MD 4.0 GPA, 36 MCAT, Chance me!

[JMMTB]

I've been looking at a school list for quite some time now and really need help on it. I feel like my academics are fine, but that there are other weaknesses in my application so any positive feedback would be greatly appreciated.

• GPA 4.0 - science based major
• MCAT 36 (11/11/14)
• After freshman year spent two years in another state as a proselyting missionary for the LDS (mormon) church. In addition to sharing my beliefs I helped people quit smoking and drinking. I also had the opportunity to oversee other missionaries in their responsibilities for six months and helped new missionaries for around six months as well.
• 6 months as co-leader organizing weekly activities for young adults ~30 hours
• 11 months volunteering as a spanish interpreter at a local outpatient surgical center 140+ hours
• 50 hours shadowing a pediatrician, and various surgeons
• 15 hours with neurofeedback research, 45 hours drug addiction research (same lab)
• ~150 hours (10 hrs/wk) cancer research (bench) over one semester which will continue until matriculation
• 1 semester (130 hrs) as Physics Tutor (paid)
• 2 semesters (75+ hrs) as Research assistant/student aide for History professor (paid)
• Dean's list each semester; full tuition scholarship
• Enjoy mountain biking; competed seriously in the past (HS - too far back in time?) but just casually now
• Enjoy bouldering
• worked at bike shop during 3 semesters of college + during summers.

I don't know if this is relevant information but I will be graduating in under 4 academic years.

School List:

• Baylor
• Vanderbilt
• Mayo
• UTSW
• WASHU
• Michigan - Ann Arbor
• Houston
• U of Washington
• Albert Einstein
• Ohio State
• Wisconsin-Madison

I know that I have a couple of months to really improve my application before submitting, so any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

---

Members don't see this ad.

 

[TheSummit]

you texas resident? very good numbers, good ECs, should have good chance to get into any schools. Would still apply to a handful of safety schools.

 

[JMMTB]

Not a Texas resident, but I lived in Texas as well as the Midwest. What additional schools should I look at?

 

[Rainbow Zebra]

Not a Texas resident, but I lived in Texas as well as the Midwest. What additional schools should I look at?

Pitt, Rochester, Case Western Reserve, UNC

 

[Rainbow Zebra]

I've been looking at a school list for quite some time now and really need help on it. I feel like my academics are fine, but that there are other weaknesses in my application so any positive feedback would be greatly appreciated.

• GPA 4.0 - science based major
• MCAT 36 (11/11/14)
• After freshman year spent two years in another state as a proselyting missionary for the LDS (mormon) church. In addition to sharing my beliefs I helped people quit smoking and drinking. I also had the opportunity to oversee other missionaries in their responsibilities for six months and helped new missionaries for around six months as well.
• 6 months as co-leader organizing weekly activities for young adults ~30 hours
• 11 months volunteering as a spanish interpreter at a local outpatient surgical center 140+ hours
• 50 hours shadowing a pediatrician, and various surgeons
• 15 hours with neurofeedback research, 45 hours drug addiction research (same lab)
• ~150 hours (10 hrs/wk) cancer research (bench) over one semester which will continue until matriculation
• 1 semester (130 hrs) as Physics Tutor (paid)
• 2 semesters (75+ hrs) as Research assistant/student aide for History professor (paid)
• Dean's list each semester; full tuition scholarship
• Enjoy mountain biking; competed seriously in the past (HS - too far back in time?) but just casually now
• Enjoy bouldering
• worked at bike shop during 3 semesters of college + during summers.

I don't know if this is relevant information but I will be graduating in under 4 academic years.

School List:

• Baylor
• Vanderbilt
• Mayo
• UTSW
• WASHU
• Michigan - Ann Arbor
• Houston
• U of Washington
• Albert Einstein
• Ohio State
• Wisconsin-Madison

I know that I have a couple of months to really improve my application before submitting, so any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Unless you have ties to Washington, remove U of Washington. They don't take folks without ties.

 

[JMMTB]

Unless you have ties to Washington, remove U of Washington. They don't take folks without ties.

I'm curious about this as their OOS percentage is nearly 50%.

 

[Doug Underhill]

Their OOS percentage refers to students who live in states with no medical school, like Idaho.

Does the University of Utah have a mission to produce LDS physicians? If so, you may want to look into applying there.

 

[JMMTB]

Their OOS percentage refers to students who live in states with no medical school, like Idaho.

I guess that is where the confusion comes in because on MSAR it says that WA, WY, AK, MT and ID are all considered as In-state applicants, so I would think that there are a considerable number out of state.

 

[Rainbow Zebra]

I'm curious about this as their OOS percentage is nearly 50%.

Read their Admission website. THis is a school for 5 states in NW without med schools (idaho, Montana, etc). Don't waste your money on them.

 

[Rainbow Zebra]

I guess that is where the confusion comes in because on MSAR it says that WA, WY, AK, MT and ID are all considered as In-state applicants, so I would think that there are a considerable number out of state.

That's what SDN is for, to set folks straight!! Cheers.

 

[Rainbow Zebra]

Read their Admission website. THis is a school for 5 states in NW without med schools (idaho, Montana, etc). Don't waste your money on them.

I think a lot of their undergrads (who are "out of state") go to Med School at U of Wash. They would be out of state, but ties to school.

 

[JMMTB]

Yeah, I looked closer and noted that only 2% of the OOS applicants matriculate. Also in their mission statement they say twice how their focus is to serve the people of the NW region. Thanks for the clarification!