29N MCAT 3.66 CGPA 3.66 SGPA Average ECs

[dynomight]

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HI SDNers, Long term lurker here and my first post. First time taking MCAT. Break down: 10 P, 7 V, 12 B. Writing: N. 29N

GPA trend: strong upward trend.
Average ECs:

General volunteer work: 200+ hours
Hospital Volunteer: 60+ Hours
Research Experience: 2 years, 2nd author review pub, 1st author abstract, presentation--national conference.

Teaching:
1.Tutor, SI leader, 2 years. Basic sciences,Ochem.
2.Taught freshmen, 1 semester.

Leadership:
treasurer 1 year

Shadowing:
Plastic surgeon: 20 hours
Primary care: 60 hours
Primary care (underserved area): 60 hours

Just want to know my chances with my school list so far and if I should add/delete any schools. I'm was also interested in medical scientist (MD/PhD) Programs. Thoughts on this are appreciated.

List:
Albany
Drexel
George Washington
Loyola Univ
Michigan State
NYMC
OHSU
Penn state
State
Rosalind
Franklin
Rush
Univ of Cincinnati
Univ of Vermont

Any feedback or comments are welcomed. Help is appreciated! Should retaking MCAT be an option?

 

[dynomight]

Bump for today 🙂

 

[Catalystik]

HI SDNers, Long term lurker here and my first post. First time taking MCAT. Break down: 10 P, 7 V, 12 B. Writing: N. 29N

GPA trend: strong upward trend.
Average ECs:

General volunteer work: 200+ hours
Hospital Volunteer: 60+ Hours
Research Experience: 2 years, 2nd author review pub, 1st author abstract, presentation--national conference.

Teaching:
1.Tutor, SI leader, 2 years. Basic sciences,Ochem.
2.Taught freshmen, 1 semester.

Leadership:
treasurer 1 year

Shadowing:
Plastic surgeon: 20 hours
Primary care: 60 hours
Primary care (underserved area): 60 hours

Just want to know my chances with my school list so far and if I should add/delete any schools. I'm was also interested in medical scientist (MD/PhD) Programs. Thoughts on this are appreciated.

List:
Albany
Drexel
George Washington
Loyola Univ
Michigan State
NYMC
OHSU
Penn state
State
Rosalind
Franklin
Rush
Univ of Cincinnati
Univ of Vermont

Any feedback or comments are welcomed. Help is appreciated! Should retaking MCAT be an option?

Stats-wise, you're in good shape for a DO acceptance. But for MD schools, your VS of 7 will limit schools willing to consider you as an OOSer. I believe Rosalind Franklin may be the only school on your list where a 7 is their bottom tenth percentile for VS. Unless Oregon is your state school, you do not meet their minimum stats for OOS applicants. I think that you need to consider a retake to raise your VS. But unless it's very soon, your application will be further disadvantaged by late consideration of your application.

EC-wise, your research, shadowing, nonmedical community service, and teaching are excellent. Your clinical experience, however, is well below average. Hopefully, you can convincingly describe your role as a treasurer so that it sounds like you were a leader.

You can read about predictors for success in the MD/PhD arena in the Physician Scientist forum (see the sticky by Neuronix on Chances).