non traditional veteran

[navyoef]

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Applicant Type: Non-traditional
State of Residence: Texas
URM: No
Veteran Status: U.S. Navy Veteran (combat deployment, Afghanistan)

Academics
Undergrad: University of St. Thomas (Houston)

• Degree: B.S. Psychology
• Minor: Biology
• TMDSAS cGPA: 3.30
• TMDSAS sGPA (BCPM): 3.55
• Last 60 GPA: ~3.8
• MCAT: 515

Clinical Experience

• ~720 total clinical hours each totaling 2,160
  • UTMB
  • MD Anderson
  • Harris Health

Research
None

Volunteer / Service

• Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo – Medical & Safety Committee (~8 years)

Employment

• GS-12 Grants Management Specialist (USDA-FNS) 2022-2025
• Prior federal service (DoD) 2011-2022

Military

• U.S. Navy Veteran, Afghanistan deployment 2009-2010. Active from 07-10. Navy reserves till 2015
• Honorable discharge

Shadowing

• Diagnostic Radiology / Interventional Radiology
• Emergency Medicine
• Psychiatry

Specialty Interests

• Diagnostic Radiology / Interventional Radiology
• Anesthesiology
• Psychiatry
• Emergency Medicine
• Urology

TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOLS (MD)
Baylor College of Medicine
UT Southwestern Medical School
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston
UTMB – University of Texas Medical Branch
Texas A&M College of Medicine
Dell Medical School at UT Austin
Texas Tech University HSC SOM (Lubbock)
Texas Tech University HSC – El Paso (Foster SOM)
UT Rio Grande Valley SOM
University of Houston College of Medicine

TOP 7 OUT-OF-STATE SCHOOLS
Tulane University SOM
George Washington University SOM
University of South Florida (Morsani)
University of Arizona – Tucson
University of Arizona – Phoenix
Rosalind Franklin University

Let me know what everyone thinks ...
Open to suggestions.

 

[Faha]

Apply to all your Texas TMDSAS MD and DO schools and you should receive interviews. OOS MD schools interview few Texas residents since they know from years of experience that Texas applicants will attend a Texas school. You could try these AMCAS schools:
TCU
Tulane
Roseman
Alice Walton
Belmont
Methodist
East Tennessee

 

[navyoef]

Apply to all your Texas TMDSAS MD and DO schools and you should receive interviews. OOS MD schools interview few Texas residents since they know from years of experience that Texas applicants will attend a Texas school. You could try these AMCAS schools:
TCU
Tulane
Roseman
Alice Walton
Belmont
Methodist
East Tennessee

Thank you for the input . Is there anything on my application you feel I’m missing or need improvement in ?

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Texas schools love their military applicants. Reach out to the admissions teams and see if you can get on the calendar for upcoming recruitment events. Watch the TMDSAS podcasts or go to office hours.

 

[Faha]

Thank you for the input . Is there anything on my application you feel I’m missing or need improvement in ?

You would benefit from 1`50+ hours of non clinical volunteering such as food bank, homeless shelter, etc. .

 

[navyoef]

You would benefit from 1`50+ hours of non clinical volunteering such as food bank, homeless shelter, etc. .

Thanks, I will be sure to add that to my application.

 

[wysdoc]

In case you omitted it from your list by accident be sure to include UT San Antonio Long School of Medicine.
Their proximity to Joint Base San Antonio should be a plus factor for you as a candidate. Texas A&M also lists "military medicine" as one of their focal points.