WAMC as a Reapplicant (523/3.8)

[feath6r]

MCAT: 523 (131/130/130/132)
2 gap years
sGPA: 3.79 cGPA: 3.8

• Graduated from HYPMS in 2023

Volunteering: 325 hours - 50 hours helping setup soccer for those with multiple sclerosis testing site on campus, 100 hours soup kitchen; 150 hours as a Red Cross receptionist helping phlebotomist with patient intake
Research: total: 3150; 700 hours – Senior Thesis where I studied embryo development; 250 hours – summer online research internship where I studied neural pathways in C. elegans; 200 hours – wet lab research where I helped with dissecting mouse aortas on a project studying atherosclerosis; 2000 hours – currently working as a research technician at Columbia Medical School studying an obscure pathway in a form of cancer. No publications unfortunately but might end up on a review by apps (still not sure though) .
Work Experience: 900 hours – worked at family owned business during COVID as it was hard to hire people; 75 hours – currently driving for Uber on the side to help pay for medical school applications; 150 hours - worked as a TA for a statistics course in undergraduate for 5 semesters
Clinical Experience: 700 hours – volunteered as an EMT at the rescue squad by my undergraduate school.
Leadership: 600 hours – captain of a school dance team (200 hours as captain)
Shadowing: 60 hours – 20 hours with an orthopedic surgeon and 40 with an emergency doc
Hobbies: Street photography, skating
Demographics: VA resident. South Asian Male

Note: I ended up applying last cycle but decided to not submit most of my secondaries (only submitted 6 and all of them very late) so I could take another gap year and be on the same application cycle as my girlfriend. She’s from the west coast so my list reflects wanting to be close to her. I also applied to lots of schools to increase my chances of being in a big city either close to her or for quicker/cheaper flights to wherever she may end up.

1. Stanford
2. USC Keck
3. UCSF
4. UCLA
5. UCSD
6. NYU
7. Columbia
8. Icahn
9. Harvard
10. Yale
11. Vanderbilt
12. UPenn
13. Duke
14. UChicago
15. Rosalind Franklin Chicago
16. Cornell
17. Northwestern
18. UVA
19. VCU
20. EVMS
21. WashU
22. JHU
23. Vanderbilt
24. UMD
25. UFlorida
26. UMiami
27. Georgetown
28. UPitt
29. OSU
30. UCincinnati
31. George Washington
32. Sidney Kimmel
33. Emory University
34. Mayo Clinic – Alix

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[Faha]

U Florida admits very few non residents with no connection to the state. Rosalind Franklin will probably "yield protect" with your stats. You could add Hofstra, Einstein, Rochester, USF Morsani

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Your application looks solid. Be focused on your OOS stats if you are trying to go away from Virginia (which I would expect attention). Your mission fit needs to be clearer though. You have just enough hours with service orientation activities like food pantry and Red Cross volunteer, but it's not clear what your purpose is as a future physician.

I say this because the California schools like to see your interest serving patients representative of their regions or communities.