MD & DO School List/518 MCAT, 3.92 GPA

[Lugi]

MI resident, ORM, traditional applicant (graduating senior, taking a gap year)

Stats:
MCAT: 518 (130/130/128/130)
c/sGPA: 3.92/3.87
Neuroscience Major/Minor in a humanities field
Undergrad: UofM

Clinical Experience:
-200 hrs hospital volunteering: escorting to surgery, assisting the elderly, interacting with children, helping at neonatal area, wound care for trauma patients
-500 hrs scribing for ophthalmologist
-100 hrs hospice volunteering: caregiving, assisting with patients' hobbies, grief support groups
-80 hrs shadowing: 40 primary care (family practice, pediatrics, obgyn), 12 rheumatologist, 12 psychiatrist, 8 neurosurgeon, 8 general surgery

Non-clinical volunteering (over 1 year or more):
- 60 hrs at soup kitchen serving meals to guests. Also involved in a student org on campus that collects unused food from dining halls and donate to the nonprofit running the soup kitchen
-220 hrs at several homeless shelters and hospitality houses off-campus: material distribution, tutoring clients, providing resources, various fieldwork projects
-80 hrs crisis line for at-risk teens
-50 hrs for an after school program for children experiencing homelessness

Teaching/Leadership:
- Leadership in a student-run 501c3 nonprofit that focuses on poverty in the local community. Won various grants and awards, developed multiple partnerships with other orgs on campus, organized regular volunteering events as well as large-scale outreach programs.
- Study group leader for school's learning center for 5 semesters
- TA Intro Biology lab for 2 semesters
- 1 Summer tutoring local elementary students English

Research:
- 1 Summer full-time as an intern at NIH. Poster presentation at student symposium that won the highest award.
- At a university psychiatry lab: 1 Summer fellowship, did an oral presentation to students and faculty in the end. 2 Posters at student symposiums, 1 other poster at a state-level undergrad conference. Currently completing a senior thesis.

Miscellaneous:
- Play a sport recreationally; officer of the sports club.
- Relatively light yet still meaningful involvement in an ethnic student organization that is not my own ethnicity
-Gap year plan: a study/service abroad program

I'm aware that my app is rather service-heavy and thus would not try to target research-oriented schools. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated!

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[Faha]

Do you have any regional preference? You should apply to all your Michigan schools: U Michigan, Michigan State, Wayne State, Central Michigan, Oakland Beaumont and Western Michigan. Then you can add any OOS schools that appeal to you but avoid state public schools that accept few non residents.

 

[Lugi]

Do you have any regional preference? You should apply to all your Michigan schools: U Michigan, Michigan State, Wayne State, Central Michigan, Oakland Beaumont and Western Michigan. Then you can add any OOS schools that appeal to you but avoid state public schools that accept few non residents.

Yes I plan on applying to all Michigan schools. If not in-state I prefer schools in the Midwest or any of the top schools. However I’m not sure which OOS schools may be good for me to add.

Current list:
UMich
Wayne State
MSU
CMU
OUWB
CWRU
UCinci
OSU
Toledo
Northwestern
UChicago
Penn State

 

[Gilakend]

Yes I plan on applying to all Michigan schools. If not in-state I prefer schools in the Midwest or any of the top schools. However I’m not sure which OOS schools may be good for me to add.

Current list:
UMich
Wayne State
MSU
CMU
OUWB
CWRU
UCinci
OSU
Toledo
Northwestern
UChicago
Penn State

UofM applying to OSU? Lose my number

 

[Lugi]

UofM applying to OSU? Lose my number

Haha, despite the rivalry I really like OSU

 

[Faha]

Yes I plan on applying to all Michigan schools. If not in-state I prefer schools in the Midwest or any of the top schools. However I’m not sure which OOS schools may be good for me to add.

Current list:
UMich
Wayne State
MSU
CMU
OUWB
CWRU
UCinci
OSU
Toledo
Northwestern
UChicago
Penn State

You could receive interviews at any of those OOS schools.

 

[Lugi]

You could receive interviews at any of those OOS schools.

