bad trend". Please give me some insight and thanks so much for your help ahead of time.

cGPA: 3.77
sGPA: 3.84
MCAT: 513

Extracurriculars:
-2 years of research in an Alzheimer's Lab (No publications)
-1 year of research in a Cancer Lab (1 publication co-author)
-3 years of volunteering in a small clinic in an under-served area
-3 summers of volunteering in a hospital
-1.5 years of mentoring a disadvantaged high school student
-1 year tutoring disadvantaged high school students
-4 years as a leader of a Vietnamese Youth Group
-2 summers volunteering in a Soup Kitchen for the homeless
-150 hours shadowing various doctors (Hospitalist, Cardiologist, Ortho Surgeon, Radiologist)
-1 month volunteering as part an overseas mobile clinic in Vietnam
-Will be spending the next year volunteering as part of Americorps

Medical School List:
-Albany Medical College
-Albert Einstein College of Medicine
-Boston University College of Medicine
-Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
-Chicago Medical School
-Drexel University College of Medicine
-East Virginia Medical School
-Frank H Netter School of Medicine
-Geisel School of Medicine
-George Washington University School of Medicine
-Georgetown University School of Medicine
-Hofstra North Shore School of Medicine
-Keck School of Medicine
-Meharry Medical College
-New York Medical College
-Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
-Sanford School of Medicine
-Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
-Stony Brook University School of Medicine
-The Commonwealth Medical College
-Tufts University School of Medicine
-Tulane University School of Medicine
-UC Davis
-UC Irvine
-UCLA
-UC Riverside
-UC San Diego
-UC San Francisco
-University of Kentucky College of Medicine
-University of Massachusetts Medical School
-University of Rochester School of Medicine
-University of Utah School of Medicine
-Wake Forest School of Medicine
-West Virginia University School of Medicine