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hi i just want to know what schools you guys think I have a shot at! my list is at the bottom so please let me know what you think!
for some more info, i have a very themed app around public health and drug use and primary care, my writing is very strong (from what im told), and everything in my app contributes to the theme apart from the hobbies obviously. i think my weak part is my mcat in relation to the rest of my app. also submitted primary first week

cGPA: 3.9
sGPA: 3.76
MCAT: retook a 501 (126/124/124/127) to 508 (126/127/127/128)
IL residence and US citizen
Asian male
T25 undergrad
1 gap year

1100+ hours clinical experience as MA will have nearly 3000 by next summer
90 clinical volunteering hours at children's hospital
600+ non clinical volunteering hours through student org that i was president of (below)
120 non clinical volunteering hours as elementary school teacher
120 shadowing experiences (family medicine, internal, GI, neuro, anesthesia)

1250 research hours with 3 publications about to be submitted in next 1-2 months, also had 2 posters accepted
3 publications all are mid level author publications (3rd and 4th authors)
1st author paper that will be most likely be published later this fall
2 posters mid level author publications
research is largely qualitative and centered around public health and drug us

other ECs:
chapter public health club president: was in it for 3 years, did extraordinary amount of work for it. had 1100 hours of service in it total
personally led and won 5,000+ dollar grant
eboard position in a club that was a mix of different students in the city i lived in that related widely to public health (500 hours about)
played IM sports through college

gap year activities: MA, research, hobbies

hobbies: have 2000+ hours each in both hobbies of music and sports

rewards: summa, deans list, club grant won (above), 2 posters

school list:



University of Michigan
Wake Forest University
Kaiser Permanente
University of Chicago
University of Vermont
Saint Louis University
New York Medical College
New York University
Washington University St. Louis
University of Miami Miller
Zucker School of Medicine
Sidney Kimmel Medical College
Tulane University
Northwestern University
Dartmouth College
Virginia Commonwealth
University of Missouri Kansas City
Rosalind Franklin University
Georgetown University
Central Michigan University
University of Alabama Birmingham
Tufts University
Harvard University
University of Maryland
University of Massachusetts
Eastern Virginia University
Frank H. Netter at Quinnipiac University
University of California San Diego
Rush University
University of South Carolina
University of Florida
Ohio State University
University of South Alabama
University of Pittsburgh
Boston University
Drexel University
University of Wisconsin
Temple University
Kansas City University DO
Midwestern University DO
University of California Los Angeles
Michigan State University DO
Ohio University Heritage DO
Emory University
Case Western Reserve University
Indiana University
Michigan State University
University of Iowa
Penn State University
George Washington University
University of Southern California
University of Illinois Chicago
Southern Illinois University
Loyola Stritch
New Mexico
UC Irvine
 
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What did you do as an elementary school teacher (120 h)?

Did you live most of your life in/around Chicago or elsewhere in Illinois? Are you interested in rural medicine?

Give me more details of the 1000+ hours of your public health org: specifically break down the hours between direct service to others and organizational/executive/administrative hours.
 
What did you do as an elementary school teacher (120 h)?

Did you live most of your life in/around Chicago or elsewhere in Illinois? Are you interested in rural medicine?

Give me more details of the 1000+ hours of your public health org: specifically break down the hours between direct service to others and organizational/executive/administrative hours.
i taught kids simple lessons around general biology (like genes) and a little bit of nutrition (like food plate and etc.). for the public health org, about 600 was direct service to others and the other half was executive stuff like planning, collaborating, etc. i lived all of my life basically on the outskirts of chicago, but am still interested in rural and family medicine. ive worked as an MA in a rural area and have personal ties to a very rural country
 
You have several state public schools on your list that admit very few non residents with a MCAT scores of 501 and 508 and no connection to the state. Several of your other schools are unrealistic with your MCAT scores. I suggest these schools with your stats:
U Illinois
Southern Illinois
Rosalind Franklin
Loyola
Rush
Medical College Wisconsin
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
Ponce (St. Louis)
Creighton
TCU
Roseman
Alice Walton
Belmont
Tulane
NOVA MD
Methodist (when it opens)
Wake Forest
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
Penn State
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Albany
Vermont
Quinnipiac
I suggest these DO schools:
CCOM
MU-COM
DMU-COM
ATSU-KCOM
KCU-COM
AZCOM
CUSOM
PCOM
NYITCOM
Touro-NY
 
You have several state public schools on your list that admit very few non residents with a MCAT scores of 501 and 508 and no connection to the state. Several of your other schools are unrealistic with your MCAT scores. I suggest these schools with your stats:
U Illinois
Southern Illinois
Rosalind Franklin
Loyola
Rush
Medical College Wisconsin
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
Ponce (St. Louis)
Creighton
TCU
Roseman
Alice Walton
Belmont
Tulane
NOVA MD
Methodist (when it opens)
Wake Forest
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
Penn State
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Albany
Vermont
Quinnipiac
I suggest these DO schools:
CCOM
MU-COM
DMU-COM
ATSU-KCOM
KCU-COM
AZCOM
CUSOM
PCOM
NYITCOM
Touro-NY
Okay ill take a look at these, thank you!
 
You have several state public schools on your list that admit very few non residents with a MCAT scores of 501 and 508 and no connection to the state. Several of your other schools are unrealistic with your MCAT scores. I suggest these schools with your stats:
U Illinois
Southern Illinois
Rosalind Franklin
Loyola
Rush
Medical College Wisconsin
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
Ponce (St. Louis)
Creighton
TCU
Roseman
Alice Walton
Belmont
Tulane
NOVA MD
Methodist (when it opens)
Wake Forest
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
Penn State
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Albany
Vermont
Quinnipiac
I suggest these DO schools:
CCOM
MU-COM
DMU-COM
ATSU-KCOM
KCU-COM
AZCOM
CUSOM
PCOM
NYITCOM
Touro-NY
Could you give me the list of the super oos friendly schools on my list? Id really appreciate it! Or if you could point me to the right resources that would be amazing. thanks
 
Could you give me the list of the super oos friendly schools on my list? Id really appreciate it! Or if you could point me to the right resources that would be amazing. thanks
Well, @Faha removed the schools that are NOT OOS friendly
I think you have a long enough list, get started pre-writing your secondary essays and good luck this year
 
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