Hello everyone!
I graduated with a BS in neuroscience then an MS one year later. Originally had research/tenure track in mind but later switched to medicine. I applied last cycle but did not receive any II, probably due to lack of clinical volunteering hours and an unrealistic and small school list. I received secondaries from all of the schools I applied to but UC Davis, but only ended up submitting a handful of them due to an unfortunate life-changing event.
I think it really hurt my confidence and now I'm kinda unsure how strong/weak of an applicant I am. I'd really appreciate any help with my school list this year, adding or removing any schools.
Down the road, I would like to have the freedom to decide if I want to specialize, so I'm open to MD ad DO schools that would allow me to do so. Currently looking into Western among other DO schools.
Here are my stats:
California Northstate University
California University of Science and Medicine
Creighton
Eastern Virginia
Emory
Indiana U
Kaiser
USC
Loma Linda
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
U of Toledo
U of Arizona Pheonix
UC Davis
UC Irvine
UCLA
UC Riverside
UC San Diego
UCSF
U of Colorado
U of Iowa
U of Maryland
U of Miami
U of Minnesota
U of Utah
U of Washington
Virginia Commonwealth
Wake Forest
I graduated with a BS in neuroscience then an MS one year later. Originally had research/tenure track in mind but later switched to medicine. I applied last cycle but did not receive any II, probably due to lack of clinical volunteering hours and an unrealistic and small school list. I received secondaries from all of the schools I applied to but UC Davis, but only ended up submitting a handful of them due to an unfortunate life-changing event.
I think it really hurt my confidence and now I'm kinda unsure how strong/weak of an applicant I am. I'd really appreciate any help with my school list this year, adding or removing any schools.
Down the road, I would like to have the freedom to decide if I want to specialize, so I'm open to MD ad DO schools that would allow me to do so. Currently looking into Western among other DO schools.
Here are my stats:
- cGPA: 3.63 (3.43 -> 3.60 -> 3.75 -> 3.84)
- sGPA: 3.66 (3.34 -> 3.72 -> 3.82 -> 4.00)
- Master's GPA: 4.00
- MCAT: 513 (CP 128, CARS 128, BB 127, PS 130)
- Permanent resident/green card, CA resident, Asian, mid-tier UC
- LOR: research PI letter + science professor letter (prof I TA'ed for) + MD's I scribed for.
- Clinical experience: 700 medical scribe hours; Since last cycle, I added 400 hours working as a scribe manager while scribing
- Research: 2700 hours with a publication (second author), also did my MS thesis on this
- 900 teaching assistant (TA) hours
- some 100+ hours being a counselor for international students
- 500 hours volunteering as a lab assistant
- (new to this cycle) Hospital volunteering: 47 hours interacting with hospitalized elderlies
- (also new to this cycle) 40 community service hours
California Northstate University
California University of Science and Medicine
Creighton
Eastern Virginia
Emory
Indiana U
Kaiser
USC
Loma Linda
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
U of Toledo
U of Arizona Pheonix
UC Davis
UC Irvine
UCLA
UC Riverside
UC San Diego
UCSF
U of Colorado
U of Iowa
U of Maryland
U of Miami
U of Minnesota
U of Utah
U of Washington
Virginia Commonwealth
Wake Forest
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