HIGH MCAT low ECs -- need help w/ school list...

[ethandmax]

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1. cGPA = 3.84, sGPA = 3.79
2. MCAT = 522
3. Michigan resident
4. White male
5. State school in MI, class of '24 (exercise science)
6. Clinical experience: ~800 hours (PT tech and ortho scribe)
7. Research: ~50 hours (no pub) (will be doing research in lab over summer/fall)
8. Shadowing: ~50 hours (5 specialties)
9. Non-clinical volunteering: ~150 hours
10. Other extracurricular activities: 2 semester of anatomy TA, 2 years Pre-PT E-board, ~3000 hours working in a restaurant
11. Relevant honors or awards
12. Anything else not listed you think might be important: Strong LORs (quite confident in these) and strong PS/2ndary writing

I am acutely aware that my ECs are holding my app back, but I am confident that medicine is my calling and would like to get in this cycle. I am looking for advice/modification for my school list: (copied from MSAR)

	Rank	Compare	School Name	My Status	Why I'm Interested in this School (rankings from	Actions
drag_indicator	1	University of Michigan Med Sch	University of Michigan Medical School	Applying	3 (IS)	EDITDELETE
drag_indicator	2	University of Pittsburgh SOM	University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine	Considering	9	EDITDELETE
drag_indicator	3	Northwestern U Feinberg SOM	Northwestern University The Feinberg School of Medicine	Considering	11	EDITDELETE
drag_indicator	4	U Wisc. Sch of Med. & Pub Hlth	University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health	Considering	25	EDITDELETE
drag_indicator	5	University of Colorado SOM	University of Colorado School of Medicine	Considering	27	EDITDELETE
drag_indicator	6	University of Virginia SOM	University of Virginia School of Medicine	Considering	28	EDITDELETE
drag_indicator	7	Univ Iowa Carver Coll of Med	University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine	Considering	29	EDITDELETE
drag_indicator	8	Ohio State University COM	Ohio State University College of Medicine	Considering	30	EDITDELETE
drag_indicator	9	U Rochester SOM & Dentistry	University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry	Considering	31	EDITDELETE
drag_indicator	10	Alpert Med Sch of Brown U	The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University	Considering	32	EDITDELETE
drag_indicator	11	Univ of Minnesota Med Sch	University of Minnesota Medical School	Considering	33	EDITDELETE
drag_indicator	12	Case Western Reserve U SOM	Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine	Considering	35	EDITDELETE
drag_indicator	13	Indiana University Sch of Med	Indiana University School of Medicine	Considering	39	EDITDELETE
drag_indicator	14	Geisel School of Medicine	Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth	Applying	40 (state ties)	EDITDELETE
drag_indicator	15	BU Chobanian Avedisian SOM	Boston University Aram V. Chobanian & Edward Avedisian School of Medicine	Considering	42	EDITDELETE
drag_indicator	16	University of Cincinnati COM	University of Cincinnati College of Medicine	Considering	52	EDITDELETE
drag_indicator	17	Albert Einstein Coll of Med	Albert Einstein College of Medicine	Applying	53 (free)	EDITDELETE
drag_indicator	18	Wayne State University SOM	Wayne State University School of Medicine	Applying	71 (IS)	EDITDELETE
drag_indicator	19	St Louis University Sch of Med	Saint Louis University School of Medicine	Considering	78	EDITDELETE
drag_indicator	20	Michigan St U Coll Human Med	Michigan State University College of Human Medicine	Applying	89 (IS)	EDITDELETE
drag_indicator	21	Eastern Virginia Med Sch	Eastern Virginia Medical School	Applying	94 (already pre-wrote 2ndary)	EDITDELETE
drag_indicator	22	Albany Medical College	Albany Medical College	Applying	95 (verification throwaway)	EDITDELETE
drag_indicator	23	New York Medical College	New York Medical College	Considering	114	EDITDELETE
drag_indicator	24	Frank H. Netter MD	Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University	Applying	135 (already pre-wrote)	EDITDELETE
drag_indicator	25	Oakland Univ Wm Beaumont SOM	Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine	Applying	152 (IS)	EDITDELETE
drag_indicator	26	Western Michigan U Homer S SOM	Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine	Applying	157 (IS)	EDITDELETE
drag_indicator	27	Central Michigan Univ COM	Central Michigan University College of Medicine	Applying	161 (IS)

+ MSUCOM

 

[Faha]

I suggest these schools with your stats:
U Michigan
Michigan State
Wayne State
Oakland Beaumont
Western Michigan
Central Michigan
Toledo
Case Western
Ohio State
Cincinnati
Northwestern
Indiana
Pittsburgh
Jefferson
Hofstra
Einstein (free tuition)
Mount Sinai
New York Medical College
Rochester
NYU (free tuition)
Tufts
UMass
U Virginia
Duke
USF Morsani
Vanderbilt
Washington University (in St. Louis)
Iowa
Colorado
Some of the schools on your list will "yield protect" with your stats and Dartmouth and Brown are looking for non traditionals with good ECs.

Arizona (Phoenix)

 

[ethandmax]

I suggest these schools with your stats:
U Michigan
Michigan State
Wayne State
Oakland Beaumont
Western Michigan
Central Michigan
Toledo
Case Western
Ohio State
Cincinnati
Northwestern
Indiana
Pittsburgh
Jefferson
Hofstra
Einstein (free tuition)
Mount Sinai
New York Medical College
Rochester
NYU (free tuition)
Tufts
UMass
U Virginia
Duke
USF Morsani
Vanderbilt
Washington University (in St. Louis)
Iowa
Colorado
Some of the schools on your list will "yield protect" with your stats and Dartmouth and Brown are looking for non traditionals with good ECs.

Arizona (Phoenix)

Thank you!

 

[Mr.Smile12]

What is the nature of your 150 hours of non-clinical community service? How many credit hours are included in your science GPA? What advice have you gotten from your prehealth advisors at your school?

 

[ethandmax]

What is the nature of your 150 hours of non-clinical community service? How many credit hours are included in your science GPA? What advice have you gotten from your prehealth advisors at your school?

Food pantry in low income area, where I help with translating for Spanish-speakers, among various other things.
58 credits
None

 

[Mr.Smile12]

While 150 hours should be sufficient for most schools, if you intend to go for brand-name programs, you need to keep building hours on your food pantry work. Most desirable applicants in that pool should have at least 250 hours to remain viable; most will have much more.

Where you might want to get confirmation from a prehealth advisor: Exercise science applicants need to have solid biomedical science coursework (which your sGPA suggests but your transcript and syllabus review will confirm). You also need to have clinical experience that has more variety away from PT, rehab/PMR, or ortho. I don't know if your other shadowing can offset the 800 hours of your PTA/ortho experience, especially for top brand schools you are angling for. That said, major shouldn't matter, but one would wonder why you're not interested in athletic training or PT (the latter I would presume you have an answer) and what experiences away from PT are you interested in.