- Joined
- Jul 18, 2018
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Looking for some critique of my school list and general vibes about my chances to get in this cycle.
My Stats:
Non-Trad ~30 Years old
499 MCAT 2 Years Old (124, 126, 125, 124)
510 MCAT Recently Taken (126, 128, 127, 129)
Undergrad 2013 (Double Major Biology and Neuroscience):
3.63 Undergrad Cumulative
3.57 BCPM
2 Poster presentations
Graduate 2020 (Masters of Biomedical Sciences)
3.79 Graduate Cumulative
3.72 Graduate BCPM
Top 20% of graduate class, have guaranteed interview with Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine.
Publication while in the Graduate program
Student Ambassador
Strong Participation in School programs/clubs and leadership activities
Lifelong history of service to my community/volunteering - Thousands of Hours
EMT/Fire Department
Hospice
Food Banks
Homeless Shelter (Case Manager)
Worked in a Hospital as a Patient Care Navigator (1000 hours)
Manager of a Quality Control Laboratory for large plastics company
Various jobs in service industry
Currently working as a professor teaching medical microbiology and general biology to nursing students and college freshman
~150 hours shadowing across various specialties with 30 in primary care
Disadvantaged - Neither parent went to college, grew up in low income household.
Applying with FAP (Fee Assistance Program)
White
Have LORs from 2 faculty at my undergrad, a committee letter from my Masters program, and one from hospice volunteer coordinator
School List:
(Trying to stay out of large metropolitan areas. Prefer rural/suburban)
-Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine (strong ties, hold guaranteed interview)
-Central Michigan University College of Medicine
-Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
-Northeast Ohio Medical University
-Medical College of Wisconsin
-New York Medical College
-Robert Larner, M.D., College of Medicine at the University of Vermont
-University of Connecticut
-Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University
-Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
-West Virginia University School of Medicine
-University of Washington School of Medicine (My wife is from Alaska and we have family there. Not sure if that gives me ties to WWAMI Region)
-University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
-Albany Medical College
-Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine (a reach school for me)
-Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
-Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
-Carle Illinois College of Medicine
-State University of New York Upstate Medical University
-University of Massachusetts Medical School
My Stats:
Non-Trad ~30 Years old
499 MCAT 2 Years Old (124, 126, 125, 124)
510 MCAT Recently Taken (126, 128, 127, 129)
Undergrad 2013 (Double Major Biology and Neuroscience):
3.63 Undergrad Cumulative
3.57 BCPM
2 Poster presentations
Graduate 2020 (Masters of Biomedical Sciences)
3.79 Graduate Cumulative
3.72 Graduate BCPM
Top 20% of graduate class, have guaranteed interview with Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine.
Publication while in the Graduate program
Student Ambassador
Strong Participation in School programs/clubs and leadership activities
Lifelong history of service to my community/volunteering - Thousands of Hours
EMT/Fire Department
Hospice
Food Banks
Homeless Shelter (Case Manager)
Worked in a Hospital as a Patient Care Navigator (1000 hours)
Manager of a Quality Control Laboratory for large plastics company
Various jobs in service industry
Currently working as a professor teaching medical microbiology and general biology to nursing students and college freshman
~150 hours shadowing across various specialties with 30 in primary care
Disadvantaged - Neither parent went to college, grew up in low income household.
Applying with FAP (Fee Assistance Program)
White
Have LORs from 2 faculty at my undergrad, a committee letter from my Masters program, and one from hospice volunteer coordinator
School List:
(Trying to stay out of large metropolitan areas. Prefer rural/suburban)
-Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine (strong ties, hold guaranteed interview)
-Central Michigan University College of Medicine
-Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
-Northeast Ohio Medical University
-Medical College of Wisconsin
-New York Medical College
-Robert Larner, M.D., College of Medicine at the University of Vermont
-University of Connecticut
-Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University
-Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
-West Virginia University School of Medicine
-University of Washington School of Medicine (My wife is from Alaska and we have family there. Not sure if that gives me ties to WWAMI Region)
-University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
-Albany Medical College
-Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine (a reach school for me)
-Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
-Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
-Carle Illinois College of Medicine
-State University of New York Upstate Medical University
-University of Massachusetts Medical School