School List Help: URM, 3.3 GPA, 509 MCAT, SMP

[jupemu]

1. cGPA and sGPA as calculated by AMCAS or AACOMAS
   1. Undergrad
      
      1. cGPA: 3.16 AMCAS and 3.16 AACOMAS
      2. sGPA: 2.98 AMCAS and 3.04 AACOMAS
   2. Postbacc
      
      1. 4.00
   3. Graduate SMP in Biomedical Sciences
      1. cGPA: 3.82 AMCAS and 3.82 AACOMAS
      2. sGPA: 3.81 AMCAS and 3.82 AACOMAS
   4. cGPA: 3.31 AMCAS and 3.31 AACOMAS
   5. sGPA: 3.21 AMCAS and 3.27 AACOMAS
2. MCAT score(s) and breakdown
   • 5/18/23: 509 (126/126/128/129)
   • 9/19/17: 502 (123/126/126/127)
3. State of residence or country of citizenship (if non-US)
   1. Florida
4. Ethnicity and/or race
   1. Latina
5. Undergraduate institution or category
   1. Florida public state school
6. Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer)
   1. Non-volunteer: 6000+ (medical assistant in pediatric cardiology office)
   2. Volunteer: 50 stockroom and cleaning
7. Research experience and productivity
   1. Research Assistant: 1000
8. Shadowing experience and specialties represented
   1. Total: 110
      1. Dermatology (20 hours)
      2. Pediatrics (80)
      3. Anesthesiology, pediatrics, reproductive health (10) as part of a VCU online program
9. Non-clinical volunteering
   
   1. 600+ hours (mission trip, special needs camp coach)
10. Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc)
    1. Beach volleyball champion in undergrad
    2. Historian for pre-health undergraduate club
    3. Microbiology teaching assistant undergrad
    4. Clinical research assistant
       1. Poster published
       2. Traumatic brain injury research at VA hospital
    5. Mission trip to Colombia working with all-girl’s shelter
    6. Various volunteer opportunities with underserved children
       1. Grad and undergrad
    7. Started nonprofit special-needs soccer camp
       1. Working as a coach
       2. Doing administrative duties
       3. This is an ongoing experience for the indefinite future (hence the 600+)
    8. Volunteer work with women’s health nonprofit
    9. Fundraiser running team leader for women’s health nonprofit
11. Relevant honors or awards
12. Anything else not listed you think might be important
    • LGBT (debating including this in personal statement)
    • Immigrant
    • Personal statement based around preventative medicine, patient advocacy, and working with marginalized communities
    • Heavy on reinvention

School List

I understand I’m not a great candidate so I’m reaching out for advice on narrowing down my schools. Would love any advice on which schools to avoid and why, or which schools to pursue! I have chosen these schools based on stats and location, for personal family reasons I would like to be in a major city.

MD

1. UF
2. UCF
3. UM
4. FIU
5. NSU
6. Tulane
7. Tufts
8. LSU
9. VCU
10. Howard
11. U Illinois
12. Loyola
13. MCW
14. Penn
15. Temple
16. Drexel
17. OHSU
18. Oakland
19. U Arizona Phoenix
20. UCSF
21. Keck
22. Rush
23. NYMC
24. U Colorado
25. Emory
26. Thomas Jefferson
27. Rutgers
28. Georgetown

DO

1. KPCOM Tampa
2. KPCOM FTL
3. LECOM
4. PCOM GA
5. PCOM Philadelphia
6. Rocky Vista
7. Touro NY
8. Touro CA
9. Touro NV
10. Western
11. Arizona
12. AT Still AZ
13. Midwestern
14. Michigan State
15. Duquesne??

