CA ORM school list help

[nellydeli]

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1. cGPA 3.73 and sGPA 3.66 as calculated by AMCAS (strong upward trend with 3.8-4.0 last two years)
2. MCAT score(s) and breakdown: 517 : 130/127/130/130
3. State of residence: CA
4. Ethnicity and/or race: ORM Asian
5. Undergraduate institution or category: Top 30 ranked UC school by US News lol
6. Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer):

• Volunteer Athletic Training (sports rehabilitation for injured athletes): 640 hrs
• Paid Medical Assistant at Urgent Care Clinic (primarily had low-income/uninsured patients): 384 hours
• Paid Medical Scribe Orthopedic Surgery: 720 hours
• Paid Medical Scribe Head/Neck/Breast/Endocrine Oncology: 1600 hours

1. Research experience and productivity:

• 700 hours clinical research over 2.5 years in Cognitive Science:
• One publication, second author.
• Two other manuscripts submitted under review (one also in cognitive science, one on cognitive science/AI), one second author, other third

1. Shadowing experience and specialties represented

• Orthopedic Surgery and Head/Neck/Breast/Endocrine Oncology listed above, unsure how to split shadowing and scribing hours

1. Non-clinical volunteering

• Tutoring low-income students: 300 hours (over 3 years)
• Member of 501(c3) non-profit organization that fundraises money for various Asian charities : 600 hours over 4 years

1. Other extracurricular activities:

• Founding member of local chapter of March for our Lives (created a 501(c)(3), raised over $70,000 and rallied 40,000 person march)
• Exec Board Member of local chapter of American Medical Women’s Association chapter
• Exec Board member of the Asian charity non-profit org listed in non-clinical
• Exec Manager of the Athletic Training Room listed above
• Teaching Assistant for Upper division Genetics and Exercise Sports class
• woodworking/home renovation projects
• painting/art for many years

1. Relevant honors or awards

• One of 22 students selected from both undergrad/grad population for a University Service Award given breadth of local contributions
• Invited to college Honors Program, and maintained eligibility throughout college
• Awarded Certificate of Recognition by the California Legislature Assembly for work on March for Our Lives

1. Anything else not listed you think might be important:
   1. Personal statement narrative all about understanding diverse backgrounds of patients and wanting to provide care that transcends cultural/social/educational barriers after seeing mother (who prefers alternative med) hesitant to get cancer treatment, suicidal brother etc etc
   2. LORs from research PI, profs, couple docs i work with, and every clinical exp i had

Need help refining this to around 30-35, welcome to additions or removals as well

School List:

1. UCSF
2. UCLA
3. UCD
4. UCR
5. UCI
6. UCSD
7. Loma Linda
8. USC
9. Kaiser
10. Stanford (currently work there and getting LOR from a prof/doc there)
11. Case Western
12. Georgetown
13. Brown
14. Stony Brook
15. University of Arizona phoenix
16. Dartmouth
17. University of Cincinatti
18. University of Florida
19. Creighton
20. Albert Einstein
21. Emory
22. New York Medical College
23. U Mass
24. University Colorado
25. UMiami
26. UFlorida
27. UT southwestern (have a tie here)
28. University Central Florida
29. UNC CHapel Hill
30. Saint Louis
31. University of Hawaii
32. Rutgers
33. Quinnipac
34. Wake Forest
35. Tulane
36. Drexel
37. Albany
38. Usf morsani
39. UmIch
40. Baylor
41. Boston university
42. Mt sinai
43. University of Pittsburgh
44. Loyola
45. Geisinger
46. Yale
47. George washington

 

[Faha]

I suggest these schools from your list:

1. UCSF
2. UCLA
3. UCD
4. UCR (only if you are from that region)
5. UCI
6. UCSD
7. Loma Linda (only if you fit their mission)
8. USC
9. Kaiser
10. Stanford (currently work there and getting LOR from a prof/doc there)
11. Case Western
12. Georgetown
13. Brown
14. Dartmouth
15. University of Cincinatti
16. Creighton
17. Albert Einstein
18. Emory
19. New York Medical College
20. U Mass
21. University Colorado
22. UMiami
23. Saint Louis
24. Quinnipac
25. Wake Forest
26. Tulane
27. Drexel
28. Albany
29. Usf morsani
30. UmIch
31. Boston university
32. Mt sinai
33. University of Pittsburgh
34. Loyola
35. Yale
36. George washington

 

[nellydeli]

I suggest these schools from your list:

1. UCSF
2. UCLA
3. UCD
4. UCR (only if you are from that region)
5. UCI
6. UCSD
7. Loma Linda (only if you fit their mission)
8. USC
9. Kaiser
10. Stanford (currently work there and getting LOR from a prof/doc there)
11. Case Western
12. Georgetown
13. Brown
14. Dartmouth
15. University of Cincinatti
16. Creighton
17. Albert Einstein
18. Emory
19. New York Medical College
20. U Mass
21. University Colorado
22. UMiami
23. Saint Louis
24. Quinnipac
25. Wake Forest
26. Tulane
27. Drexel
28. Albany
29. Usf morsani
30. UmIch
31. Boston university
32. Mt sinai
33. University of Pittsburgh
34. Loyola
35. Yale
36. George washington

Do you think what I'm shooting for is unrealistic? Hoping the upward trend in my GPA will be seen but not sure if i will be screened out from the average

 

[Faha]

You have good stats and ECs so you should receive several interviews.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

So I am going to ask about which activities are non clinical and show service orientation. You have a lot of fundraising but that could go under advocacy (gun safety policies). Where are you in community with this in distress who are of a different group than your own, given your intended PS theme.

Tutoring is a separate category, and every premed application seems to have it so it doesn't help you stand out.

Any primary care? What other languages do you have fluency? Have you networked with affinity medical school organizations?

You must have a strong mission fit argument and have the activities to back you up for the strongest application possible. Your lack of service orientation puts you at risk of getting screened out.

 

[nellydeli]

So I am going to ask about which activities are non clinical and show service orientation. You have a lot of fundraising but that could go under advocacy (gun safety policies). Where are you in community with this in distress who are of a different group than your own, given your intended PS theme.

Tutoring is a separate category, and every premed application seems to have it so it doesn't help you stand out.

Any primary care? What other languages do you have fluency? Have you networked with affinity medical school organizations?

You must have a strong mission fit argument and have the activities to back you up for the strongest application possible. Your lack of service orientation puts you at risk of getting screened out.

Thanks for your response.

With AMWA, we used to give out clothing we had collected to the female homeless populations in the area. I know the gun safety goes under advocacy but many times our info sessions became ways for gun violence survivors to open up about their trauma and we spent a lot of time essentially counseling them and referring them to treatment. Since I was a TA for college students, but a tutor for low-income elementary school children with low-income language barriers i thought at least the latter could count for nonclinical volunteer. I have also worked with Habitat for humanity to build houses, though only about 30 hrs. Would any of that work/what would I need to not get screened out?

In terms of primary care, the urgent care clinic was essentially that, just in the format of an urgent care setting. I am fluent in Kannada (an indian language i have not yet seen listed on a medical schools' demographic yet, and basic basic proficiency in french, little to no spanish. I have not networked with affinity medical school orgs and haven't even heard of them. How would I use that to my advantage?