smileycat33
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Hi, I am really struggling to narrow down my school list. I have a mismatched MCAT and GPA so it was hard to guess which schools would be realistic for me.
I put in my stats to admit.org and it only gave me a bunch of reaches and one target… but then also said I don't need to apply DO?
GPA: 3.52 (I have no grades from my junior year. I studied abroad my junior fall, then had mandatory pass/fail in the spring due to covid). My senior GPA was a 3.9
MCAT: 518 (CP 129 CARS 130 BB 129 PS 130) in 2023 (I also took it in 2021 with a 507)
NY resident
ivy undergrad
Currently in a foreign master’s program (nutrition/sustainability, thesis is an experiment regarding sarcopenia interventions)
My extracurriculars are not spectacular; I wasn’t committed to med school as an undergrad so, though I participated in pre-med experiences, I did not focus on them
Clinical experience : medical service trip to Peru (40 hours on site), scribing for a dermatological surgeon (450 hours)
Shadowing : 40 hours (my pre-med advising said this is fine)
Research : for my thesis project, around 215 including the work I did outside of lab translating and transcribing food diaries
One of my most meaningful activities is service-based (volunteer after-school program), but it’s nothing close to what I see some people on here volunteering at soup kitchens every night for three years straight, so not sure it makes me a candidate for schools with a mission focused on service
I do have an ‘other impactful experiences’ essay about a unique opportunity I had in high school despite being on food stamps
I am interested in primary care, specifically integrative, functional medicine
Here is my current school list : anything with an asterisk has an integrative facility/opportunity
I’m having trouble narrowing down, especially since only one of the schools where my MCAT is above the 90th percentile have an integrative program…
I don’t want to apply too top heavy, but am also comfortable having a handful of throwaways because why not
I ordered the list in terms of where my MCAT falls within their range (I used MSAR and adjusted for in/out of state as applicable)
>/= 90th percentile
75th-90th
If there are any schools you think I should absolutely eliminate based on specific criteria they have, please let me know. I'm looking for any advice on cutting down, thank you to whoever can help!
I put in my stats to admit.org and it only gave me a bunch of reaches and one target… but then also said I don't need to apply DO?
GPA: 3.52 (I have no grades from my junior year. I studied abroad my junior fall, then had mandatory pass/fail in the spring due to covid). My senior GPA was a 3.9
MCAT: 518 (CP 129 CARS 130 BB 129 PS 130) in 2023 (I also took it in 2021 with a 507)
NY resident
ivy undergrad
Currently in a foreign master’s program (nutrition/sustainability, thesis is an experiment regarding sarcopenia interventions)
My extracurriculars are not spectacular; I wasn’t committed to med school as an undergrad so, though I participated in pre-med experiences, I did not focus on them
Clinical experience : medical service trip to Peru (40 hours on site), scribing for a dermatological surgeon (450 hours)
Shadowing : 40 hours (my pre-med advising said this is fine)
Research : for my thesis project, around 215 including the work I did outside of lab translating and transcribing food diaries
One of my most meaningful activities is service-based (volunteer after-school program), but it’s nothing close to what I see some people on here volunteering at soup kitchens every night for three years straight, so not sure it makes me a candidate for schools with a mission focused on service
I do have an ‘other impactful experiences’ essay about a unique opportunity I had in high school despite being on food stamps
I am interested in primary care, specifically integrative, functional medicine
Here is my current school list : anything with an asterisk has an integrative facility/opportunity
I’m having trouble narrowing down, especially since only one of the schools where my MCAT is above the 90th percentile have an integrative program…
I don’t want to apply too top heavy, but am also comfortable having a handful of throwaways because why not
I ordered the list in terms of where my MCAT falls within their range (I used MSAR and adjusted for in/out of state as applicable)
>/= 90th percentile
- PSU
- Wake*
- Loyola Chicago
- Rush
- Albany Medical College
- Medical College of Wisconsin
- Drexel
- Temple
- Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
- University of Illinois College of Medicine
75th-90th
- Thomas Jefferson*
- SUNY Upstate *
- SUNY Downstate
- USC Greenville*
- UVM*
- University of Wisconsin *
- Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo
- Albert Einstein*
- SLU
- Quinnipiac
- Tufts *
- Dartmouth*
- Icahn Mt Sinai *
- Stony Brook*
- Brown *
- UPitt*
- UMich*
- UCSF*
- Cornell*
- Case Western*
- Harvard*
- UChicago*
- Duke*
- Mayo clinic *
- Northwestern*
- Stanford*
If there are any schools you think I should absolutely eliminate based on specific criteria they have, please let me know. I'm looking for any advice on cutting down, thank you to whoever can help!
