Low stat URM School list

[med229]

Please help creating a realistic targeted list! Don't want to waste my time/donate. I'm a reapplicant 2 MD II → WL for both (had a super late app).

Undergrad GPAs are trash, but I do show a huge upward trend with 10 postbacc credits, and ~60 grad credits (two masters). FAP recipient so I have to choose 20 schools wisely.

Please let me know of any schools that should be removed/added!

Stats:

• Undergrad GPA: 2.0 sGPA 2.7 cGPA
  • Major: Biology
• Postbacc BCPM GPA: 4.0
• Graduate GPA:3.83 sGPA 3.93 cGPA
  • Master of Public Health GPA: 3.87
  • SMP - MS Biomedical Science GPA: 4.0
• MCAT scores: 482 (01/2021) → 493 (01/2023) → 500(09/2023)
  • considering a 4th attempt.
• Home State: Georgia
• URM, FAP; low SES, immigrant parents, almost 30 y/o
  • Mission of app and communities of interest: underserved communities, community engagement, and health equity.

Experience:

• Clinical Paid: 10000+ hours as a CNA in labor & delivery, cardio surgery, nursing home for veterans
• Clinical Volunteering: 100 hours as an AHEC Scholar, volunteered in underserved clinic
• Research: Biomedical research at an Ivy league, still continuing, 800 hours in total, 3 projects → 2 pending publications
• Non-Clinical:
  • 1400 hours (paid, full-time gap year position) as a Research Specialist at State Health Department
  • 200 hours on the board for Pre-med Org that I helped establish at my school.
  • 120 hours as a student advisor for an academic linkage program connecting low-income premeds
  • 150 hours as a part-time middle school Biology teacher
  • 400 hours as a health equity intern in maternal health
• Shadowing: 180 hours total (Ob/Gyn, Pulmonology)
• Presentations/Posters:
  • 4 poster presentations (2 at national conferences)
  • 3 oral presentations
• Hobbies:
  • 1500 hours Hiking
  • 2500 hours Bartending

School List: ranked by connection/screen/OOS friendly based on MSAR/website search

1. Albany Medical College (SMP school)
2. Creighton (accepted to their postbacc)
3. Mercer School of Medicine (instate)
4. Morehouse School of Medicine (instate)
5. LSU New Orleans (does grad GPA replacement)
6. SUNY Upstate (strong connection with admissions, does grad GPA replacement)
7. Albert Einstein (strong ties)
8. U Florida (strong FL ties)
9. UCF (strong FL ties, does grad GPA replacement)
10. Florida Atlantic University (strong FL ties)
11. University of Alabama Birmingham (does grad GPA replacement)
12. Carle Illinois College of Medicine (blind MCAT in evaluation)
13. Wright State (does grad GPA replacement)
14. Wayne State (does grad GPA replacement)
15. University of Maryland (strong ties)
16. Charles Drew University College of Medicine
17. Howard University College of Medicine
18. Meharry Medical College
19. Drexel University College of Medicine
20. Western Michigan
21. TCU
22. University of Wisconsin Madison
23. Central Michigan University

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[Faha]

Which URM community are you from ? If Hispanic, are you fluent in Spanish ? Where are your 2 waitlists ? What is your sGPA and cGPA when you include your post bacc ?

 

[Mr.Smile12]

What is your target?

Remove Carle. You may like that they claim to be MCAT-blind (whatever that means), but you aren't an engineer, which is their preference.

Your best MCAT is 500 though you have jumped about +8 each retake. You must include DO schools along with HBCU's or MSI's. Be aware some schools will shy away from candidates with more than 3 MCATs that are valid (expired ones don't count, in other words), but you might still have a ahance with your strong SMP performance (I don't know how it helps you with your MCAT scheduling). Check if any of your schools host an AHEC program as well.

 

[med229]

Which URM community are you from ? If Hispanic, are you fluent in Spanish ? Where are your 2 waitlists ? What is your sGPA and cGPA when you include your post bacc ?

Beginner in spanish, Carribbean ethnicity (African American). Not disclosing my 2 WL until final decisions are made. AMCAS separated my post bacc + uGPA so I'm not too sure?

 

[med229]

What is your target?

Remove Carle. You may like that they claim to be MCAT-blind (whatever that means), but you aren't an engineer, which is their preference.

Your best MCAT is 500 though you have jumped about +8 each retake. You must include DO schools along with HBCU's or MSI's. Be aware some schools will shy away from candidates with more than 3 MCATs that are valid (expired ones don't count, in other words), but you might still have a ahance with your strong SMP performance (I don't know how it helps you with your MCAT scheduling). Check if any of your schools host an AHEC program as well.

Got it, removing Carle Illinois. Any insight on schools with an AHEC program? should I be adding this to my criteria?

 

[Faha]

I suggest these schools with your stats:
Medical College Georgia
Mercer
Miami
Emory
Howard
Meharry
Morehouse
Charles Drew
TCU
Indiana
Rosalind Franklin
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
Eastern Virginia
Drexel
Temple
Hackensack
Albany
Vermont
Quinnipiac
Belmont
Also apply to DO schools and I suggest these
PCOM (all schools)
LMU-DCOM (all schools)
LECOM (all schools)
ACOM
WCU-COM
BUCOM
NYIT-AR
UIWSOM
WVSOM
UP-KYCOM
MU-COM
KCU-COM
BCOM (both schools)
TUNCOM
DUQCOM
Apply in June and submit all your secondaries by July.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Got it, removing Carle Illinois. Any insight on schools with an AHEC program? should I be adding this to my criteria?

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Also there is a National AHEC organization which will point out the locations of the AHECs. I don't remember if the map points out the HQ's located in medical schools, but each medical school might have an office. But see what AHECs are about and whether it appeals to you.