cGPA 4.0/ 522 MCAT school list help

[DrPizzakid]

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1. cGPA = 4.0
2. MCAT 522 (132/129/131/130)
3. Louisiana
4. Caucasian
5. Graduated Nicholls State University Chemistry-Pre-Medicine
6. Clinical: 30 Hours Volunteering at Assisted Living Facility
Beginning work in the ED soon.
7. Research: 700+ hours of organic chemistry laboratory research, publication pending
8. Shadowing Experience: 4 hours shadowing a general surgeon (planning to shadow 1-2 more doctors prior to application)
9. Regular member of undergraduate pre-medical association and chemistry club.
10.Various university awards, recognized by the Louisiana Board of Regents, received a Commendation from the Louisiana Senate and House of Representatives for Academic/Extracurricular Achievements

Current School List:
Baylor
Harvard
LSU New Orleans (in-state)
LSU Shreveport (in-state)
Tulane (in-state)
University of Alabama
University of Central Florida
University of Florida
Vanderbilt University

 

[Walter Raleigh]

Stats are good, volunteering is very, very low and may well sink you. Take a gap year, get 300+ hours each of clinical and nonclinical volunteering, and you're competitive at every school in the country.

 

[Faha]

Your clinical exposure hours are so low that it is likely that your only interviews would be at LSU.

 

[Goro]

1. cGPA = 4.0
2. MCAT 522 (132/129/131/130)
3. Louisiana
4. Caucasian
5. Graduated Nicholls State University Chemistry-Pre-Medicine
6. Clinical: 30 Hours Volunteering at Assisted Living Facility
Beginning work in the ED soon.
7. Research: 700+ hours of organic chemistry laboratory research, publication pending
8. Shadowing Experience: 4 hours shadowing a general surgeon (planning to shadow 1-2 more doctors prior to application)
9. Regular member of undergraduate pre-medical association and chemistry club.
10.Various university awards, recognized by the Louisiana Board of Regents, received a Commendation from the Louisiana Senate and House of Representatives for Academic/Extracurricular Achievements

Current School List:
Baylor
Harvard
LSU New Orleans (in-state)
LSU Shreveport (in-state)
Tulane (in-state)
University of Alabama
University of Central Florida
University of Florida
Vanderbilt University

Gap year time. You have too few clinical exposure hours, and zero volunteering in nonclinical. I can't sugar coat this, my own student interviewers would eat you alive.

 

[FALCON1013]

My friend, a Louisiana resident, attended Tulane for undergrad. He was a double major in biology and classics. He had a 517 MCAT, a sGPA of 4.0, and a cGPA of 3.97. Due to finances, he only applied to LSU-NO, LSU-S, Tulane, and Baylor. He was invited to interview at all four but was only accepted to LSU-Shreveport. He wishes he had taken a gap year to improve his application.

 

[deleted314957]

My friend, a Louisiana resident, attended Tulane for undergrad. He was a double major in biology and classics. He had a 517 MCAT, a sGPA of 4.0, and a cGPA of 3.97. Due to finances, he only applied to LSU-NO, LSU-S, Tulane, and Baylor. He was invited to interview at all four but was only accepted to LSU-Shreveport. He wishes he had taken a gap year to improve his application.

Well, he had financial constraints, applied accordingly and got accepted to medical school. Remember, a gap year removes one year of your highest earning years. So, think ~350K less.
Sounds like a win to me.