Help with school list 3.97 GPA 524 MCAT

[hydrationshell]

Hello SDN,

I was looking for advice on my school list based on my stats and ECs. I would also like to mention that I am applying to MD/PhD programs and I am curious about my chances based on my current school list.

1. cGPA: 3.97
2. sGPA: 3.97
3. MCAT: 524 (132/130/131/131)
4. Florida resident
5. White latino (Cuban)
6. Public university
   
7. Clinical Experiences:
   • Children's hospital with direct patient contact (50hrs - 100hrs by June)
   • Spanish interpreter at free clinic (50hrs)
   • Attended SMDEP (this doesn't count does it?)
8. Research Experiences:
   • Four years of genetics research at home university
     
     • Two posters presented at four different conferenecs
       
     • Four oral presentations
   • One time collaboration with a professor at my university
     • Second author paper
   • Two summers of virology research at ivy leauge
     
     • Two posters presented at five different conferences
     • Three oral presentations
9. Shadowing Experiences:
   • Primary care physician (50hrs)
   • Endocrinologist (4hrs)
   • Pediatrician (4hrs)
   • Neurosurgeon (25hrs - 100+ hrs by June)
10. Other Extracurriculars:
    • TA for genetics and ecology on two different semesters
    • STEM outreach (occassionaly)
    • Computer science as a hobby
    • Tutoring foster children for a few months (50hrs)
    • Toastmaster
      
    • Peer advisor at pre-health office at my university (9hrs - 50hrs by June)
11. Notable Awards/Honors:
    • Phi Beta Kappa
    • Ronald E. McNair Fellow
    • Goldwater Scholarship Honorable Mention
    • Exceptional Research Opportunities Program Scholar
    • NIGMS-RISE Fellow

School List:

• University of Virginia
• Baylor College of Medicine
• Georgetown
• John's Hopkins
• Tufts
• Columbia
• Weill Cornell
• Northwestern
• University of Pittsburgh
• Duke
• Albert Einstein
• University of Miami
• Emory
• Harvard
• New York University
• Chapel Hill
• Yale
• University of Pennsylvania

I would appreciate any advice on my chances of getting into any of these schools based on my relatively weak ECs. In addition, any reccomendations as to how change my list would be appreciated.

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[bears1992]

I'm not really qualified to give advice, but based on the 1000's of other WAMC posts I've seen on this site, you do not have weak ECs by any means. The only thing you have that is average is clinical experience. That's the only thing that you could really add that would bolster your app. I don't even think AMCAS will let you enter that many ECs anyways lol.

If you don't have an acceptance by March of next year, then you either have one of the worst LORs known to man or you typed your PS/essays in broken English.

 

[seren1051]

50-100 Clinical hours and 50 hours of underserved volunteer (I'm guessing that's what Spanish interpreter qualifies as) may be on the lower side, so try to boost them up before applying. But I thought you can list 'projected hours' under AMCAS - if this is the case, then it should be fine. Your language skills and that spectacular stats will get you far.

 

[candbgirl]

Do you have any nonclinical volunteering? Service that shows your altruistic side-service to those less fortunate than you? If not get some-around 150 hours. You have more than enough shadowing. So stop shadowing and beef up your clinical experiences- hands on patient contact-interacting with patients and families. Great job on the MCAT-congrats.

 

[Goro]

Hello SDN,

I was looking for advice on my school list based on my stats and ECs. I would also like to mention that I am applying to MD/PhD programs and I am curious about my chances based on my current school list.

1. cGPA: 3.97
2. sGPA: 3.97
3. MCAT: 524 (132/130/131/131)
4. Florida resident
5. White latino (Cuban)
6. Public university
   
7. Clinical Experiences:
   • Children's hospital with direct patient contact (50hrs - 100hrs by June)
   • Spanish interpreter at free clinic (50hrs)
   • Attended SMDEP (this doesn't count does it?)
8. Research Experiences:
   • Four years of genetics research at home university
     • Two posters presented at four different conferenecs
       
     • Four oral presentations
   • One time collaboration with a professor at my university
     • Second author paper
   • Two summers of virology research at ivy leauge
     • Two posters presented at five different conferences
     • Three oral presentations
9. Shadowing Experiences:
   • Primary care physician (50hrs)
   • Endocrinologist (4hrs)
   • Pediatrician (4hrs)
   • Neurosurgeon (25hrs - 100+ hrs by June)
10. Other Extracurriculars:
    • TA for genetics and ecology on two different semesters
    • STEM outreach (occassionaly)
    • Computer science as a hobby
    • Tutoring foster children for a few months (50hrs)
    • Toastmaster
      
    • Peer advisor at pre-health office at my university (9hrs - 50hrs by June)
11. Notable Awards/Honors:
    • Phi Beta Kappa
    • Ronald E. McNair Fellow
    • Goldwater Scholarship Honorable Mention
    • Exceptional Research Opportunities Program Scholar
    • NIGMS-RISE Fellow

School List:

• University of Virginia
• Baylor College of Medicine
• Georgetown
• John's Hopkins
• Tufts
• Columbia
• Weill Cornell
• Northwestern
• University of Pittsburgh
• Duke
• Albert Einstein
• University of Miami
• Emory
• Harvard
• New York University
• Chapel Hill
• Yale
• University of Pennsylvania

I would appreciate any advice on my chances of getting into any of these schools based on my relatively weak ECs. In addition, any reccomendations as to how change my list would be appreciated.

You're golden. Aim high.

 

[Walter Raleigh]

You're golden. Aim high.

Yep. To use a phrase you're fond of, he's a rock star.