MD Non-Trad Low GPA/High MCAT Hispanic- School List Help

[doctorbob23]

Hi everyone, Im trying to figure out which schools to apply to and theres SO MANY. Its getting to be a lot harder than I thought and I could really use some help from those with a little more experience. I just want to pick the schools that statistically I have the best chances for an interview/acceptance in my situation. I have a lot of medical experience (nursing icu 2 years).

I screwed up my freshman year but I have a 4.0 for 3 years in all my classes and pre-reqs (reinvention story).

Im hispanic and I was born in cuba. I speak fluent english and spanish.

Stats:

Cumulative GPA : 3.35

Science GPA: 3.40

MCAT: 514 (92%)

Year in school: Senior

Race: Hispanic/Cuban

Country/state of residence: FL (no surprise)

Schools to which you are applying:

1. All FL state schools
2. UM
3. Tulane
4. Loyola
5. Thomas Jefferson
6. Albany
7. NYMC
8. Howard
9. EVMS
10. Vanderbilt
11. Wake Forest
12. Quinnipiac
13. Temple
14. Commonwealth
15. Virginia Commonwealth
16. Drexel
17. RF
18. SUNY Downstate
19. Tufts
20. Georgetown
21. Pennstate
22. Meharry
23. Wayne State
24. Virginia Tech
25. Wright State

Research: 1 semester of research, no publications

Work (medical) – 2 years nursing icu and ER experience
Volunteer (medical)- 3 months assisted living home health
6 months ER volunteer

Physician shadowing –
100 hrs-internal medicine
60 hours- Emergency Medicine

Non-clinical volunteering

-Playing guitar at nursing home for 6 months
-Biology tutor (integrated with the course)- 2 years

Employment history:

8 years worth of work experience, waiting tables, cashier

Immediate family members in medicine? No

Any insight into medical schools that would fit my situation? Thank you

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[gyngyn]

Last year Meharry matriculated no Cubans and Howard, only one.
If you are Afro-Cuban, all the HBCU's are good choices, if not, the Puerto Rican schools that accept mainlanders are better choices .
You can go through your list in the MSAR and look for Cuban matriculants (under demographics) to get an idea.

 

[Flower70954]

Last year Meharry matriculated no Cubans and Howard, only one.
If you are Afro-Cuban, all the HBCU's are good choices, if not, the Puerto Rican schools that accept mainlanders are better choices .

GynGyn,

What are the schools that really value Hispanic applicants ?

 

[gyngyn]

GynGyn,

What are the schools that really value Hispanic applicants ?

Cubans are not generally recognized as UiM, though language skills are always appreciated.
Your best bets are in FL. Edit: only 5 Cubans were at admitted all the Puerto Rican schools; 2 at Ponce, 2 at Caribe and 1 at SJB.

 

[doctorbob23]

Check this out. I found this interesting. In 2011 only 300 cubans applied. Its kind of hard to really know how significant zero cubans accepted is without knowing how many cubans applied to that school. Kind of weird we aren't URM when were considered hispanic nontheless

Any other schools would be a good idea to apply?

 

[gyngyn]

Check this out. I found this interesting. In 2011 only 300 cubans applied. Its kind of hard to really know how significant zero cubans accepted is without knowing how many cubans applied to that school. Kind of weird we aren't URM when were considered hispanic nonthelessView attachment 203584

Any other schools would be a good idea to apply?

The UiM designation hasn't applied to Cubans because of a unique immigration pattern from the island. A disproportionate number of the original emigres were from the educated class. Thus, Cubans are over-represented in medicine due to the physician/patient ratio. The same misfortune applies to Filipinos and Vietnamese applicants.

Any place that matches your stats and matriculates at least 20% OOS would be a good choice.

 

[Flower70954]

I'm not Cuban, I am Mexican American but I live in FL and most of the FL schools seem to accept a lot of Cubans and not many Mexican. Do you know the top friendly Mexican schools and whether it will matter that I am out of state if they are not Florida schools? Thank you.