MD School List/WAMC: 3xre-applicant, 5th gap year, ORM, 515 MCAT, 3.8GPA, 2 pub, MN resident

[liftingNsushi]

School List/WAMC: 3x re-applicant, 5th gap year, ORM, 515 MCAT, 3.8GPA, 2 pub.

This is my 3rd application cycle. What are some MD/DO schools you would recommend? I recently submitted my primary several days ago. When do you recommend me to apply to DO?

BACKGROUND:

• Asian F, immigrant
• Biochem major
• MN resident

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE (2021-current):

• clinical research coordinator (cancer): 2000 hr + future 2000 hr
• ED scribe: 2000 hr

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE (2019-2021):

• bench lab: 4000 hr
• clinical research collaboration: 400 hr
• 2 pubs co author

SHADOWING EXPERIENCE:

• 250 hr over 6 years. diverse specialties

CLINICAL VOLUNTEERING:

• mental health support: 50 hr (recent since Dec 2022) + 350 hr (2017-2019)
• VA exercise volunteer: 150 hr (old 2018-2019)

NON-CLINICAL VOLUNTEERING:

• ESL tutor: 120 hr (most recent experience since Jan 2023)

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Did you receive any interviews before? What were your previous school lists? What were the differences in your application between cycles?

 

[liftingNsushi]

Did you receive any interviews before? What were your previous school lists? What were the differences in your application between cycles?

I received 1 interview last cycle at my state school.

From last cycle, I have gained 2000 hr clinical research coordinator in a cancer center. 120 hr ESL tutor. 50 hr mental health peer support. Rewrite my personal statement to reflect on my scribe + research coordinator experience. Rewrite most of my activities.
From 1st cycle, 2000 hr more medical scribe + 1 more publication

Letter-wise
1 more MD rec letter from being a research coordinator.
reached out to past writers either to update dates or reflect my current experience.

Weakness
I believe is my fewer volunteering experience. Would my ongoing ESL tutor and mental health peer support be okay?

Applied twice
Case
Geisinger
Georgetown
Icahn
Mayo
UMinnesota
Saint Louis
Thomas Jefferson
Brown
UCLA
UCSF
Tufts
Umass
UPitts
URochester
UVirginia
WashU

Applied once
Albany
Emory
George Washington
Geisel
Harvard
Kaiser
Keck
Loyola
NYMC
Northwestern
Rush
Stanford
UChicago
UMich
Vanderbuilt
Cornell
Yale
Iowa
Ohio State
Colorado

 

[deleted1056062]

I received 1 interview last cycle at my state school.

From last cycle, I have gained 2000 hr clinical research coordinator in a cancer center. 120 hr ESL tutor. 50 hr mental health peer support. Rewrite my personal statement to reflect on my scribe + research coordinator experience. Rewrite most of my activities.
From 1st cycle, 2000 hr more medical scribe + 1 more publication

Letter-wise
1 more rec letter from being a research coordinator.
reached out to past writers either to update dates or reflect my current experience.

Weakness
I believe is my fewer volunteering experience. Would my ongoing ESL tutor and mental health peer support be okay?

Applied twice
Case
Geisinger
Georgetown
Icahn
Mayo
UMinnesota
Saint Louis
Thomas Jefferson
Brown
UCLA
UCSF
Tufts
Umass
UPitts
URochester
UVirginia
WashU

Applied once
Albany
Emory
George Washington
Geisel
Harvard
Kaiser
Keck
Loyola
NYMC
Northwestern
Rush
Stanford
UChicago
UMich
Vanderbuilt
Cornell
Yale
Iowa
Ohio State
Colorado

I'm an applicant (not an expert) so I can't speak as to your volunteering but I have similar stats as you! Best of luck!!!!!

 

[Faha]

I suggest these schools with your stats:
Minnesota
Vermont
Quinnipiac
Tufts
Albany
New York Medical College
Rochester
Einstein
Hackensack
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Penn State
George Washington
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
Wake Forest
NOVA MD
USF Morsani
Tulane
TCU
Creighton
Rosalind Franklin
Western Michigan
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
Also apply to DO schools and I suggest these:
CCOM
MU-COM
DMU-COM
ATSU-KCOM
KCU-COM
TUNCOM
AZCOM
NYITCOM
Touro-NY
PCOM (all schools)
LECOM (all schools)
WVSOM
UIWSOM
CUSOM
ACOM
NOVA