MD School List Help Please

[nontradpremed0171]

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Non-trad. BS in business. Worked in finance for 9 years. Currently 30 YO.
Submitted primary AMCAS 6/17/22, ACOMAS 6/30/22. CA resident. Not URM.

Academics

• Undergrad cGPA 3.0
• Post-bacc cGPA 4.0
• Total cGPA 3.25
• Total sGPA 3.81
• MCAT 5/27/22: 507 (127,124,126,130)
  • Average AAMC FLs=507.25 (502,505,510,512)
  • Many mental breakdowns, MCAT PTSD, developed chronic anxiety
  • Not sure if a retake is worth it. ESL student, CARS is my nightmare

Activities
Non-Clinical

• 18,240 hrs paid employment: 2012-2020 in finance, leadership positions, supervised people directly.
  • 416 hrs - served as a diversity and inclusion chair
  • 832 hrs - community support campaign leader, partnering with various non-profits on behalf of my company
  • 1,664 hrs - leadership advisory council in my company, coaching other leaders on effectiveness
• 240 hrs chem tutoring during the pandemic

Clinical

• 1,560 hrs completed + 840 hrs anticipated scribing at cardiology.
• 1,170 completed + 520 hrs anticipated as a health coach at a safety-net hospital working with underserved. Direct patient contact.
• 328 hours OR Shadowing - cardiothoracic surgery
• 24 hours outpatient shadowing - nephrology
• 1 abstract at national conference - family medicine
• 1 abstract at international conference - cardiovascular medicine
  • Submitting manuscript for publication as a first author
• 1200 anticipated hrs (new opportunity) as RA at a cardiothoracic research lab at a SOM.

Thank you

 

[Goro]

With no nonclinical volunteering, your app is very weak.

"community support campaign leader, partnering with various non-profits on behalf of my company"
What did this entail?

For a reinventor, a 507 MCAT is very weak and I'm not sanguine for your chances at MD, especially as a Californian.

You're fine for any DO school.

 

[nontradpremed0171]

With no nonclinical volunteering, your app is very weak.

"community support campaign leader, partnering with various non-profits on behalf of my company"
What did this entail?

For a reinventor, a 507 MCAT is very weak and I'm not sanguine for your chances at MD, especially as a Californian.

You're fine for any DO school.

Thank you for your reply - the 832 hours are non-clinical volunteering at County Food Bank, Dress for Success, Wardrobe for Opportunity, and Junior Achievement of California.

 

[Goro]

Thank you for your reply - the 832 hours are non-clinical volunteering at County Food Bank, Dress for Success, Wardrobe for Opportunity, and Junior Achievement of California.

What are the two in bold?

How many hours at the food bank and the next two?

 

[Faha]

Apply broadly to both MD and DO schools. I suggest these MD schools:
California University
Loma Linda (if you fit their mission)
UC Irvine
UC Riverside (if you are from that region)
TCU-UNT
Creighton
NOVA MD
Tulane
Wake Forest
Eastern Virginia
George Washington
Drexel
Temple
Hackensack
New York Medical College
Albany
Vermont
Quinnipiac
Wayne State
Oakland Beaumont
Medical College Wisconsin
Rosalind Franklin
For DO schools I suggest these:
WESTERN
TUCOM-CA
TUNCOM
AZCOM
ATSU-KCOM
KCU-COM
DMU-COM
CCOM
MU-COM
UIWSOM
NYIT-AR
ACOM
WCU-COM
PCOM (all schools)
LECOM (all schools)
NYITCOM
WVSOM
UP-KYCOM

 

[nontradpremed0171]

What are the two in bold?

How many hours at the food bank and the next two?

Alameda County Food Bank: Organized food drives, helped with sorting food and delivery to the community.
Dress for Success San Francisco - Helped women who have been out of work for a while due to parental responsibilities, domestic abuse, housing issues to get back into workforce by helping them prep for interviews, write resumes, giving them interview attire.
Wardrobe for Opportunity - very similar to dress for success. Helping women with resume, interview skills. This one had more emphasis on single moms and women with long employment gap. For both of these I ran mock interview workshops, edited resumes, and helped with sorting clothes.
Junior Achievement of California: I taught financial literacy and education workshops to children from 2nd grade and up. Depending on the class, obviously the lessons I prepared were different. Most of the schools I volunteered for were title I schools in underserved communities.

I can't allocate specific hours per organization accurately, because this was a 2-year commitment I had through my company and scheduled ongoing volunteer events. So, I combined them all together, also I was running out of space on AMCAS for my other activities.

 

[Goro]

I agree with the wise Faha

 

[nontradpremed0171]

Apply broadly to both MD and DO schools. I suggest these MD schools:
California University
Loma Linda (if you fit their mission)
UC Irvine
UC Riverside (if you are from that region)
TCU-UNT
Creighton
NOVA MD
Tulane
Wake Forest
Eastern Virginia
George Washington
Drexel
Temple
Hackensack
New York Medical College
Albany
Vermont
Quinnipiac
Wayne State
Oakland Beaumont
Medical College Wisconsin
Rosalind Franklin
For DO schools I suggest these:
WESTERN
TUCOM-CA
TUNCOM
AZCOM
ATSU-KCOM
KCU-COM
DMU-COM
CCOM
MU-COM
UIWSOM
NYIT-AR
ACOM
WCU-COM
PCOM (all schools)
LECOM (all schools)
NYITCOM
WVSOM
UP-KYCOM

Thank you so much 🙂