3.91 GPA, 39 MCAT. Advice?

[wowok]

Hi friends,

I'm looking for some advice on compiling a list of med schools I should apply to next cycle (taking a gap year to continue some research).

Stats:
Undergrad: top 20 school
3.91 cGPA
3.84 sGPA
39 MCAT

Other:
- Oncology research: 2 years - 1 publication
- Diabetes research: 2 years - 1 publication
- Neuroscience research: 1 semester
- Public health research: 1 year
- Working on undergrad honors thesis
- 100+ hours medical shadowing
- 100+ hours volunteer work (mostly medical)
- Public health service program participant (1 semester)
- Held various leadership positions
- Bilingual (if that counts for anything)
- Minors in Applied Mathematics, Literature, and Psychology (again, doubt that counts for anything)

Thanks in advance!

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[FCMike11]

Stellar application, I don't actually have any specific advice on schools. I just wanted chime in in that I would certainly think being bilingual counted for something.

 

[wowok]

^^^thank yooou! that's good to hear

 

[Traumweber]

Impressive numbers!
Hopefully your medical volunteering involved patient contact. Many seem to be suggesting this.
Are you going M.D/PhD?

 

[wowok]

^Thanks so much! Glad all the work paid off. Yeah, I'd reckon more than 70% of my volunteering experience involved some form of patient contact. My public health study also involved a lot of interaction with patients.
Yeah I'd like to, although I know that MD/PhD programs are crazy competitive.

 

[Goro]

You're golden. Aim high. I'd use the gap year to also get in more non-clinical volunteering. Get off campus and outside your comfort zone.

Start with Harvard and Wash U. Other schools to consider are:

Columbia
Yale
JHU
Your state schools
Northwestern
U Chicago
Stanford
USC
Cornell
U VA
U MI
Pitt
Northwestern
Vanderbilt
NYU
BU
Mt Sinai
Einstein
U Penn
Baylor
Loyola
Duke
Emory
U Miami

Hi friends,

I'm looking for some advice on compiling a list of med schools I should apply to next cycle (taking a gap year to continue some research).

Stats:
Undergrad: top 20 school
3.91 cGPA
3.84 sGPA
39 MCAT

Other:
- Oncology research: 2 years - 1 publication
- Diabetes research: 2 years - 1 publication
- Neuroscience research: 1 semester
- Public health research: 1 year
- Working on undergrad honors thesis
- 100+ hours medical shadowing
- 100+ hours volunteer work (mostly medical)
- Public health service program participant (1 semester)
- Held various leadership positions
- Bilingual (if that counts for anything)
- Minors in Applied Mathematics, Literature, and Psychology (again, doubt that counts for anything)

Thanks in advance!

 

[ProudMD]

Agreed with Goro. Your application is absolutely stellar in every way except volunteering/community service. Get more hours in those areas and you should be good to go! Top schools value high stats and exceptional research, two areas that you are both very strong in.

 

[wowok]

Thanks everyone! And thank you Goro for the list

 

[Catalystik]

Your application is absolutely stellar in every way except volunteering/community service.

USC and Loyola might be iffy in light of this, as they will be particularly looking for strength in this area.