WAMC, CA DO and MD schools

[VisenyaTargaryen]

1. cGPA:3.8 sGPA:3.82
2. MCAT score(s) and breakdown: 508 (127/124/127/130),
3. CA resident
4. White/middle-eastern
5. Undergraduate institution: UC Irvine
6. Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer): Clinical Volunteering: 250 hrs, Paid clinical: 300 hrs ( by the time of matriculation would be >1500hrs)
7. Research experience: ~1000 hrs, 1 pub in progress
8. Shadowing experience and specialties represented: Virtual shadowing- 120 hrs (MD and DO), in person-50 hrs (DOs)
9. Non-clinical volunteering: ~500 hrs in a church, ~800hrs in a nonprofit organization
10. Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc): Leadership position for 3 years at a retail store as a manager

What are my chances of getting into a California MD or DO? I am particularly interested in WesternU Pomona. Should I retake my MCAT or work on other parts of my application ?

Any advice will be greatly appreciated )))

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[Faha]

You could receive interviews at some CA MD schools including California University, Loma Linda (if you fit their mission). UC Davis and UC Irvine. Your chances are better at Western and TUCOM-CA. However, you should apply OOS also since the majority of CA applicants attend schools OOS.
I suggest these MD schools:
TCU
NOVA MD
Wake Forest
George Washington
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Penn State
Hackensack
New York Medical College
Albany
Vermont
Quinnipiac
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
Medical College Wisconsin
Rosalind Franklin
Belmont (when it opens)
For DO schools consider these:
AZCOM
TUNCOM
KCU-COM
ATSU-KCOM
DMU-COM
MU-COM
NOVA
PCOM
NYITCOM
Touro-NY
CUSOM

 

[Goro]

You could receive interviews at some CA MD schools including California University, Loma Linda (if you fit their mission). UC Davis and UC Irvine. Your chances are better at Western and TUCOM-CA. However, you should apply OOS also since the majority of CA applicants attend schools OOS.
I suggest these MD schools:
TCU
NOVA MD
Wake Forest
George Washington
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Penn State
Hackensack
New York Medical College
Albany
Vermont
Quinnipiac
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
Medical College Wisconsin
Rosalind Franklin
Belmont (when it opens)
For DO schools consider these:
AZCOM
TUNCOM
KCU-COM
ATSU-KCOM
DMU-COM
MU-COM
NOVA
PCOM
NYITCOM
Touro-NY
CUSOM

To the wise Faha's list, also add PacNW, if you're form the western US., and U VM

 

[chilly_md]

Moved to WAMC.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

More details for your non-clinical experience: what did you do for church and for the non-profit?

 

[gyngyn]

The mean MCAT for a successful CA MD applicant (IS and OOS!) is 513.9. Most of these folks had to leave CA.
https://www.aamc.org/media/6076/download
https://www.aamc.org/media/6016/download

If staying IS is crucial, you will need to apply to the 3 IS DO schools.