Hello. :) I would appreciate help with my school list! (TX URM 3.4/516)

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Hi, I made a list of AMCAS schools I am interested in. I'm mostly trying to just remove schools that don't fit my application, but I'm open to suggestions on schools to add. Thank you guys! 🙂🙂👍:happy:

1. cGPA - 3.36 (very strong upward trend, 2.7 at community college, 3.9 at undergrad)
sGPA - 3.4 AMCAS

2. MCAT - 516 (131/126/129/130)

3. Residency - Texas resident

4. URM - Hispanic

5. Undergraduate - community college 3 semesters
AR state school 5 semesters

6. Clinical hours - 200 hours working as a scribe in ER
-700 hours working as medical assistant
-90 hours volunteering with hospice patients

7. Research - ~900 hours: about 500 for a psychology lab, 400 doing DNA replication stuff
-1 first author publication (submitted, not accepted)
-1 poster presentation

8. Shadowing - 30 hours in ER (same guy I worked for)
-20 hours DPM (not MD)

9. Nonclinical volunteering - 100 hours in a food pantry during COVID
-60 hours for an organization for my school teaching kids about space
-100 hours as a flagger during sports car races

10. Extracurriculars - I have about 300 hours tutoring student-athletes (good leadership experience)
-working full time as medical assistant until matriculation
-wrote a lot about baseball as a hobby

School list!
1. TCU
2. Boston University
3. Rosalind Franklin
4. Creighton
5. Drexel
6. Eastern Virginia
7. Emory
8. Quinnipiac
9. Geisel
10. Geisinger
11. Hackensack
12. Temple
13. Medical College of Wisconsin
14. Northeast Ohio
15. Oakland
16. Ohio State
17. Oregon
18. Penn State
19. Vermont
20. Saint Louis
21. Thomas Jefferson
22. Utah
23. Toledo
24. Tufts
25. Tulane
26. Cincinnati
27. Colorado
28. Illinois
29. Iowa
30. Louisville
31. UMass
32. Wake Forest
33. Wayne State
 
Have you connected with LMSA chapter officers at the schools on your list, especially the non-Texas schools outside the South/Southwest? Where did you grow up in Texas? I assume you have put in your TMDSAS?
 
Have you connected with LMSA chapter officers at the schools on your list, especially the non-Texas schools outside the South/Southwest? Where did you grow up in Texas? I assume you have put in your TMDSAS?
I've kind of looked into LMSA but haven't connected with them at all. I'll do that.

I grew up in Dallas and yes, I put in my TMDSAS already. Thank you!
 
Many OOS state public schools interview few Texas applicants with no connection to the state (they assume you will attend a Texas school).
I suggest these from your list:
1. TCU
2. Boston University
3. Rosalind Franklin
4. Creighton
5. Drexel
6. Eastern Virginia
7. Emory
8. Quinnipiac
9. Geisel
11. Hackensack
12. Temple
13. Medical College of Wisconsin
15. Oakland
18. Penn State
19. Vermont
20. Saint Louis
21. Thomas Jefferson
24. Tufts
25. Tulane
26. Cincinnati
27. Colorado
32. Wake Forest
 
Many OOS state public schools interview few Texas applicants with no connection to the state (they assume you will attend a Texas school).
I suggest these from your list:
1. TCU
2. Boston University
3. Rosalind Franklin
4. Creighton
5. Drexel
6. Eastern Virginia
7. Emory
8. Quinnipiac
9. Geisel
11. Hackensack
12. Temple
13. Medical College of Wisconsin
15. Oakland
18. Penn State
19. Vermont
20. Saint Louis
21. Thomas Jefferson
24. Tufts
25. Tulane
26. Cincinnati
27. Colorado
32. Wake Forest
Exactly what I needed, thanks! Is UMass really that anti-Texan? That's one of my top 3 schools :bigtears:
 
They know the OOS tuition is much higher than the tuition for a Texas resident attending a Texas school.
I see. I think I'll shoot my shot there anyways.... is University of Washington anti-Texan too? I forgot to put that school in the post.

(just kidding, I just checked MSAR and there were no Texan acceptances)
 
I see. I think I'll shoot my shot there anyways.... is University of Washington anti-Texan too? I forgot to put that school in the post.

(just kidding, I just checked MSAR and there were no Texan acceptances)
U Washington accepts less than 1% of applicants who are not from states in the Northwest.
 
I think you potentially have a great story to tell. With the right app I think you can add a few reach schools. I’d look at Chicago, Einstein, USC.

Definitely see if you can talk with LMSA students at one of the schools you’re looking at.
 
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I think you potentially have a great story to tell. With the right app I think you can add a few reach schools. I’d look at Chicago, Einstein, USC.

Definitely see is you can talk with LMSA students at one of the schools you’re looking at.
Just added Chicago & USC! Thank you 🙂
 
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