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[Mr.Smile12]

1. Non-clinical volunteering
   
   1. 600+ hours (mission trip, special needs camp coach)
2. Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc)
   1. Beach volleyball champion in undergrad
   2. Historian for pre-health undergraduate club
   3. Microbiology teaching assistant undergrad
   4. Clinical research assistant
      1. Poster published
      2. Traumatic brain injury research at VA hospital
   5. Mission trip to Colombia working with all-girl’s shelter
   6. Various volunteer opportunities with underserved children
      1. Grad and undergrad
   7. Started nonprofit special-needs soccer camp
      1. Working as a coach
      2. Doing administrative duties
      3. This is an ongoing experience for the indefinite future (hence the 600+)
   8. Volunteer work with women’s health nonprofit
   9. Fundraiser running team leader for women’s health nonprofit

If you don't mind, I am not sure if you are double-listing your activities that count as non-clinical volunteering vs. Other. Could you be more specific about your non-clinical volunteering activities and hours?

Have you networked with LMSA chapters at the medical schools on your list and in your state? Are there linkages in play with your SMP? If you identify as LGBTQ, check the list of chapters represented by the Medical Student Pride Alliance and do your homework, especially in Florida in-state programs, when it comes to being supportive given the political environment. We also need to check how re-invention friendly the schools on your list are.

 

[Faha]

You have some state public schools on your list that admit very few non residents with your stats and no connection to the state.
I suggest these schools with your stats:
Florida State
U Florida
Florida Atlantic
Florida International
Central Florida
Miami
NOVA MD
Tulane
TCU
Creighton
Loyola
Rosalind Franklin
Rush
Arizona (Tucson and Phoenix)
Colorado
Medical College Wisconsin
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
Wake Forest
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
George Washington
Georgetown
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Hackensack
New York Medical College
Einstein
Vermont
Quinnipiac
You have a good DO list but Michigan State has high non resident tuition.

 

[jupemu]

If you don't mind, I am not sure if you are double-listing your activities that count as non-clinical volunteering vs. Other. Could you be more specific about your non-clinical volunteering activities and hours?

Have you networked with LMSA chapters at the medical schools on your list and in your state? Are there linkages in play with your SMP? If you identify as LGBTQ, check the list of chapters represented by the Medical Student Pride Alliance and do your homework, especially in Florida in-state programs, when it comes to being supportive given the political environment. We also need to check how re-invention friendly the schools on your list are.

I really appreciate your response! It is double-listed because I was including more of a description in the "other" section, apologies.

This is the first I'm hearing about LMSA but will do my homework. No linkages for my SMP. I'm searching for schools on the pride alliance as well. The environment is the main motivator for my location choices, so thank you for all of the new information!

I know most of the reinvention-friendly schools are low-yield but I'm open to all suggestions.

 

[jupemu]

You have some state public schools on your list that admit very few non residents with your stats and no connection to the state.
I suggest these schools with your stats:
Florida State
U Florida
Florida Atlantic
Florida International
Central Florida
Miami
NOVA MD
Tulane
TCU
Creighton
Loyola
Rosalind Franklin
Rush
Arizona (Tucson and Phoenix)
Colorado
Medical College Wisconsin
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
Wake Forest
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
George Washington
Georgetown
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Hackensack
New York Medical College
Einstein
Vermont
Quinnipiac
You have a good DO list but Michigan State has high non resident tuition.

Thank you for the revision! I'll make some changes. For the state schools, do you recommend removing them all? I assume Illinois Penn Colorado and LSU would be risky choices

I see you included Miami FSU and FAU, do you feel like I have a shot even with my undergrad stats? I didn't include them because it seems from MSAR that they screen out my undergrad GPA.

 

[Faha]

Thank you for the revision! I'll make some changes. For the state schools, do you recommend removing them all? I assume Illinois Penn Colorado and LSU would be risky choices

I see you included Miami FSU and FAU, do you feel like I have a shot even with my undergrad stats? I didn't include them because it seems from MSAR that they screen out my undergrad GPA.

Your Florida schools give preference to Florida residents. OOS Public schools give preference to the residents of their state.