MD & DO Applying next semester...suggestions?

[Elephantess]

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I'm applying next semester and I would really love some suggestions to strengthen my application and solidify my school list! I'm a senior so I'm taking a gap year.

Stats
cGPA: 3.53 (hopefully graduating 3.59) - freshman 3.68, sophomore 3.13, junior 3.72, senior fall 3.80
sGPA: 3.26 - 3 C's sophomore year; retook Orgo with B+, one W freshman spring semester and one W junior fall semester; I'm not taking any sciences in upcoming spring

MCAT: 511 (my only practice score so far) - taking in January and aiming for 516

C/P: 127
B/B: 129
CARS: 127
P/S: 128​

State: New Jersey
Ethnicity: Asian
Undergraduate Institution: Private Liberal Arts
Major (Minor): Sociology (Chinese)

Clinical ECs
500+ hrs Cerebral Palsy patient care
300+ hrs family practice intern
100 hrs ER volunteering
50 hrs family physician shadowing (hoping to get in some DO shadowing next semester)
50 hrs Medical volunteer at annual Special Olympics
8 hrs cardiovascular surgeon shadowing

Non-clinical ECs
600+ hours working as chapter president of student-run homeless shelter
180 hrs Intern in Business Department of hospital
400+ Summer TA for English in Taiwan (2 summers)
Policy & Standards Board of Sorority
Student Leader in Campus Ministry Department of University

Random things
I have a rare medical condition that has made me gone in and out of hospitals and doctors offices as a patient up to 9th grade. I'm going to write about that in my personal statement. My dad's a family physician and so I have legacy at NYMC; I'm not sure if that matters in med applications.

Current School List - do I need to fill in gaps/take some out? I don't know what resources to use. I've just been doing my own research on each school's website.

Robert Wood Johnson
Cooper Medical
Rutgers NJ
Seton Hall
Temple
Thomas Jefferson
Drexel
Penn
Geisinger
New York MC (legacy)
Quinnipiac
Albany
Mt Sinai
Einstein
Hofstra
Rochester
Penn State
George Washington
Georgetown
Virginia Tech
Wake Forest

Osteopathic:
Rowan
PCOM
NYIT
Liberty
VCOM

Thanks for all your help!

 

[candbgirl]

Did you mean to put a likely sGPA of 2.28?

 

[jarednogeek]

I would apply to a few more DO schools too, get DO shadowing and maybe a DO LOR for those schools. Your science gpa May hinder you at MD schools

 

[Goro]

I'm applying next semester and I would really love some suggestions to strengthen my application and solidify my school list! I'm a senior so I'm taking a gap year.


Random things
I have a rare medical condition that has made me gone in and out of hospitals and doctors offices as a patient up to 9th grade. I'm going to write about that in my personal statement. My dad's a family physician and so I have legacy at NYMC; I'm not sure if that matters in med applications.

Current School List - do I need to fill in gaps/take some out? I don't know what resources to use. I've just been doing my own research on each school's website.

Robert Wood Johnson
Cooper Medical
Rutgers NJ
Seton Hall
Temple
Thomas Jefferson
Drexel
Penn
Geisinger
New York MC (legacy)
Quinnipiac
Albany
Mt Sinai
Einstein
Hofstra
Rochester
Penn State
George Washington
Georgetown
Virginia Tech
Wake Forest

Osteopathic:
Rowan
PCOM
NYIT
Liberty
VCOM

Thanks for all your help!

Can you give us a year by year for the sGPAs?
I can't recommend LUCOM or Penn State.

If you're from NY, delete Geisinger, Va Tech and the NJ schools. Hofstra will be a donation. You need to cast a broader net in your school list.

 

[Elephantess]

Did you mean to put a likely sGPA of 2.28?

I meant 3.28! Fixed it. Whoops big difference.

 

[Elephantess]

Can you give us a year by year for the sGPAs?
I can't recommend LUCOM or Penn State.

If you're from NY, delete Geisinger, Va Tech and the NJ schools. Hofstra will be a donation. You need to cast a broader net in your school list....

sGPA:
freshman - 3.62
sophomore - 2.40 (C- in Orgo I, C+ in Orgo II, C in Animal Phys)
junior - 3.62
senior (just retaking orgo) - probably 3.67

I'm from NJ and I go to school in PA so I thought I would apply to all schools in those two states. Broader net as in location or stats? I was hoping to stay within 5 hours drive from NJ/PA but I guess that might not be possible...

 

[Goro]

sGPA:
freshman - 3.62
sophomore - 2.40 (C- in Orgo I, C+ in Orgo II, C in Animal Phys)
junior - 3.62
senior (just retaking orgo) - probably 3.67

I'm from NJ and I go to school in PA so I thought I would apply to all schools in those two states. Broader net as in location or stats? I was hoping to stay within 5 hours drive from NJ/PA but I guess that might not be possible...

Chances will be best with the NJ schools (including Seton Hall), the Philly Triplets, Netter and Geisinger. Forget all NY schools except NYMC and Albany. You definitely need Do schools on the list.

Also consider schools like:
EVMS
VCU
U VM
U Miami
Tufts
Wake
SLU
Loyola
Tulane
MCW
Creighton
Wayne State
Rush