Hello all, I would greatly appreciate any and all advice on my MD school list for the 2016-2017 application cycle!
This will be my second year applying, I applied in 2015-2016, was invited to interview at University of Colorado and an OOS school, and I am currently wait-listed at my state school (CO resident).
sGPA: 3.41
cGPA: 3.50
undergraduate major: Biomedical Sciences
graduate school GPA: 4.0
graduate degree: Biomedical Sciences
MCAT: 508, 77th percentile
non-medical/clinical volunteering: 300 hours at a local community theater and habitat for humanity
medical/clinical volunteering: 150 hours
physician shadowing: 100 hours
high school math tutor: 50 hours
executive board member of a leadership society: 75 hours, plus 10 hours spent at a state-wide leadership alliance summit
lab/research: 400 hours of lab work/research in graduate school, plus an additional 120 hour internship
paid medical/clinical employment: 1440 hours as a lab assistant, 2800 hours as an embryologist
I've also attended a few conferences, not detailed above, and as a hobby, enjoy running (I have completed a marathon a few half-marathons).
I would very much like to find schools that feel like a good fit, and avoid applying to schools that are somewhat low-yield (I applied to Georgetown, Temple, and Chicago-Rosalind Franklin this last year and I've decided I would like to save my money on schools such as these, if possible).
School list:
University of Colorado (state school)
Oregon Health and Science University (my parents and sister all live in Oregon)
Other than these 2 schools, I have no attachments/thoughts as to any other schools that would be a good fit. Any advice would be very much appreciated, so thank you in advance!
This will be my second year applying, I applied in 2015-2016, was invited to interview at University of Colorado and an OOS school, and I am currently wait-listed at my state school (CO resident).
sGPA: 3.41
cGPA: 3.50
undergraduate major: Biomedical Sciences
graduate school GPA: 4.0
graduate degree: Biomedical Sciences
MCAT: 508, 77th percentile
non-medical/clinical volunteering: 300 hours at a local community theater and habitat for humanity
medical/clinical volunteering: 150 hours
physician shadowing: 100 hours
high school math tutor: 50 hours
executive board member of a leadership society: 75 hours, plus 10 hours spent at a state-wide leadership alliance summit
lab/research: 400 hours of lab work/research in graduate school, plus an additional 120 hour internship
paid medical/clinical employment: 1440 hours as a lab assistant, 2800 hours as an embryologist
I've also attended a few conferences, not detailed above, and as a hobby, enjoy running (I have completed a marathon a few half-marathons).
I would very much like to find schools that feel like a good fit, and avoid applying to schools that are somewhat low-yield (I applied to Georgetown, Temple, and Chicago-Rosalind Franklin this last year and I've decided I would like to save my money on schools such as these, if possible).
School list:
University of Colorado (state school)
Oregon Health and Science University (my parents and sister all live in Oregon)
Other than these 2 schools, I have no attachments/thoughts as to any other schools that would be a good fit. Any advice would be very much appreciated, so thank you in advance!
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