syndromeofad
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I'm applying next June. Thank you for any advice.
1. Grades
3.25 cGPA and 3.05 sGPA.
GPA low mostly due to a string of failures 5 years ago. Upward trend, graduated, got healthy, set mind on medicine. Now in the 1st of 3 DIY post-bacc quarters at public university. Couldn't afford private/SMP. Course selection is limited. Plan is microbiology, microbial physiology, foundations + critical readings + seminar in biomedical sciences, intermediate statistics, regression modeling, biology of aging, immunology, whatever else fits. I'll get a 4.0, raising the cGPA to 3.37 and sGPA to 3.29.
2. MCAT
525 (131/130/132/132) in 2023
3. State
WA
4. Demographic
White/Male/26
5. School type
Public
6. Clinical
~ 2,100 hours as medical scribe in community clinics and kid's ED.
Currently a clinical support volunteer in a nonprofit clinic, taking vitals, chief complaints. Will have around 150 hours by June.
7. Research
Research assistant in health psychology labs, ~ 150 hours. A couple local posters.
Awarded an undergrad research grant, my project took ~ 120 hours, local poster.
Currently working 10-15 hours/week as research assistant in neonatology (archival/EHR data collection and manuscript editing). The Dr. said I'll be on a publication if I edit well, but I doubt if that'll happen in time. 300+ hours by June is the plan.
8. Non-clinical volunteering
~ 170 hours as youth mentor in title I/low income schools.
~ 80 hours in park cleanup.
~ 60 hours in community kitchen.
~ 100 hours for maternal-child health program
~ 125 hours as MCAT tutor.
9. Other
45 hours in "virtual neurosurgery internship", basically I Zoomed with a neurosurgeon, he took us through his schedule, cases, videos of him operating, discussed medicine in general.
~ 3,500 hours in food service.
I was awarded fee assistance. Made a list around 40 schools via browsing MSAR, school websites, and Goro's list. Hoping to reduce it a bit if that's advised. I saw gyngyn mention that a larger list is more appropriate for people with discordant GPA/MCAT, but is that still the case with post-bacc? Do you see any gaps or redundancies in my list, or application in general?
School list:
MD:
University of Washington
Washington State University
Eastern Virginia
U Vermont
Rosalind Franklin
Emory
U Miami
Loyola
Brown
Tulane
U Cincinatti
Albert Einstein
Rush
Albany
Drexel
Georgetown
GWU
Case Western
NYMC
Thomas Jefferson
Hofstra
Mount Sinai
Tufts
Dartmouth
Hackensack
NYU Grossman
Kaiser
U Pittsburgh
UCSF
UCLA
Creighton
Penn State
Wake Forest
Temple
Western Michigan
DO:
PCOM
MSUCOM
TUCOM-CA
KCU
Western U
PNWU
Thank you so much!
1. Grades
3.25 cGPA and 3.05 sGPA.
GPA low mostly due to a string of failures 5 years ago. Upward trend, graduated, got healthy, set mind on medicine. Now in the 1st of 3 DIY post-bacc quarters at public university. Couldn't afford private/SMP. Course selection is limited. Plan is microbiology, microbial physiology, foundations + critical readings + seminar in biomedical sciences, intermediate statistics, regression modeling, biology of aging, immunology, whatever else fits. I'll get a 4.0, raising the cGPA to 3.37 and sGPA to 3.29.
2. MCAT
525 (131/130/132/132) in 2023
3. State
WA
4. Demographic
White/Male/26
5. School type
Public
6. Clinical
~ 2,100 hours as medical scribe in community clinics and kid's ED.
Currently a clinical support volunteer in a nonprofit clinic, taking vitals, chief complaints. Will have around 150 hours by June.
7. Research
Research assistant in health psychology labs, ~ 150 hours. A couple local posters.
Awarded an undergrad research grant, my project took ~ 120 hours, local poster.
Currently working 10-15 hours/week as research assistant in neonatology (archival/EHR data collection and manuscript editing). The Dr. said I'll be on a publication if I edit well, but I doubt if that'll happen in time. 300+ hours by June is the plan.
8. Non-clinical volunteering
~ 170 hours as youth mentor in title I/low income schools.
~ 80 hours in park cleanup.
~ 60 hours in community kitchen.
~ 100 hours for maternal-child health program
~ 125 hours as MCAT tutor.
9. Other
45 hours in "virtual neurosurgery internship", basically I Zoomed with a neurosurgeon, he took us through his schedule, cases, videos of him operating, discussed medicine in general.
~ 3,500 hours in food service.
I was awarded fee assistance. Made a list around 40 schools via browsing MSAR, school websites, and Goro's list. Hoping to reduce it a bit if that's advised. I saw gyngyn mention that a larger list is more appropriate for people with discordant GPA/MCAT, but is that still the case with post-bacc? Do you see any gaps or redundancies in my list, or application in general?
School list:
MD:
University of Washington
Washington State University
Eastern Virginia
U Vermont
Rosalind Franklin
Emory
U Miami
Loyola
Brown
Tulane
U Cincinatti
Albert Einstein
Rush
Albany
Drexel
Georgetown
GWU
Case Western
NYMC
Thomas Jefferson
Hofstra
Mount Sinai
Tufts
Dartmouth
Hackensack
NYU Grossman
Kaiser
U Pittsburgh
UCSF
UCLA
Creighton
Penn State
Wake Forest
Temple
Western Michigan
DO:
PCOM
MSUCOM
TUCOM-CA
KCU
Western U
PNWU
Thank you so much!
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