School List - 23M AZ ORM, 508 MCAT, 3.92

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Hello everyone! I am a recent graduate (Class of 2024) who is applying to medical school this cycle and was hoping to find some help in making my school list. I am hoping to apply to about 25 schools, though I'm willing to increase that number in order to maximize my chances to get in this cycle! I have used my first gap year to continue doing research, work in the ER to increase my clinical hours, and spent some time taking care of my grandparents abroad.

GPA: cGPA 3.92 sGPA 3.82

MCAT Breakdown: 2nd attempt taken 5/31 (score pending but my practices were around a 513), 1st attempt 508 (127/128/127/126)

Edit (7/1): 2nd Attempt score 515 (128/130/129/128)

I have also taken CASPER but at the moment do not plan to take Preview (If needed I can plan for the 7/22 test date)

State: Arizona

Undergraduate Institution: Arizona State University (Double Majored in Biomedical Sciences and Psychology)
Activity Hours:

~1650 Clinical Hours across paid and unpaid positions: I worked as EMT at my university and at a Native American reservation, worked in the ER as a tech, and as an MA at an orthopedic clinic.
~410 hours of non-clinical volunteering at animal rescues and with veterans/retirement community
~300 hours of clinical volunteering at Children's Hospital
~1500 hours in research (all in the same lab) with about 600-800 more hours anticipated
~400 shadowing hours in Orthopedics, Emergency medicine, Cardiology, Sports Medicine, and Neurology

Research Specifics: 2 poster presentations which included my undergraduate thesis but no lab publications, however the lab will be submitting two papers to journals beginning November (I'm not sure if that's something I could mention in an update email? Though I will be a contributing author and not a first author on either)

Notable Extracurricular Activities: I was an intercollegiate athlete for my university for two years and had leadership positions in two organizations as well as on my team.

School List:
University of Arizona – Tucson
University of Arizona – Phoenix
Thomas F. Frist, Jr. College of Medicine
Albany Medical College
University of Washington School of Medicine
Creighton University School of Medicine
Saint Louis University School of Medicine
Loma Linda University School of Medicine
University of North Dakota
University of Massachusetts T.H Chan School of Medicine
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
Oakland University William Beaumont
University of Rochester
University of Pittsburgh
Virginia Commonwealth
Georgetown University
Lewis Katz at Temple University
Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University
UCLA
Pennsylvania State University

Thank you for all of the help!
 
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What is the breakdown of your 410 hours of non clinical volunteering? Post your new score here when available and I will suggest schools.
 
What is the breakdown of your 410 hours of non clinical volunteering? Post your new score here when available and I will suggest schools.
Hello, thank you for the quick response and apologies for the delay, I was waiting for my updated score to come in! My new MCAT score is 515 (128/130/129/128) and my breakdown of the 410 hours is 160 hours at Arizona Humane Society working with animal rescues and 250 hours working with Veterans + the senior population at Sun Lakes through Rotary.
 
Hello, thank you for the quick response and apologies for the delay, I was waiting for my updated score to come in! My new MCAT score is 515 (128/130/129/128) and my breakdown of the 410 hours is 160 hours at Arizona Humane Society working with animal rescues and 250 hours working with Veterans + the senior population at Sun Lakes through Rotary.
U Washington, North Dakota, Oklahoma admit very few applicants with no connection to the state. I suggest these schools with your stats:
Arizona (Tucson and Phoenix)
Creighton
TCU
St. Louis
Rosalind Franklin
Medical College Wisconsin
Western Michigan
Oakland Beaumont
Roseman
Alice Walton
Belmont
NOVA MD
Wake Forest
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
Georgetown
George Washington
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Pittsburgh
Penn State
Hackensack
Hofstra
Einstein
New York Medical College
Rochester
Albany
Vermont
Quinnipiac
Tufts
UMass
Loma Linda (if you fit their mission)
 
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