Hi all. I am thinking of schools and would value any opinions on my list so far. Are there any with specific missions or weird preferences that I may have missed? Maybe even advice on ECs to do during the upcoming gap year because I could use improvements.
- cGPA: 3.95 MCAT: 39
- WWAMI resident
- ORM
- Graduated with Biochem, will take gap year and volunteer/shadow while applying
- Really liked family practice overall, but anesthesia and academic medicine in general are good too
- Clinical volunteering ~200 hours, 1 year and continuing
- Shadowing ~100 hours, many specialties
- Chemistry research ~400 hours, no publication yet and professor isn't giving me news about the paper I helped with
- Tutoring ~400 hours, 2 years and continuing. Various types between paid and volunteer. Super meaningful, tried to emphasize.
- Listed some random hobbies in AMCAS like skiing, tennis, etc. but no competitions or substantial stuff
- Wash U
- Harvard
- Stanford
- Baylor
- Northwestern
- UW Seattle
- Dartmouth
- USC
- Tufts
- Temple
- Boston U
- Rosalind Franklin
- Albany
- Drexel