School list - 3.68 GPA, 522 MCAT - Reapplicant/MPH student

[Condensed_milk]

Hi SDN! 1st time reapplicant and current MPH student here rounding out my school list prior to verification. Looking for feedback on my school list/any schools to add or take off. Feedback is especially helpful on DO schools. @Goro and @Faha if this profile looks familiar it's because I asked a less detailed version of this question about a year ago and based my list off of your initial suggestions. Feel free to sit this one out as you’ve already helped a lot!

GPA

• cGPA: 3.68 sGPA: 3.61 Graduate (MPH - Health Policy) GPA: 4.0
• Upward trend

MCAT

• 2018: 506
• 2020: 522

Iowa Resident, ORM

Clinical experience

• 175 hrs hospital volunteering
• 200 hrs employment as a home care aide

Research experience and productivity

• Undergrad bio lab: 2000+ hrs
  • 2nd author abstract to a natl conference
• Graduate Policy research: 750 hrs
  • 1st author Policy brief published on institution website
  • 1st author poster accepted to conference
• Graduate Public Health research: 200 hrs
  • 1st author poster accepted to natl conference

Shadowing experience and specialties represented

• Cardiology - 15 hrs
• Ortho surgery - 20 hrs
• Neurology - 12 hrs
• Primary care - 16 hrs
• Miscellaneous virtual shadowing - 12 hrs
• Total: 75 hrs

Non-clinical volunteering

• Volunteer and board member of an independent living center: 500 hrs
  • Ind living centers are nonprofits that work with people with disabilities
  • For this org, I was the youngest ever board member and created the organization’s diversity committee, which has had a role in writing organizational policies
• Cancer care center: 100 hrs

Other extracurricular activities

• Leadership: held chair positions for 2 organizations
• Tutor: 250 hrs of private tutoring
• Club Sport: 4 year sailor (not competitively)

School list:

Stanford
Duke
UCSF
Cornell
Mayo
Northwestern
Michigan
Mt. Sinai
UCLA
Pitt
Case western
Emory
tOSU
Albert Einstein
Hofstra
Rochester
USC- Keck
Dartmouth
U VA
Indiana
Cincinnati
Iowa
U Miami
MCW
Wake Forest
Western Michigan
Virginia Commonwealth
UW Madison
Jefferson
Tufts
George Washington
Boston U
U Minnesota
Kaiser

DO

Des Moines University
AT Still

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[Goro]

Milky, did you get any IIs this cycle? What is new in your app compared to last year?

I'm going to be more conservative this year

UCSF
Mayo
Mt. Sinai
Pitt
Case western
Emory
Albert Einstein
Hofstra
USC- Keck (maybe)
Dartmouth
Iowa
U Miami
MCW
Wake Forest
Western Michigan
Virginia Commonwealth
Jefferson
Tufts
George Washington
Creighton
Tulane
NovaMD
TCU.UNT
Seton Hall
Albany
Drexel
Temple
U VM


DO

Des Moines University
AT Still
CCOM (but watch tuition)
KCU
MUCOM
all LECOMs
KYCOM
WVSOM
ACOM
CUSOM
all PCOMs
all VCOMs except LA
all Touros
OK-COM
AZCOM
both Westerns
NYITCOM (both)
UIW

 

[Banco]

When did you first apply? Did you get IIs? What is different on your app now from the first application?

 

[Condensed_milk]

Sorry for the confusion, I applied in 2019-2020, skipped 2020-2021. At that time I didn't use SDN and was a bit clueless. Got II at my home institution (iowa) in 2019, but didn't have the MCAT score, the nonprofit leadership, or the public health research.

To be more clear, I am mostly looking for a quick glance over my school list to see if it's compatible with my experiences, and if I should add more DO schools. Thanks for the reply!

 

[LondonVibes]

Do you have a physician’s letter. Those are usually needed for most DO schools.

 

[Banco]

Sorry for the confusion, I applied in 2019-2020, skipped 2020-2021. At that time I didn't use SDN and was a bit clueless. Got II at my home institution (iowa) in 2019, but didn't have the MCAT score, the nonprofit leadership, or the public health research.

To be more clear, I am mostly looking for a quick glance over my school list to see if it's compatible with my experiences, and if I should add more DO schools. Thanks for the reply!

So the 522 MCAT is new for this cycle? Because that improves your chances hugely. As well as the new activities.

I would average out the MCATs and make a list accordingly. But I would also keep the reaches where that MCAT score opens doors for you, as long as your GPA is above their 10th percentile.