Thanks! Other schools I'm considering:

Mayo
UWisconsin
UIowa
Emory
Rush
UPittsburg
Tufts

Also checking with @Goro

 

[Goro]

MI resident, ORM, traditional applicant (graduating senior, taking a gap year)

Stats:
MCAT: 518 (130/130/128/130)
c/sGPA: 3.92/3.87
Neuroscience Major/Minor in a humanities field
Undergrad: UofM

Clinical Experience:
-200 hrs hospital volunteering: escorting to surgery, assisting the elderly, interacting with children, helping at neonatal area, wound care for trauma patients
-500 hrs scribing for ophthalmologist
-100 hospice volunteering: caregiving, assisting with patients' hobbies, grief support groups
-80 hours shadowing: 40 primary care (family practice, pediatrics, obgyn), 12 rheumatologist, 12 psychiatrist, 8 neurosurgeon, 8 general surgery

Non-clinical volunteering (over 1 year or more):
- 60 hours at soup kitchen serving meals to guests. Also involved in a student org on campus that collects unused food from dining halls and donate to the nonprofit running the soup kitchen
-220 hours at several homeless shelters and hospitality houses off-campus - material distribution, tutoring clients, providing resources, various fieldwork projects
-80 hours crisis line for at-risk teens
-50 hours for an after school program for children experiencing homelessness

Teaching/Leadership:
- Leadership in a student-run 501c3 nonprofit that focuses on poverty in the local community. Won various grants and awards, developed multiple partnerships with other orgs on campus, organized regular volunteering events as well as large-scale outreach programs.
- Study group leader for school's learning center for 5 semesters
- TA Intro Biology lab for 2 semesters

Research:
- 1 Summer full-time as an intern at NIH. Poster presentation at student symposium that won the highest award.
- At a university psychiatry lab: 1 Summer fellowship, did an oral presentation to students and faculty in the end. 2 Poster at student symposiums, 1 other poster at a state-level undergrad conference. Currently completing a senior thesis.

Miscellaneous:
- Play a sport recreationally; officer of the sports club.
- Relatively light yet still meaningful involvement in an ethnic student organization that is not my own ethnicity
-Gap year plan: a study/service abroad program

I'm aware that my app is rather service-heavy and thus would not try to target research-oriented schools. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated!

You're golden. Nothing wrong with aiming high.

I suggest:
Yale
WashU
Vanderbilt
NYU
U Chicago
U Penn
Northwestern
JHU
Harvard
Stanford
Sinai
Cornell
Columbia
Duke
U VA
U MI
BU
Case
USC/Keck
Mayo
U Cincy
Pitt
USF Morsani
Ohio State
Hofstra
U IA
UCSF
Albert Einstein
Emory
Rochester
Dartmouth
Miami
Western MI
Jefferson
U VM
Your state schools

 

[Lugi]

You're golden. Nothing wrong with aiming high.

I suggest:
Yale
WashU
Vanderbilt
NYU
U Chicago
U Penn
Northwestern
JHU
Harvard
Stanford
Sinai
Cornell
Columbia
Duke
U VA
U MI
BU
Case
USC/Keck
Mayo
U Cincy
Pitt
USF Morsani
Ohio State
Hofstra
U IA
UCSF
Albert Einstein
Emory
Rochester
Dartmouth
Miami
Western MI
Jefferson
U VM
Your state schools

Thank you!

 

[LizzyM]

I'm aware that my app is rather service-heavy and thus would not try to target research-oriented schools.

Research:
- 1 Summer full-time as an intern at NIH. Poster presentation at student symposium that won the highest award.
- At a university psychiatry lab: 1 Summer fellowship, did an oral presentation to students and faculty in the end. 2 Poster at student symposiums, 1 other poster at a state-level undergrad conference. Currently completing a senior thesis.

You are too modest. Looking at the whole picture, you can go where you want. Apply to not more than 20 beause your travel schedule from September through October is going to be insane and you can't say no until you have an offer. Brace yourself but don't be cocky.

 

[Lugi]

You are too modest. Looking at the whole picture, you can go where you want.

Wow, I am very flattered to hear that from you! I never considered myself as a competitive candidate because unlike most traditional students I did not intend to go into medicine when I started college. I only got involved in my current research because I became curious about addiction liability when I worked with people with addiction at the shelters. (I originally wanted to go into social work, still do if medicine doesn't work out.)

your travel schedule from September through October is going to be insane

Yes I will be flying six hours to get back to States... yikes.

Brace yourself but don't be cocky.

For sure! I am excited to be writing about my experiences with confidence and passion.

Thank you very much and good night

 

[Lugi]

On a side note the "study and service aboard" program is Fulbright ETA if that makes any major difference.

 

[Forever Geebs]

Solid stats and very competitive overall. Listen to the folks that provided schools; they know what they're talking about. Best of luck to you!

 

[Green_Goose]

Hi, I just stumbled across your thread and I noticed that you volunteered at an Ann Arbor hospice. Do you mind sharing where you worked? I've been thinking about volunteering at a hospice this fall but I'm not sure if it's better than just staying at UMHS, since the hospices all seem pretty far from campus. And good luck on your cycle! You shouldn't have many problems.