MD CA Resident- 3.70cGPA, 3.73sGPA, 512 MCAT

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Just wanted to make one final WAMC before submitting in June, please let me know if there is anything blatantly wrong with my app/school list. Any help is appreciated.


Male, 21, CA, Mexican, attend a UC, 4th year Neuroscience Major
cGPA:3.70 (projected: i had a very strong upward trend=2 years of 3.92-4.0)
sGPA: 3.73
MCAT: 512 (130/125/130/127)
Substantial life experience in that i was born premature, have a hypoplastic lung, had an infection in the other lung and some how made it out lol more to it but theres a good reason for why medicine!
EC's:

• President of schools cooking club, host food demos and got funding of $20,000 from head of UC system to address food insecurity on campus and community. We also collaborate with other orgs and do PB&J drives fro homeless around the area (2 years)
• Member of neuroscience program that teaches elementary and high school students about the brain (1 year)
• Private tutor for high school students, paid work experience (4 years)
• Medical Scholars Program Tutor, organic chemistry (1 year)
• Mentored at my old high school, gave talks about college, tutored STEM and AP classes (2 years)
• EMT-B certified
• 50 hours shadowing (ENT, Anesthesia, OBGYN) will get about 20 more hrs of primary care shadowing
• about 150 hours volunteering at local hospital
• 3 months at free health clinic (30-40 hours)
• 2 years psychology research with a poster presentation that won first place at school research symposium, potential 2nd author in school journal (Great LOR)
• 1 year neuroscience research with prof who taught me, potential poster/author on paper(Great LOR)
• 1 year Health Coach at university's medical school, help patients diagnosed with diabetes, hypertension to set health/lifestyle goals and have weekly follow up visits with them, in a hospital clinic (in person/over the phone interviewing)

School List:
UCR
University of Arizona
Wake Forest
Loyola Stritch
UC Davis
Virginia Commonwealth
University of Colorado
Indiana University (no secondary fee)
Creighton
Temple
Drexel
Penn State
Tufts
Medical College of Wisconsin
University of Miami
University of Massachusetts
UCI
University of Central Florida
Hofstra
Geisel SOM at Dartmouth
USC
UCLA
UCSF
Mayo Clinic
U Pitt

 

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Golden!!!

 

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You should have a successful cycle. Consider adding Albany, NYMC, George Washington, BU. These are all California-friendly