MD & DO WAMC: 3.76 509

[ooompalooompa]

1. cGPA and sGPA as calculated by AMCAS or AACOMAS
   • cGPA: 3.76
   • sGPA: ~3.6
2. MCAT score(s) and breakdown
3. 509 (128.124.130,127)
4. State of residence or country of citizenship (if non-US)
   • NY and strong NJ ties
5. Undergraduate institution or category
   • T100
6. Ethnicity and/or race
   • Caucasian, ORM
7. Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer)
   • Lacking quite frankly, I am getting my EMT-B certification by January, plan on volunteering as much as possible before application
   • In the midst of getting involved in a few hospice opportunities
8. Research experience and productivity
   • 1500 hours in undergraduate research
   • 3500 hours in post-bacc research
9. Shadowing experience and specialties represented
   • 8 hours- derm
   • Expecting at least 50-100 hours by May.
10. Non-clinical volunteering
    • Mentoring underserved HS students, building rapport, guiding through college applications- projected ~150 hours
    • Tutoring formally incarcerated- projected ~100 hours
11. Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc)
    • Physics TA (~70 hours)
12. Relevant honors or awards
    1. Deans list every semester of college
13. Anything else not listed you think might be important
    1. One publication in undergrad
    2. 2 maybe 3 publications in gap year

MD- Open to suggestions, a few big reaches (some ties to these big names), mostly looking to apply low-tier IS.

Albany

Buffalo

Quinnipiac

Rutgers, RWJ

Upstate

Wayne State

Wake Forest

Vermont

TCU Texas

Penn State

Rush

Penn State

Downstate

Temple

Geisinger

Arizona- Tucson

Drexel

Chicago Rosalind

Wayne State

Rutgers-Newark

Cooper

Cornell

Thomas Jefferson

DO- Open to any suggestions in the DO department

CHSU-COM

NYIT-COM

Rowan-Virtua SOM

TUCOM

WesternU/COMP

Cheers, thanks for your replies.

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[Faha]

Remove Rush since they expect far more clinical and non clinical hours than you have. Arizona and Geisinger admit few non residents with your stats and no connection to the state. The Rutgers schools and Cooper are also unlikely with your stats and no NJ residency. Cornell is unrealistic. You could add these schools:
Hackensack
George Washington
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
Oakland Beaumont
NOVA MD
You could add these DO schools:
Touro-NY
LECOM
PCOM
CUSOM
DMU-COM
KCU-COM
ATSU-KCOM
AZCOM

 

[Mr.Smile12]

When are you applying? With so few clinical experience hours, your app will likely get screened out. I presume next May.

 

[ooompalooompa]

Remove Rush since they expect far more clinical and non clinical hours than you have. Arizona and Geisinger admit few non residents with your stats and no connection to the state. The Rutgers schools and Cooper are also unlikely with your stats and no NJ residency. Cornell is unrealistic. You could add these schools:
Hackensack
George Washington
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
Oakland Beaumont
NOVA MD
You could add these DO schools:
Touro-NY
LECOM
PCOM
CUSOM
DMU-COM
KCU-COM
ATSU-KCOM
AZCOM

Thanks, I will adjust my list according. I will add an adjusted list soon.

 

[ooompalooompa]

When are you applying? With so few clinical experience hours, your app will likely get screened out. I presume next May.

Next May. I know my clinical experience is a problem. Getting my EMT-B certification this coming January. Working on going straight into volunteering EMS organization. Hoping to get 12 hours a week as soon as I start, continue through applications. Also starting hospice volunteering with direct patient contact very soon. Looking to get >200 hours EMT, >100 in hospice, by the end of May. What's your thoughts if executed?

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Next May. I know my clinical experience is a problem. Getting my EMT-B certification this coming January. Working on going straight into volunteering EMS organization. Hoping to get 12 hours a week as soon as I start, continue through applications. Also starting hospice volunteering with direct patient contact very soon. Looking to get >200 hours EMT, >100 in hospice, by the end of May. What's your thoughts if executed?

You should have at least 50 hours of shadowing, including primary care; 150-300 hours minimum of clinical, patient-facing experience; and at least 150 hours of service orientation community service (food distribution, shelter work, job placement or tax preparation, transportation services, or housing rehabilitation). Serve a variety of underserved populations in your activities as best as you can. Research and tutoring should not be a high priority.

 

[ooompalooompa]

You should have at least 50 hours of shadowing, including primary care; 150-300 hours minimum of clinical, patient-facing experience; and at least 150 hours of service orientation community service (food distribution, shelter work, job placement or tax preparation, transportation services, or housing rehabilitation). Serve a variety of underserved populations in your activities as best as you can. Research and tutoring should not be a high priority.

I have no doubt I can meet these numbers before my application. I work with various underserved populations already (underserved HS students and formally incarcerated). I am not being paid to work as a tutor for formally incarcerated, that is a volunteering experience. I do tutor college student for extra $$ if I have time, and research is my FT job.

 

[LunaOri]

Tutoring incarcerated persons is an excellent example of volunteering with the umder-served.