Help Wanted: Finalizing Medical School List

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Bismuth135

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Hi! I’ve been trying to finalize my med school list (MD/DO). I’ve been researching a lot but am so overwhelmed with the amount of information to wade through. So, I was wondering what other people thought of my list so far. Which schools should I add, remove, etc. I know applying to MD is a bit of a reach, but I’m going to give it a go.

501 MCAT (125/126/124/126) — 3.48 GPA — VA resident — White female — 27 years old

Master's degree in biomedical sciences (3.10 GPA)

~5,100 hours clinical work as endoscopy technician

~700 hours non-clinical work (fun fact: I worked at Hershey chocolate factory over multiple summers)

~1,900 hours research

Multiple leadership roles (undergraduate clubs, TA, academic coach)

~900 hours of shadowing (MD/DO, multiple specialties)

~150 hours of volunteering (emergency department, free clinic, cardiac unit)

Strong LOR from undergraduate professors, multiple physicians (MD/DO), and supervisor

MD List:

|Georgetown University| |Drexel COM| |Tulane| |Quinnipiac| |Michigan State University COM| |Louisiana State University SOM (Shreveport)| |Albany Medical College| |UVA SOM| |WVU| |East TN State UniversityCOM| |Howard University COM| |California Northstate University COM| |Wright State Boonshoft| |Central Michigan| |Louisiana State University SOM (New Orleans)| |Jacobs SOM| |Oregon University SOM| |Wake Forest| |Belmont| |University of TN Health Science Center COM| |GWU| |California Univ. of Sci & Med DAVIS| |University of Maryland SOM|

DO List:

|Edward Via COM| |PCOM| |University of SC| |Michigan State COM| |Des Moines COM| |Western University of Health Sciences| |Western University of Health Sciences| |Mdwestern University| |Chicago COM of Midwestern University| |University of Pikeville Kentucky COM| |Pacific Northwest| || |Touro University| |ICOM| |Burrell COM| |Burrell COM| |PCOM| || |ARCOM| |LMU-DCOM (Harrogate)| |LMU-DCOM (knoxville)| |WVSOOM| |ACOM| |LECOM| |Meritus SOOM| |Campbell University SOOM| || |Kansas Health Science University|
 
You could receive interviews at some DO schools and I suggest these with your stats:
WVSOM
UP-KYCOM
PCOM (all schools)
VCOM (all 4 schools)
CUSOM
ACOM
WCU-COM
LECOM (all schools)
MU-COM
UIWSOM
NYIT-AR
ARCOM
BCOM (both schools)
TUNCOM
MERITUS
MD schools are unrealistic with a MCAT of 501 and a GPA of 3.48 though you could try Eastern Virginia and Virginia Commonwealth.
 
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