MD 3.52uGPA/4.0 Grad/520/MA WAMC

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sensualtomato

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Hello everyone! First-time non-traditional applicant looking for a little help with my school list! @Goro @Faha Thank you in advanced!

State/Country of Residence: Massachusetts (BU undergrad + masters)

Ties to other States/Regions: Texas (Lived for 8 years)

URM? (Y/N): N

Year in School: Graduated

Undergraduate Major(s)/Minor(s): Biology

Graduate Degrees (if applicable): Bioinformatics MS

Cumulative GPA: 3.51 (upward trend)

Science GPA: 3.40

Graduate GPA: 4.0

MCAT Score(s): 520 (CP: 129, CARS: 130, BB: 129, P/S: 132)

Research Experience: 3300+ hours. Split between wet lab in nephrology and leading dry lab computational neural network experiments related to kidney biopsy.

Publications/Abstracts/Posters: 1 Co-author, 3 midauthor publications. 3 conference presentations, 2 First author abstract/poster.

Clinical Experience (paid or volunteer): 500 (and counting) hours paid employment as a mental health specialist at a highly ranked psychiatry hospital.

Physician Shadowing: 80 hours split between nephrology, heme, and ortho.

Non-Clinical Volunteering: 120 hours as Outreach Tutor and mentor for elementary-aged underserved children. 15 hours (and counting) as Lead Rescuer coordinating with restaurants and delivering excess food to those in need (shelters/organizations/families).

Other Extracurricular Activities: Rugby player in Division I College League, professional photographer, DJ's as a hobby.

Other Employment History: 100 hours as Peer tutor at school's Educational Resource Center.

Immediate family members in medicine? (Y/N): Y

Specialty of Interest (if applicable): Ortho, General Surgery, Nephrology, Psych. Unsure yet.

Interest in Primary Care (Y/N): Y

Interest in Rural Health (Y/N): N

SCHOOL LIST:

Boston University (very strong ties)
UMass (strong ties)
Tufts
Harvard (lol)
Wayne State
Creighton
Tulane
George Washington
Wake Forest
Vermont
Dartmouth
New York Medical College
Connecticut
USC
Miami

Looking to populate with more mid-tiers/reaches with a good rep, thank you!
 
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I'd shoot your shot at a few more T20s and then add midtiers

Duke
Cornell
Michigan
Ohio State
Case Western
UVA
Penn State
SLU
VCU

I agree w/ Faha about Jeff, Temple, Cinci, MCW, Miami, EVMS, Pitt, Gtown, Rochester, Einstein, Hoffy, (eh on Albany, Western Michigan, Seton Hall, Quinnipiac)
 
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