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research experience is average or below, and volunteering isn't great.
Your gpa is very low for md/phd, mcat is middling, research experience is average or below, and volunteering isn't great.
Take off vanderbilt, northwestern, emory, baylor, and ut san an. You'll get screen out there quick anyways. Add some more bottom tier schools like wake forest.
Don't listen to this guy.
What do you guys think of applying with a 3.4 sGPA with an upward trend and a 522 MCAT? Provided there is plenty (5 years) of research experience. ORM.
Hey all! I'll be apply to programs next cycle, but I'm hoping avoid some pain by starting early with secondaries. Can you give advice on my school list, and thoughts on my competitiveness as an applicant? I know my gpa is on the low of for MD/PhD, so I'm really hoping to optimize my school list for maximum chance of acceptance somewhere!
Relevant personal info:
Non-URM, US citizen
Reserach interest: Neuroscience
cGPA/sGPA: ~3.7/~3.7 (each a bit below 3.7)
MCAT: 516-518
Research Experience: 5 years total at time of application (~4000 hrs)
Current research tangibles: 2 pubs (not first-author), 1 undergrad journal pub, 1 review paper (first-author), 4 presentations at undergrad symposiums, 1 first-author abstract and national conference poster (didn't present), 2 undergrad research grants
- 6 semesters and 3 summers undergrad
- 2 years NIH postbac (1 year at time of application)
Clinical volunteering: ~200 hours hospital
Non-clinical volunteering: ~200 hours tutoring (college and elementary school)
Hobbies: Marathon runner
I will hopefully have at least 1 more pub and 1 national conference poster/presentation before I apply (but I'm not counting my chickens before they hatch).
Current School list:
Virginia Commonwealth
Texas A&M
Rutgers New Jersey
Nebraska
Indiana
Penn State
Connecticut
Tufts
Iowa Carver
Einstein
Minnesota
Rochester
Ohio State
UC Irvine
Wisconsin
North Carolina
Pittsburgh
Case Western Reserve
UT Houston McGovern
UT San Antonio
Baylor
Emory
Northwestern Feinberg
Vanderbilt
Thanks for any critiques you have or recommended schools to add/remove, and let me know if there's any relevant personal info I left out!