WAMC: FL resident, URM, 503 MCAT --> 507 MCAT

[chicle321]

Hey everyone! I already submitted my application and just got my retake MCAT score back, I am going to finish my school list and I really need some advice on where to apply for MD programs.

• MCAT April 2022: 503 (124/124/127/128)
• MCAT June 2022: 507 (126/123/127/131)
• Cumulative GPA: 3.99
• Science GPA: 3.99
• URM: yes Brazilian/latina applicant😊
• State of Residence: Florida
• Attended a state university - Florida State University

Extra-curricular and leadership activities:

• 355 clinical volunteer hours
• 82 shadowing hours
• 450 math tutoring/ teaching assistant hours
• 400 research hours
• 90 nonclinical volunteer hours
• President of pre-med honors society
• Leadership in another pre-med club
• Member of an advocacy group for Brazilian international students

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[candbgirl]

Are you fluent is Spanish?
Many schools will average your multiple MCAT scores.
Check to see if Brazilian is considered URM. I’m not sure it is but check.
What schools do you have on your list already?
What are your 90 nonclinical hours? Ninety hours is rather low. You need double that.
Do you have primary care shadowing?
What are your clinical hours comprised of?.
Oh have you submitted your primaries yet?
Good luck this cycle?

 

[chicle321]

Are you fluent is Spanish?
Many schools will average your multiple MCAT scores.
Check to see if Brazilian is considered URM. I’m not sure it is but check.
What schools do you have on your list already?
What are your 90 nonclinical hours? Ninety hours is rather low. You need double that.
Do you have primary care shadowing?
What are your clinical hours comprised of?.
Oh have you submitted your primaries yet?
Good luck this cycle?

I am not fluent in Spanish; I doubled checked and Brazilian is considered URM.
I have all FL schools on my list except UM and USF
My non clinical hours were volunteering at a homeless shelter and helping foreign students learn English
I do have primary care shadowing, I did 75 hours with a primary care doctor and 7 hours with a dermatologist
My clinical hours were hospice volunteering and COVID testing and vaccination
I submitted my primaries on July 15th, but I havent been verified yet.
Thank you

 

[Stoasty]

Kind of confused, Brazilian isn’t an ethnicity is it? Are you indigenous?

 

[chicle321]

Kind of confused, Brazilian isn’t an ethnicity is it? Are you indigenous?

falls in the category of hispanic/latino

 

[Stoasty]

falls in the category of hispanic/latino

Hispanic, huh? Brazilians speak Portuguese. This sounds similar to like a Cuban situation where it varies depending on the person. Are you Latino/indigenous?

There are white, Asian, black, indigenous Brazilians etc. as it’s not an ethnicity. I suspect the latter two would be URM but not the former two but I’m sure it varies from school to school since individual schools determine URM status.

 

[Faha]

You could add these MD schools to your application:
Miami
Tulane
Creighton
TCU
Rosalind Franklin
Medical College Wisconsin
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
Wake Forest
Eastern Virginia
George Washington
Drexel
Temple
Hackensack
Albany
Vermont
Quinnipiac

 

[Mr.Smile12]

My non clinical hours were volunteering at a homeless shelter and helping foreign students learn English

As mentioned, you need 150 hours to avoid getting screened out at most schools. Successful applicants tend to have at least 200-250 hours of quality experience.

We've discussed Brazilian as UIM or URM before

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