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!
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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