School List Advice (2023 - 2024)

[ryfaddis]

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Just beginning to research schools and build list, could use application advice and any key schools to include:

1. sGPA - 3.96 cGPA - 3.97
2. MCAT 522
3. Applying as Junior
4. Place of Residence: Washington
5. Undergrad: State School.
   • Degree: Neuroscience major & Psych major, Bio minor

1. ORM: White
2. Clinical Work: 200 hours (CNA)
3. Clinical Volunteering: 400 hours hospital volunteering
4. Leadership: Undergrad Research Peer Mentoring (50 hours), 700 hours Orgo TA
5. Shadowing 60 Hours (Neurosurg & Anes)
6. Research 1700 hours completed, 400 projected, 3 Regional Poster presentations, no pubs, personally planned and executed projects w/ grant funding
7. Non Clinical Volunteering: Donation Center 20 hours, (working on this more before applying)
8. Honors: Dean’s list All Semesters , multiple STEM GPA related scholarships, Research Related Funding
9. Miscellaneous EC: classical pianist

 

[Faha]

You should accumulate 150+ hours of non clinical volunteering before you apply. I suggest these schools with your stats:
U Washington
Washington State
Stanford
UCLA
UCSF
Mayo
Northwestern
Washington University (in St. Louis-almost a guaranteed interview with your stats)
Vanderbilt
Duke
U Virginia
Cincinnati
Ohio State
Case Western
U Michigan
Pittsburgh
Hofstra
Einstein
Mount Sinai
NYU
Columbia
Cornell
Yale
Harvard
Dartmouth
Brown
Boston University
Tufts
U Penn
Johns Hopkins

 

[ryfaddis]

You should accumulate 150+ hours of non clinical volunteering before you apply. I suggest these schools with your stats:
U Washington
Washington State
Stanford
UCLA
UCSF
Mayo
Northwestern
Washington University (in St. Louis-almost a guaranteed interview with your stats)
Vanderbilt
Duke
U Virginia
Cincinnati
Ohio State
Case Western
U Michigan
Pittsburgh
Hofstra
Einstein
Mount Sinai
NYU
Columbia
Cornell
Yale
Harvard
Dartmouth
Brown
Boston University
Tufts
U Penn
Johns Hopkins

Agreed on the non-clinical volunteering hours, I have an opportunity lined up at a Community Action Center that I can complete these at.

I may be wrong but it seems to me that this list is very top-heavy, is this appropriate for my application stats? I'm wary seeing this many high stat schools, is this too high risk?

 

[gyngyn]

I may be wrong but it seems to me that this list is very top-heavy, is this appropriate for my application stats? I'm wary seeing this many high stat schools, is this too high risk?

There are schools that will interview you because of your stats (largely).
There are schools that won't interview you because of your stats (entirely).

 

[Mr.Smile12]

How much of your clinical exposure is in primary care? What's your mission fit? When are you taking Casper or PREview?

 

[ryfaddis]

How much of your clinical exposure is in primary care? What's your mission fit? When are you taking Casper or PREview?

All of my time as a CNA was in performing direct patient care in a long term care facility with frequent observation of physician intervention. No direct experience with primary care in volunteering or shadowing.

What do you mean my mission fit? My ideal program would have an emphasis on student research but I'm interested in going into IM, Neuro, Psych, Anes, or Surgery.

Have not taken Casper or PREview, but can take both in the next 2 months.

 

[Faha]

Agreed on the non-clinical volunteering hours, I have an opportunity lined up at a Community Action Center that I can complete these at.

I may be wrong but it seems to me that this list is very top-heavy, is this appropriate for my application stats? I'm wary seeing this many high stat schools, is this too high risk?

You should receive several interviews from that list with your stats.