MD & DO Engineering? What are my chances ?

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kamabush

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Year in school : Junior in biomedical engineering applying 2018

Country/state of residence
Michigan

Schools to which you are applying
All Michigan schools except umich
Haven’t made a list of others

Cumulative GPA
3.97
Science GPA
4.0
MCAT Scores
512~ 129/124/129/130 (low cars)

Research
I did research in a biomechanics spine lab for about 300 hours over a year. No publications or posters yet but possibly a co author pub by the time I apply

Volunteering (clinical) – Emergency department of hospital, make sure visitors can see their patients on how long the patients have been there and their condition ~ 100 hours

Physician shadowing – 40 hours of DO resident, cardiology and pulm rotations for internal medicine

Non-clinical volunteering - 60 hours of tutoring math and reading for adults in Detroit

Extracurricular activities ~

Student government college of engineering representative. (My school has 27,000 students) ~ a ****ton of hours

Peer Mentor/TA for physics(paid) at school

Class representative on E board of an org BMES

Running for VP for an org (likely will get it hopefully idk anyone running against me)

3 device designs for biomedical engineering classes. Presented posters and design history files (designed a prosthetic leg for a dog , an automatic fall alert system and a force sensor to be implanted in a helmet)

Employment history (none)

Immediate family members in medicine? (y/n)
Dad is a pharmacist that’s all


Specialty of interest
I like neurology but I’m open to other specialties


Interest in rural health (y/n)
Possibly

Some good schools that take out of state with low cars would be helpful. Also if there’s anything weak about my app please let me know because I have about a year to improve it! Thank you so much
 
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You are competitive for all your Michigan schools. For OOS state schools consider these:
Toledo
Vermont
Quinnipiac
New York Medical College
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
GW
Georgetown
Medical College Wisconsin
Rosalind Franklin
Carle Illinois
St. Louis
Creighton
Tulane
 
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