WAMC/School list help (3.95/517)

[nickname493]

cGPA: 3.95
sGPA: 3.93
MCAT: 517 (130,127,128,132)
State of residence: Maryland
Ethnicity/race: White ORM
Undergraduate category: Non-HYP Ivy
Clinical Experience:

• Volunteered at a hospital in the psychiatric unit: 160 hours
• Volunteer in the Emergency Department: 130 hours by application

Research experience

• Undergraduate Research lab (1000 hours)
• Current research in NIH lab (2100 by application, 2000 more anticipated)

Research productivity:

• One middle-author publication from my current NIH research
• As an undergraduate, I presented one poster at a conference, the second author on two other posters, second author on a published abstract, and second author on a paper that will hopefully be published before my application is submitted

Shadowing experience:

• Internal Medicine, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Cardiology, and Emergency Medicine (85 hours total)

Non-clinical volunteering:

• Volunteered to give out supplies to people who are unhoused through an organization at my undergraduate university: 180 hours
• Volunteered at an organization that helped hospitals get PPE during COVID-19: 65 hours
• Food bank volunteer: 110 hours by application

Other extracurricular activities:

• Part of the university orchestra

Relevant honors/awards:

• Graduated with honors (wrote honors thesis), graduated magna cum laude, received two grants to complete my undergraduate research, and received an award at graduation for academics and research

LOR:

• My undergraduate PI (very strong), current PI (very strong), non-science professor (very strong), science professor 1 (strong), science professor 2 (decent)

Other information:
I graduated in May 2023 and am applying this upcoming cycle (2024/25). I most worry that my application is research-heavy with clinical hours on the lower end and I am not interested in applying MD/PhD. Below is an early school list I created. I need some help narrowing it down and want to make sure it is well-rounded. Thank you for the help.

Potential School list:

1. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
2. Duke University School of Medicine
3. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
4. Mayo Clinic School of Medicine
5. University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
6. Stanford University School of Medicine
7. University of Michigan Medical School
8. Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
9. Emory University School of Medicine
10. The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
11. Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine
12. Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
13. Albert Einstein College of Medicine
14. Boston University School of Medicine
15. Tufts University School of Medicine
16. Anne Burnett Marion School of Medicine at TCU
17. Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science
18. Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
19. Creighton University School of Medicine
20. Drexel University College of Medicine
21. Eastern Virginia Medical School
22. George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
23. Georgetown University School of Medicine
24. Seton Hall - Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
25. Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
26. Medical College of Wisconsin
27. New York Medical College
28. Ohio State University College of Medicine
29. Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
30. University of Vermont College of Medicine
31. Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
32. Tulane University School of Medicine
33. University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
34. University of Maryland School of Medicine
35. University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
36. University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
37. Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
38. Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
39. Wake Forest School of Medicine of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
40. West Virginia University School of Medicine
41. Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine

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[Faha]

You have a good list and should receive several interviews. You do not need to apply to 41 schools so you could remove some of the state public schools where you are not a resident.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

You should narrow down your list to match your mission fit. Your description should give you a good shot but you need to stand out from the rest of the cannon fodder.