sun_rucong
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Hey everyone this is my first post so forgive me if I commit any SDN sins!
I'd like help determining which schools to add or remove given my stats.
State of Residence: TN
Undergraduate: Wake Forest
SMP Graduate: Loyola with guaranteed interview
MCAT was a tragic drop from a 517 FL avg. to a 510 (128, 125, 127, 130).
Is that 125 CARS going to be a red flag for any US schools?
Also, do you believe a retake could be in order after secondaries are in?
As for ECs (and if you'd like more specifics I can add them!):
Shadowing: 60 hours across 4 specialties (FM, IM, psychiatry, orthopedics)
(80 across 5 if you count intl. shadowing which I believe you don't)
Non-clinical / Community volunteering: ~1360 hours, a select few positions with a couple maintained throughout ugrad and continued from hs, multicultural-related and musical-related separately
Clinical volunteering: ~250 hours
Research (no pubs): ~215 hours
Paid clinial employment (ED scribe): ~515 hours
Leadership: 710 hours, a select few positions maintained and promoted throughout ugrad
Other (primary caregiver for immediate family member over this past year): ~2100 hours
Certifications: None
Relevant honors and awards: Dean's List for 3 semesters
I'm waiting to hear back from clinical research jobs and I plan to pick up volunteering wherever I end up. Overall app will have a heavily service-oriented narrative.
Now here's the list in rough decreasing order of desire and my perceived viability for MD and DO separately:
MD:
DO:
If anyone could share their thoughts I would be greatly appreciative!
I'd like help determining which schools to add or remove given my stats.
State of Residence: TN
Undergraduate: Wake Forest
SMP Graduate: Loyola with guaranteed interview
MCAT was a tragic drop from a 517 FL avg. to a 510 (128, 125, 127, 130).
Is that 125 CARS going to be a red flag for any US schools?
Also, do you believe a retake could be in order after secondaries are in?
As for ECs (and if you'd like more specifics I can add them!):
Shadowing: 60 hours across 4 specialties (FM, IM, psychiatry, orthopedics)
(80 across 5 if you count intl. shadowing which I believe you don't)
Non-clinical / Community volunteering: ~1360 hours, a select few positions with a couple maintained throughout ugrad and continued from hs, multicultural-related and musical-related separately
Clinical volunteering: ~250 hours
Research (no pubs): ~215 hours
Paid clinial employment (ED scribe): ~515 hours
Leadership: 710 hours, a select few positions maintained and promoted throughout ugrad
Other (primary caregiver for immediate family member over this past year): ~2100 hours
Certifications: None
Relevant honors and awards: Dean's List for 3 semesters
I'm waiting to hear back from clinical research jobs and I plan to pick up volunteering wherever I end up. Overall app will have a heavily service-oriented narrative.
Now here's the list in rough decreasing order of desire and my perceived viability for MD and DO separately:
MD:
| Wake |
| Loyola |
| UTHSC |
| ETSU |
| University of Illinois |
| Rush University Medical College |
| Medical College of Wisconsin |
| Indiana School of Medicine |
| UAB |
| U South Alabama |
| USC |
| USC Greenville |
| Toledo |
| Central Michigan |
| VTech |
| West Virginia University SOM |
| Frank Netter Quinnipiac |
| Gtown |
| Temple |
| Drexel |
| EVMS |
| Albany Medical College |
| George Washington |
| UArizona Tucson |
| Wayne State College of Medicine |
| Creighton University |
| Rosalind Franklin |
| OUWB |
| Tulane |
| SUNY |
| Western Michigan - Homer Stryker |
| New York Medical College |
| VCU |
DO:
| Des Moines University College of Osteopathic |
| Touro NY |
| Touro CA |
| Western University of Health Sciences DO |
| Midwestern Chicago |
| Midwestern Arizona |
| LMU Debusk |
| LECOM |
| KCUCOM |
| Lake Erie |
| NYIT |
| Michigan State |
| PCOM |
If anyone could share their thoughts I would be greatly appreciative!
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