Hey everyone! I was told this was the place to refine your school list for the cycle so I wanted to make a post and see what input people had in regards to the list I have compiled. I am a Utah resident and found schools with a high out of state acceptance rate and larger class sizes to increase my chances.
cGPA: 3.63 (had a C in anatomy and a biochemistry course which brought my GPA down significantly. This last semester was a 3.85.)
sGPA (MD): 3.61
sGPA (DO): 3.57
MCAT: I write June 17th but I wanted to get advice on my school list. I got 508 on the sample test 3 weeks ago, 510 on FL2 2 weeks ago and have been averaging 75% on Uworld. Should be in the 513-515 range come 6/17.
Major: Human Biology (recently switched from biochemistry)
Minor: Chemistry
EC's:
MD:
Tulane, New York Med, Hackensack, Rush, Temple, Albany, East Virginia, Wake Forest, Vermont, Medical College of Wisconsin, Chicago Med Franklin, Loyola, Dartmouth, George Washington, Drexel, Quinnipiac.
DO:
NOORDA, Rocky Vista, Philadelphia COM, Des Moines osteopathic, Kansas City osteopathic, AT Still- Mesa.
I will be submitting both AMCAS and AACOMAS with only 1 school to get my primary processing the end of may. From there if my MCAT score comes back 510+ Ill apply to this school list, if it is lower, ill skew it more towards DO. I would be happy to go to either MD or DO but have heard often time MD give you more competitive residencies/fellowships. I am looking at going into bone marrow transplant right now but that will most likely change.
cGPA: 3.63 (had a C in anatomy and a biochemistry course which brought my GPA down significantly. This last semester was a 3.85.)
sGPA (MD): 3.61
sGPA (DO): 3.57
MCAT: I write June 17th but I wanted to get advice on my school list. I got 508 on the sample test 3 weeks ago, 510 on FL2 2 weeks ago and have been averaging 75% on Uworld. Should be in the 513-515 range come 6/17.
Major: Human Biology (recently switched from biochemistry)
Minor: Chemistry
EC's:
- 540 hours as an MA, 5 months (paid)
- 900 hours as a CNA/Med tech, 8 months (paid)
- 800 hours of laboratory tech over 8 months (paid)
- 200 hours of student orientation leader over 1 year (paid)
- 150 hours of undergraduate teaching assistant over 1 year (paid)
- 50 hours helping to teach student orientation class over 4 months (paid)
- 50 hours completed of 250 hours committed to Hospital OR volunteer over 5 months.
- 60 hours of volunteering at high school helping struggling students, 6 months.
- LDS mission for 5 months (normally 2 years but came home for health issues.) Probably will count 3 hours of service a day for 5 months so around 750 hours.
- Received a competitive undergraduate research grant that allowed me to do my own research. I probably wont be able to publish, but that is still up in the air right now.
- Helped start the mental health section of my schools pre-med club 50 hours over 6 months.
- Only 10 hours of shadowing but another 40 that I will update schools on later in the summer.
- I think Ill include working at a BBQ restaurant. 900 hours over 6 months. Had a lot of interaction with people, I was the one that cut the meat.
MD:
Tulane, New York Med, Hackensack, Rush, Temple, Albany, East Virginia, Wake Forest, Vermont, Medical College of Wisconsin, Chicago Med Franklin, Loyola, Dartmouth, George Washington, Drexel, Quinnipiac.
DO:
NOORDA, Rocky Vista, Philadelphia COM, Des Moines osteopathic, Kansas City osteopathic, AT Still- Mesa.
I will be submitting both AMCAS and AACOMAS with only 1 school to get my primary processing the end of may. From there if my MCAT score comes back 510+ Ill apply to this school list, if it is lower, ill skew it more towards DO. I would be happy to go to either MD or DO but have heard often time MD give you more competitive residencies/fellowships. I am looking at going into bone marrow transplant right now but that will most likely change.
