Hey guys,
Title basically speaks for itself, I've come up with a preliminary list of where to apply that consists of all my state schools, TMDSAS, some other MD's. and a few DO's. In the end I'm looking to apply to about 30-35 schools including the TMDSAS and no more than 5 DO schools. I'd appreciate any wisdom that you guys may have. List is below.
Stats for reference:
FL resident
ORM (Asian)
Biomedical Sciences degree with university honors at a state school
Health science minor
cGPA: 3.84
sGPA: 3.85 (minimal upward trend)
MCAT: 515 (128/127/130/130)
Research: 400 hours over 8 months observing lots of things, understanding the process, and helping out with multiple projects at a lab centered around atherosclerosis but no concrete presentations or pubs to show for it.
Clinical Work: 2200 hours as an ED scribe over 2 years
Shadowing: Nothing explicitly but spent many hours of scribing actually observing on the wards with hospitalists at times, cardiologist codes, radiology and IR rooms. Saw an emergent OB C-section. The free clinic mentioned below was also on a primary care basis and as their scribe I was with them the entire time similar to ED scribing.
Non-clinical: 30 hours in freshman year teaching division 1 elementary school students “life values.” 200 hours teaching and tutoring kids at a facility for inpatient counseling for substance abuse. 500 hours since sophomore year of high school volunteering at a cultural organization to help promote my native culture.
Clinical volunteering: 50 hours at free primary care clinic for underserved communities doing scribing and other duties.
Leadership: 4 years as volunteer TA for human anatomy teaching several hours a week in a lab and library setting. Trainer position for scribing to help train new hires and guide other scribes to maintain overall clinical workflow; lasted for about 1.5 years.
Non-clinical Work: Online tutor for a variety of science-based topics through Varsity Tutors, LLC. Worked with students ranging from middle school to a graduate level. About 200 hours intermittently at this point.
LOR's: Head of the anatomy department/anatomy professor Physio/endocrinology professor Clinical psychology professor (non-science) 2 strong MD letters from doctors I scribed with for at least 150 hours each 1 strong DO letter from the same category as above
School List:
University of Florida
Florida State University
University of Central Florida
University of South Florida
University of Miami
Florida Atlantic University
Florida International University
Nova MD
Duke
Emory
Wake Forest
Virginia Tech
Virginia Commonwealth
Baylor
All TMDSAS
Nova DO
LECOM - Bradenton
TCOM
Thanks again for any recommendations.
