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Any advice on this school list? I've been reading WAMC thread for years so I pretty much know the standard schools to apply to with my mediocre stats. I just wanted to double check and get feedback on what schools may or may not be worth applying to. Thanks!
-public state school/white male
sGPA: 3.87
cGPA: 3.87
MCAT (1/13/15): 27 (9/9/9) (61st percentile)
MCAT (4/1/16): 508 (126/124/129/129) (79th percentile)
Work/Activities:
- specialty coffee lead barista - provided company training and research at one of the leading specialty coffee companies in the nation. (My most meaningful event - relating to medicine in a creative way) ~ 1,300 hours
- 2x recipient of university wide (30,000+ students) scholarship
- shadowing in orthopedic surgery and family medicine ~ 600 hours total
- nurse's aid at local orthopedic clinic full-time summer after freshman year ~ 350 hours
- clinical research in family medicine dept. - volunteer on two different projects. One poster presentation (3rd author). Original research project on inner city adolescent nutrition (not published) ~ 120 hours
- hospital volunteer at level 1 trauma center ~ 25 hours
- volunteer with hispanic after school program - tutoring, mentoring, and ESL training ~ 60 hours
- volunteer at ancestral health symposium (3 day conference) ~ 20 hours
- non-clinical volunteering - slew of different events all focussed on improving community health/environment of my city (Tree Campus USA plantings, homeless shelter, park renovations) ~ 50 hours
- president of honors student organization for two years - peer mentoring and grab bag of volunteer events included ~ 150 hours in planning, meetings, events etc.
- honors college ambassador (face of HC at my school. volunteering and networking events) ~ 50 hours
- un-paid tutor for general and organic chemistry (30+ students) ~ 500 hours
Top schools are those who are affiliated or have special focus on underserved communities.
Reach:
- BU
- Emory
- USC - top choice
- Einstein
- Icahn
Range:
- MCG (in state)
- Mercer (in state)
- FIU
- Wake Forest
- EVMS
- Temple
- Georgetown
- GW
- Thomas Jefferson
- Tulane
- MCW
- UVM
- U of Cinn
- PCOM - GA
- WesternU
Safety:
- no such thing
-public state school/white male
sGPA: 3.87
cGPA: 3.87
MCAT (1/13/15): 27 (9/9/9) (61st percentile)
MCAT (4/1/16): 508 (126/124/129/129) (79th percentile)
Work/Activities:
- specialty coffee lead barista - provided company training and research at one of the leading specialty coffee companies in the nation. (My most meaningful event - relating to medicine in a creative way) ~ 1,300 hours
- 2x recipient of university wide (30,000+ students) scholarship
- shadowing in orthopedic surgery and family medicine ~ 600 hours total
- nurse's aid at local orthopedic clinic full-time summer after freshman year ~ 350 hours
- clinical research in family medicine dept. - volunteer on two different projects. One poster presentation (3rd author). Original research project on inner city adolescent nutrition (not published) ~ 120 hours
- hospital volunteer at level 1 trauma center ~ 25 hours
- volunteer with hispanic after school program - tutoring, mentoring, and ESL training ~ 60 hours
- volunteer at ancestral health symposium (3 day conference) ~ 20 hours
- non-clinical volunteering - slew of different events all focussed on improving community health/environment of my city (Tree Campus USA plantings, homeless shelter, park renovations) ~ 50 hours
- president of honors student organization for two years - peer mentoring and grab bag of volunteer events included ~ 150 hours in planning, meetings, events etc.
- honors college ambassador (face of HC at my school. volunteering and networking events) ~ 50 hours
- un-paid tutor for general and organic chemistry (30+ students) ~ 500 hours
Top schools are those who are affiliated or have special focus on underserved communities.
Reach:
- BU
- Emory
- USC - top choice
- Einstein
- Icahn
Range:
- MCG (in state)
- Mercer (in state)
- FIU
- Wake Forest
- EVMS
- Temple
- Georgetown
- GW
- Thomas Jefferson
- Tulane
- MCW
- UVM
- U of Cinn
- PCOM - GA
- WesternU
Safety:
- no such thing