Non-trad Re-applicant advice

[windowgardener]

30-something career-changer looking for advice on reapplication. Currently on one WL. Applied MD 2019, submitted AMCAS early July, completed secondaries August-Sept. Got 1 interview and was waitlisted there. Looking for advice on what to do next!

1. GPA 3.9, and sGPA 3.6
2. MCAT 510 (126/128/126/128)
3. State of residence CA, country of citizenship: New Zealand
4. White
5. Undergraduate institution overseas, including DIY post-bac science courses
6. Clinical experience: group medical visit assistant at FQHC (5 years, volunteer), tobacco treatment specialist & health educator (4 months, paid employment), diabetes kids' camp volunteer (2 years)
7. Research experience: 5 months education equity research assistant (paid), data analysis for ACES study at county hospital (volunteer)
8. Shadowing experience and specialties represented: ~80 hours, half general surgery, half primary care
9. Non-clinical volunteering: open source medicine & healthcare project (hardware and strategy), 80 hours
10. Other extracurricular activities: have a doctorate in music, worked as a teacher. Currently work in public health tobacco treatment, policy & training
11. Relevant honors or awards: Fulbright fellow, undergraduate and graduate tuition scholarships

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[Faha]

Are you a permanent resident of the USA ? Which schools did you apply to and where are you on the waitlist ?

 

[windowgardener]

Yes I am a US permanent resident. I applied to the following:

Albany

Seton Hall

Cal Northstate

Cal Univ. Science & Medicine

Drexel

Rosalind Franklin

Wake Forest

Virginia Commonwealth

U Colorado

George Washington

Tulane

Georgetown

Tufts

Keck/USC

Geisel/Dartmouth

UCSD

U Pittsburgh

Hofstra/Northwell

 

[Damson]

Yes I am a US permanent resident. I applied to the following:

Albany

Seton Hall

Cal Northstate

Cal Univ. Science & Medicine

Drexel

Rosalind Franklin

Wake Forest

Virginia Commonwealth

U Colorado

George Washington

Tulane

Georgetown

Tufts

Keck/USC

Geisel/Dartmouth

UCSD

U Pittsburgh

Hofstra/Northwell

What pops out at me is
- expand school list next cycle
- accumulate more shadowing hours
- consider adding DO schools to list

 

[Faha]

Apply more broadly and include DO schools. I suggest these MD schools:
California University
California Northstate
Kaiser
Vermont
Quinnipiac
Albany
New York Medical College
Seton Hall
Penn State
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
George Washington
Georgetown
Eastern Virginia
Virginia Commonwealth
Wake Forest
NOVA MD
TCU-UNT
Creighton
St. Louis
Loyola
Rush
Rosalind Franklin
Medical College Wisconsin
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
For DO schools consider these:
TUCOM-CA
WESTERN
TUNCOM
AZCOM
MU-COM
CCOM
KCU-COM
DMU-COM
ATSU-KCOM
CUSOM
VCOM
PCOM
LECOM