522/3.89 - What are my chances at T30 schools?

[just_a_lil_thicc]

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1. cGPA and sGPA as calculated by AMCAS or AACOMAS
   1. GPA = 3.89
   2. BCPM = 3.88
2. MCAT score(s) and breakdown
   1. 522 (131/130/131/130)
3. State of residence or country of citizenship (if non-US)
   1. Oregon Permanent Resident (USA/Canada Dual-citizen)
4. Ethnicity and/or race
   1. White
5. Undergraduate institution or category
   1. Canadian undergraduate institution
   2. BScH + MSc (4+1) program
      1. Completed BScH in April of 2020
      2. Planning to complete MSc between May 2020 and April 2021
6. Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer)
   1. Campus emergency response team (volunteer) (MME) - 275 hours (+350 predicted)
   2. Urology Clinical Research Associate (high patient interaction) (paid) - 537 hours
7. Research experience and productivity
   1. Bladder Cancer Immunology Research (MME) - 2,180 hours over three years, in two different basic science labs (+2,080 predicted hours for completion of 1 year MSc degree in the next year)
      1. Two publications (2nd author and 4th author in relatively low-impact, but field specific journals)
      2. Five first-author abstracts leading to:
         1. Four poster presentations (two institution-level, one national-level, and one international-level)
         2. One oral presentation (national-level)
8. Shadowing experience and specialties represented
   1. Urology shadowing experience - 1 doctor, 81 hours
      1. Shadowed in OR, outpatient cystoscopy clinic, and consult/follow-up clinic
9. Non-clinical volunteering
   1. Increasing leadership roles in School's Awareness of Bladder Cancer Club - 185 hours over three years
   2. Founding member + increasing leadership roles in Vision loss/vision impairment club - 432 hours over four years
10. Work Experiences (used to pay for own university)
    1. School Residence Front Desk Representative - 1,687 hours over three years (+400 predicted hours)
    2. Random Job in summer after first year - 595 hours
11. Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc)
    1. Bodybuilding (MME) - 2292 hours over 4 years (+828 predicted hours)
    2. Intramural/Extracurricular sports - 382 hours over 4 years (+138 predicted hours)
12. Relevant honors or awards
    1. Named prize for top mark in Anatomy
    2. Best Undergraduate Research Thesis Award
    3. 3rd place oral presentation at national level conference
    4. Dean's honor list - all four years of undergrad
    5. Merit Scholarship
13. Anything else not listed you think might be important
    1. Summary: Born and raised in Oregon, USA. Moved to Canada for undergrad because cheap and far away from family. Between jobs and merit scholarship, paid for own university experience. Just finished undergrad and currently working on masters degree. Decent amount of research experience; potentially lacking in both clinical and non-clinical volunteering. Verified AMCAS application on July 15th. Currently submitting secondaries. Realizing that I applied to a very, very top heavy list. WAMC?

School List:
1) Baylor College of Medicine
2) Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
3) Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
4) Duke University School of Medicine
5) Harvard Medical School
6) Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
7) Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine
8) New York University Grossman School of Medicine
9) Northwestern University The Feinberg School of Medicine
10) Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine
11) Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
12) Stanford University School of Medicine
13) University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine
14) University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine
15) University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of Medicine
16) University of Michigan Medical School
17) University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
18) Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
19) Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
20) Weill Cornell Medicine
21) Yale School of Medicine

 

[mass-premed66]

I got into 8 of these schools with lower stats, no publications lol. You’re fine. Good luck

 

[just_a_lil_thicc]

I got into 8 of these schools with lower stats, no publications lol. You’re fine. Good luck

That's reassuring, thanks for the feedback!

 

[Paul202]

Just another pre-med applying this cycle with similarish stats/lesser prereqs - that was very similar to my list, and I received multiple pieces of feedback that said I should have a great cycle. Combined with your amazing pubs (I had 0), I think you should have an amazing cycle! Also I think it's awesome you are into bodybuilding, I never got quite to that step but I think it'll look great on your app! Good luck this cycle!

 

[Faha]

You should receive several interviews from your list. You could add these schools:
U Virginia
Rochester
Mount Sinai

 

[itsmeskidsy]

I got into 8 of these schools with lower stats, no publications lol. You’re fine. Good luck

forgive my ignorance im super new to the forum but how do you add your lizzy M number and acceptances and IIs after your name like you have

 

[just_a_lil_thicc]

Just another pre-med applying this cycle with similarish stats/lesser prereqs - that was very similar to my list, and I received multiple pieces of feedback that said I should have a great cycle. Combined with your amazing pubs (I had 0), I think you should have an amazing cycle! Also I think it's awesome you are into bodybuilding, I never got quite to that step but I think it'll look great on your app! Good luck this cycle!

Thanks for the feedback, I really appreciate you taking the time to share your insight! Best of luck to you, too!

 

[just_a_lil_thicc]

You should receive several interviews from your list. You could add these schools:
U Virginia
Rochester
Mount Sinai

Thanks for the advice, Faha! I will definitely consider adding those schools once I have finished the secondaries I've already received (kind of already drowning at the moment lol)

 

[mass-premed66]

forgive my ignorance im super new to the forum but how do you add your lizzy M number and acceptances and IIs after your name like you have

It’s your signature. I only use this on mobile but I click on my profile photo and then click signature to edit it.