Non-Trad, 3.36 GPA, 519 MCAT

[EcoR1]

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Hello, I'm wondering what my chances are and if anyone has some suggestions of schools it would be greatly appreciated!

• California resident, but originally from New Jersey, I don't know if strong ties to the state will count for anything.
• MCAT 519 (130/130/129/130)
• cGPA: 3.36 / sGPA: 3.47: Shows an upward trend in Junior and Senior year of undergrad. Finishing up Post-Bacc right now with a 4.0
• 200 hours clinical volunteering
• No non-clinical volunteering
• Currently working on two research teams, probably 100-200 hours each for 1.5 years. They are based out of the same department and work closely together but have 2 different PIs. One is in the process of writing a paper, the other is still gathering data.
• Have been working as a clinical lab supervisor for the past year, before that I was a lead medical technologist.
• No shadowing.

School List:
Albany
Albert Einstein
CA Northstate
Drexel
Quinnipiac
George Washington
Georgetown
Hofstra
USC Keck
Temple
New York Medical College
Penn State
Rutgers
Robert Wood Johnson
Thomas Jefferson
SUNY Downstate
SUNY Upstate
Stony Brook
Commonwealth
Tufts
UC Davis
UC Irvine
UCLA
UCSD
Wake Forest
Rowan
Touro-CA
Touro-NY
NYIT

 

[Faha]

You could add schools such as :
Oakland Beaumont
Western Michigan
Loyola
Rosalind Franklin
Medical College Wisconsin
St. Louis
Creighton
Tulane
Roseman (new school accepting applicants sometime this year)
You could add the CA DO schools also.

 

[confidentandgood]

No shadowing whatsoever? That could harm you.

 

[NonTrad16]

I think a lack of shadowing and non-clinical volunteering could hurt you.

I had a lesser MCAT/higher GPA and a similar lack of non-clinical volunteering last year and was told by an admissions member that was an issue... 23 applications (many on your list), no interviews. I had ~50 hours of shadowing and they said 'eh, ok'. I'd be interested in how they view yours, since you have the great MCAT/low GPA combo.

An additional year of 'service' and shadowing would likely help you out, but I'd wait for an opinion from those wiser than I.